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Renowned environmentalist and Executive Director of Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, has called for urgent action to restore ecological balance and defend the environment against exploitative practices. Speaking at HOMEF’s School of Ecology on Ecological Justice and Resilience held in Benin City, Bassey emphasized the interconnectedness of ...

President Bola Tinubu has flagged-off the 125km Benin-Asaba Highway, expected to be completed within 30 months. President Tinubu was represented at the flag-off by the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo.  At the flag-off, Minister of Works, Engr. Dave Umahi commended the visionary leadership of Governor Okpebholo who he said has turned the State into a construction site in less than 150 days in office....

As the violent clash between Ilobu and Ifon communities of Osun State continued into Sunday, spilling over into Erin Osun, the state government has been urged to open an Internally Displaced Persons camps for victims.This was as the Erin Osun Progressive Union accused the soldiers deployed on a peace mission of taking sides.What initially started as boundary disputes between Ifon and Ilobu communities in t...

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has warned officers of the Nigeria Police Force against the unlawful and prolonged detention of suspects.The IG stressed that suspects must not be detained beyond legally stipulated periods and warned that any officer found culpable of such violations would face strict disciplinary measures.Egbetokun noted that unlawful detentions erode public trust and co...

The Lagos state government says it will redesign the Oshodi transport interchange (OTI) to prepare for the integration of the rail mass transit systems.Oluwaseun Osiyemi, the commissioner for transportation, said the government will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the interchange and meet with stakeholders.The commissioner said the state government will also address the ongoing developments and chall...

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has made his first public appearance since the declaration of a state of emergency in the state and his subsequent suspension from office.The governor was seen arriving for worship at a church in GRA, Port Harcourt.Fubara’s appearance comes days after President Bola Tinubu declared a state of emergency in Rivers on Tuesday, citing escalating political tension...

Rivers State has witnessed another explosion at a gas facility located at the Soku axis of Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state.Newsmen gathered that the explosion which occurred at midnight of March 23, hits the Soku gas pipeline operated by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) limited.This is the third incident on oil facilities in the State in less than a week, with the first occ...

The Nigeria Governors Forum has said it cannot take a position on President Bola Tinubu’s state of emergency in Rivers State, emphasising its role as a platform for promoting unified policies and collaborating for sustainable socioeconomic growth.In a statement, NGF’s Director General, Abdulateef Shittu, said that taking positions on divisive partisan issues, regardless of how it’s phrased, reflects a poor...

The National Assembly has been urged to exclude the Value Added Tax rate from the proposed tax laws to allow easier amendments in the future. The Nigerian tax bill, titled, ‘An Act to Repeal Certain Acts on Taxation and Consolidate the Legal Frameworks Relating to Taxation and Enact the Nigeria Tax Act to Provide for Taxation of Income, Transactions and Instruments, and for Related Matters,’ is one of four ...

The Peoples Democratic Party’s state governors have instructed their Attorney Generals to challenge President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, saying that Section 305(3) of the Constitution is subject to judicial interpretation.After their Zoom meeting on Wednesday, the PDP Governors, in a communiqué signed by the Forum’s Chairman and Bauchi State Governor, Bala Moh...