The Governor of Edo State Senator Monday Okpebholo has said his administration will not hesitate to sign death warrants of convicted Kidnappers into law in Edo state as part of effort to fight insecurity across the state.
Governor okpebholo made this statement while addressing Stakeholders in a Town Hall meeting at Uromi in Esan North East Local Area of the State.
The Governor okpebholo…
In preparation for the upcoming Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) successfully conducted its 2025 mock exam on Thursday, with over 211,000 candidates participating across accredited Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres nationwide.
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who monitored the mock exercise at a CBT centre in…
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has called on French investors to explore vast opportunities in Nigeria, citing ongoing pro-business reforms, market potential, and a stable investment climate under President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
Minister, Speaking at Nigeria Business Forum in Paris, organised by Business France, highlighted key reforms…
In a major win against criminal elements, the Nigeria Police Force has successfully rescued 17 kidnapped victims and recovered 21 fabricated AK-47 rifles during separate operations in Kaduna State.
According to the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, these operations—carried out on April 9th—are part of the Inspector-General of Police’s broader mission to strengthen…
Tragedy struck again in Zamfara as another fire outbreak ravaged the central market in the early hours of Tuesday, destroying at least 55 shops in the herbal medicine section.
This latest incident comes just six weeks after a similar fire consumed over 100 shops at the same market, raising serious concerns among traders and residents.
According to the traders’ chairman, Alhaji Sa’adu…
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided over by Honourable Justice Binta Nyako has issued a restraining order barring all parties involved in the ongoing legal challenge surrounding the suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from making public statements or granting media interviews on the matter.
The case, which was recently reassigned to Justice Nyako following the recusal…
Federal government has received over one million doses of the pentavalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine (Men5CV) from the global emergency stockpile funded by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, as part of efforts to curb a deadly meningitis outbreak in the country’s northern region.
The shipment targets the ongoing outbreak of meningococcus serogroups C and W, which has so far claimed more than 70…
and appointed Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari as the new GCEO and Ahmadu Musa Kida as non-executive chairman
President Bola Tinubu has sacked the board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) including its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari and board chairman Pius Akinyelure.
The decision, effective April 2, 2025, was announced in a statement by presidential spokesperson Bayo…
Governor Monday Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress (APC) have won round one in the series of the peitions challenging their declaration as winners of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo state.
A petition instituted against them by the Action Alliance (AA) and one Adekunle Rufai Omoaje was thrown out by the Edo State Governorship Election Peition Tribunal for lacking in…
The Edo State Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, threw out the petition filed by the Action Alliance (AA) and Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, challenging the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo.
In its first judgement on Wednesday, the tribunal held that the case instituted by the AA ”lacked merit and was frivolous”.
The three-member tribunal led by Wilfred Kpochi held…