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Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has received the report and resolutions of a five-man committee set up to investigate the state’s stake in the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) and the Radisson Hotel projects. Receiving the report at Government House, Benin City, Governor Okpebholo assured that the findings would be fully implemented, disclosing that…
Femi Gbajabiamila has not been replaced as the Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, the presidency said on Thursday. The President’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, dismissed reports suggesting that Tinubu had replaced Gbajabiamila with his Principal Private Secretary, Hakeem Muri-Okunola. This comes after several social media posts began circulating the…
The Federal Government has declared December 25, 26 and January 1, 2026, as public holidays. Announcing this on behalf of the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Magdalene Ajani, said the holidays are to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and the New Year celebrations respectively. Tunji-Ojo called on Nigerians to reflect on the…
A former lawmaker at the National Assembly, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, is dead. Nwaoboshi reportedly died after an illness that lasted for some months. This was disclosed in a statement by the Delta State Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Festus Ahon, on Friday. In the statement, the Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, expressed grief over the death…
President Bola Tinubu has cautioned governors that he may be forced to issue an executive order to enforce direct allocations to local governments if they fail to comply with the Supreme Court ruling affirming financial autonomy for Nigeria’s third tier of government. Tinubu gave the warning during the 15th National Executive Committee meeting of the…
President Bola Tinubu has presented a budget proposal of ₦58.1 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year to a joint session of the National Assembly, with capital recurrent (non‑debt) expenditure standing at ₦15.25 trillion. Tinubu presented it on Friday, pegging the capital expenditure at ₦26.08 trillion and putting the crude oil benchmark at US$64.85 per barrel….
Edo state Governor Monday Okpebholo has brokered peace between host communities and investors on the use of government forest reserve land for agricultural purposes and investors. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Hon Dennis Idahosa, appealed to the various stakeholders to always tow the line of peace at all times Okpebholo noted that…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has called on Nigerian youths to embrace a positive mindset and constructive values as key tools for promoting peacebuilding and national unity. The Agency made this call through its Director-General, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, during an interactive session at the National Social Impact Leaders Summit, held at the National Universities Commission…
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Tuesday presented a ₦939.85 billion 2026 Appropriation Bill, tagged the Budget of Hope and Growth, to the Edo State House of Assembly. The budget was laid before the lawmakers at a plenary session presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku. Presenting the estimates, Governor Okpebholo commended the…
Edo State Police Command has launched an intensive investigation into a disturbing allegation of unlawful tampering with a human corpse and alleged theft of human parts at Akugbe Mortuary, located off Upper Sakponba Road, Benin City. On December 12, 2025, the Command received an urgent distress call indicating that a mortuary attendant was on the…