The match will be played on November 13, a day after the inauguration of Mr Obaseki and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu, for their second term in office, the statement highlighted. The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has assured the safety and security of players, supporters and all other visitors coming to the state for the…

The electoral commission will begin registration of voters in January. Nigeria’s electoral umpire, INEC, will commence the registration of eligible voters by 2021 ahead of the 2023 general elections, the chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, has said. The exercise, which will begin in January, will run for next 18 months – and stop about…

Lai Mohammed said the amount was spent when officials of the ministry travelled for international summits before March The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday said his ministry spent N19 million on international travels before the COVID-19 lockdown. He said this during the ministry’s budget defence at the National Assembly while responding to questions…

LONDON  – The 67 million population of the United Kingdom is living under some sort of COVID-19 restrictions, though the severity of the rules varies. Following are details on the measures which are in place or planned for different parts of the UK after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a lockdown for England: ENGLAND –…

Why we oppose Okonjo-Iweala — US Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The United States has explained that the reason it moved against the election of former Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director-general of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, was the fact that the UN agency was in dire need of reform which must be driven…

EndSARS: Why desperate politicians want to bring down Buhari’s govt – Bodejo, Miyetti Allah leader •FG must deploy soldiers to crush protesters In an interview with VINCENT KALU, the leader of the Fulani Socio-Cultural Association pointed out that the protests were meant to bring down President Muhammadu Buhari’s government, fingering top politicians from the South….

COVlD 19 PANDEMlC :UGWUANYI CARRlES PALLlATlVES TO WlDOWS AT THE COMMUNlTlES. Governor lfeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State in collaboration with the VSF under T.Y.Danjuma have in continuation of their unflinching commitment towards mitigating the plights of indegent people in this era of Corona virus pandemic have taken assorted food stuff to widows of local government…

EBSU: Umahi proscribes ASUU, NASU, others, releases N500m for payment of Staff salaries Governor David Umahi, Wednesday proscribed the existence of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Non-Academic Staff of Union, NASU and others in Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. He allowed the existence of only the Students Union. He said the decision was taken in…

Fellow Nigerians, It has become necessary for me to address you having heard from many concerned Nigerians and having concluded a meeting with all the Security Chiefs. I must warn those who have hijacked and misdirected the initial, genuine and well-intended protest of some of our youths in parts of the country, against the excesses…

THE NIGERIAN LEADERSHIP MODEL OF OUR DREAM – GOVERNOR IFEANYI UGWUANYI’S IDEOLOGY AND METHOD IN PERSPECTIVE By Dr. Shuaibu Umar Abdul Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa-Nigeria “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. But, he is the one that gets the people to do the…