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The current crisis rocking Edo State constitutes a potential danger to constitutional order in Nigeria, former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, has warned.   It is also a threat to successful elections in the state, Atiku added.   The impeachment of Yekini Idiaye, the Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly on Wednesday, and his […]

  Oyo State Government on Tuesday announced it had approved the sum of N59.8 million for the take-off of the State Security Network Agency codenamed ‘Operation Amotekun’   The release forms part of the decision reached at the state’s 19th virtual executive meeting, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, the State’s Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, said […]

Less than 24 hours after the Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly was impeached, a  detachment of Policemen on Thursday surrounded the House of Assembly complex in Benin City, the state capital.   Yekini Idiaye was impeached by legislators on Wednesday and was replaced by Mr. Roland Asoro, who represents Orhionmwon-South constituency. […]

  Lagos State Government on Wednesday announced the revocation of the 2018 land use charge.   Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Rabiu Olowo, who announced this in a press statement, said the government had reverted to the pre-2018 land use charges.   Olowo said the government had waived the land use charges for 2017, 2018 and […]

A gale of layoff and salary cuts is hitting the Nigerian aviation industry, as operators embark on staff right-sizing and salary cuts, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.   Within two days, two airlines, Nigeria’s leading airline Air Peace, and Bristow Helicopters have announced plans to sack as many as 170 pilots in addition […]

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has unveiled the reviewed Nigeria Broadcasting Code which contains the Antitrust provision aimed at boosting local content and encouraging the growth of the local industry, among other provisions.   This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by Segun Adeyemi   Special Assistant to the […]

 *Acts as Lead Arranger for $1.5 billion Facility to Boost Nigerian Oil Production and Government Revenue.   The United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, has acted as the lead arranger of a consortium of Nigerian commercial and international banks in a $1.5 Billion Pre-Export Finance Facility for the Nigerian […]

Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states have joined in the rising number of voices against worsening security challenges in the country.   The governors, through their platform – the Nigerian Governors’ Forum – raised their voice after one of them, governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, narrowly escaped an attack by Boko Hara insurgents last week. […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Niger Delta Development Commission to pay the fees and upkeep allowances for students studying abroad on its scholarship, but are now stranded due to the delay in the payment of their fees, the commission has said.   NDDC Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, in a statement announced that Buhari […]