President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday, 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
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 42-year-old Indian lady, Ms. Neetu Neetu at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin factory sealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.The class A drug consignment weighing a total of 11
The Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has commended the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, for facilitating the rapid development of communities across the Niger Delta region.Senator Okpebholo gave the commendation during the 67th Anniversary Celebration of the Ayakoro Annual Festival of
The Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) has announced a $15 million grant to support 3,000 budding entrepreneurs from 52 African countries.TEF Founder, Mr. Tony Elumelu, made this known in Abuja during the unveiling of the 2025 cohort of the foundation’s Entrepreneurship Programme.He said that each beneficiary would receive a $5,000 seed
The Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ekwe Ibas (rtd), has advised the contractor handling the State Assembly Complex project to speed up work and deliver it as mutually agreed.Vice Admiral Ibas (rtd) insisted that part of his mandate included restoring full and effective legislative activities in
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N1.678 trillion among the Federal Government, states and the Local Government Councils (LGCs) for the month of February.This is according to a communiqué issued by FAAC and made available by Bawa Mokwa, the Director, Press and Public Relations, Office of the Accountant-General
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that the state government is considering generating electricity from the 9 Megawatts hydro power plant, located within the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority.The governor, who stated this during an on-the-spot assessment of facilities at the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority on Friday,
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the Judgment of the Supreme Court which affirmed that the issue of Party leadership positions, including that of the National Secretary is entirely an internal affair of the Party requiring only the Party internal mechanism to which
Ogun State government has issued a flood alert to residents of the State to be vigilant and careful of their environment as one of the major flood-prone areas in Nigeria, according to classification made available by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) and the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA).The Commissioner for