G37 political support group has passed a vote of confidence on the leadership of National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives, APC, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The group made the statement in a response to a call by the national vice chairman of the party ( North-East), Mallam Salihu Lukman and some civil society organizations…
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Former two-term Edo State deputy governor, Dr Mike Oghiadomhe was among the first set of prominent Edo North citizens to mourn the passing away of Senator. Franca Afegbua. Sen. Afegbua died in the early hours of Sunday at the age of 79. In her heydays as a politician,…
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City Hon Afishetu Braimoh, the affable Edo State commissioner of Business, Trade, and Cooperatives is making the headline once again for all the positive reasons. She scored another major feat with her listing among the 50 most inspiring women in Nigeria in 2023 The listing was carried out by…
… Laud Umar Empowerment Foundation. Ahead of the Kogi State House of Assembly election, the people of Omala State Constituency have promised to reciprocate the good gesture of Hon. Yahaya Umar, assuring that they will vote him massively in the coming Saturday’s Assembly Election The people expressed their support for the APC Flagbearer,…
The president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, met with the newly elected members of the National Assembly at Aso Rock in Abuja on Monday, March 13, 2023. The meeting was attended by senators-elect and representatives-elect on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The vice president-elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, and other APC chieftains…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday disclosed that the old N200, N500 and N1000 notes remain legal tender until December 31, 2023. CBN spokesperson, Isa Abdulmumin, who announced the development in a statement, stressed that the apex bank has ordered commercial banks to dispense and accept the deposit of old Naira notes. The…
Today, at the *ASO ROCK* Banquet Hall meeting of *APC* Senators-Elect and House of Representatives-Elect with the President/Vice President-Elect, our own Ajaokuta Federal House of Reps Member-Elect, *SANNI EGIDI ABDULRAHEEM* was celebrated among his colleagues for an outstanding and unprecedented outing in the last National Assembly Elections. The good people of Ajaokuta Federal Constituency…
From Our Correspondent A Magistrate Court sitting in Abakaliki, recently has ordered Mr Ikenna Ogbonna Ota of Azuoto Okpuitumo, Okpuitumo Community in Abakaliki Local Government Area, Ebonyi State to pay the sum of One Hundred thousand Naira to Mr Thomas Agbo as damages for stealing the latter’s female cow. Recall that the defendant was…
The people of Kogi West have for long been treated as used and dumped by their Kogi East and Kogi Central counterparts. They are only remembered when power is being canvassed. For example, when Kogi East retained power for 16 years, Kogi Central and West joined hands for a power shift. When Kogi Central…
By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City The Chairman of the Edo state chapter of the Labour Party, Comrade Kelly Ogbaloi has said the news trending on social media that the Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi and the national chairman of the party, Barr Julius Abure had meeting with the governor of…
