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The People’s Democratic Party PDP has canceled the Etsako Central ward delegates election in Edo State over the alleged kidnap of nine electoral officers. The PDP chairman in the State Tony Aziegbemi who stated this when he spoke with newsmen in Benin yesterday said the decision was taken by Governor Peter Mbah led delegates congress committee, but said the cancellation would not affect the February 22 PDP governorship primaries. Aziegbemi […]

The 10th Assembly is considering an upward review of the 5.079 billion Naira revenue target of the Nigeria Customs Service NCS from the second half of the year to save the country from further borrowings. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs Isah Jibrin stated this during a meeting with the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service Adewale Adeniyi and top management of the agency, emphasizing why revenue-generating agencies must up their game to improve the […]

The Minister of Youth Jamila Ibrahim says members of the National Youth Service Corps NYSC are no longer posted to states deemed unsafe in the wake of worsening security conditions in the country. Ibrahim in a television interview yesterday said the scheme has taken steps to secure NYSC members including posting them only to safe states following abduction in some parts of the country during their one-year mandatory national service, […]

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC Limited has shown in their latest data that no fewer than 36 oil blocks are under concession to international oil companies operating in Nigeria and their indigenous counterparts in the country. An analysis of NNPCL’s latest Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements for the Period Ended December 31, 2022, indicated that the eight blocks are located in deepwater, five blocks are continental shelves, fifteen blocks […]

President Bola Tinubu yesterday said a few people stole Nigeria’s commonwealth under the guise of subsidy in the last 40 years, lamenting that Nigerians are suffering the pains of the loot. The President during his speech at the second-term inauguration of Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State in Owerri said he is well-attuned to the concerns of citizens, assuring them that the challenges brought on by the very essential reforms […]