Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has appointed veteran broadcaster Sulaiman Aledeh as the Managing Director of the state-owned Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS). The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Fred Itua, who announced the development in a statement on Saturday, November 23, 2024, said Aledeh’s appointment is with immediate effect. Itua described the appointee as…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum says the party remains a formidable force on the political landscape of Nigeria. Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State and Chairman of the forum stated this at the end of its meeting on Saturday in Jos. Mohammed said that the party would soon overcome all its challenges, adding…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has accredited additional foreign schools to write the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). This is contained in a statement by NECO’s Acting Director, Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, on Saturday in Abuja. Sani said the development was aimed at broadening the Council’s…
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe has approved the payment of N70,000 new minimum wage for civil servants in the state. Buni, in a statement by his Director-General, Press and Media Affairs, Alhaji Mamman Mohammed, in Damaturu on Saturday, said the payment would take effect from December. According to Mohammed, the approval is contained in…
President Bola Tinubu is to depart Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday, for Abuja after attending the 19th G20 Leaders Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The President is due to arrive at the Presidential Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at 10.00 p.m. (Nigerian time). Tinubu had attended the G20 Leaders Summit where…
An Ogun Special Cultism Court sitting in Abeokuta on Friday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Sodiq Okeowo, to seven years in prison for belonging to a secret cult. Okeowo, with no fixed address, was convicted on a two-count charge of conspiracy and belonging to an unlawful society. The Magistrate, Mrs O.O Adebo, held that the prosecution…
The police command in Ogudu says it is hunting for a woman, who allegedly hit the head of a 65-year-old, Morenike Oladega, against a wall and she died in the Ipokia area of the state. SP Omolola Odutola, the Spokesperson of the command, made this known, in a statement, on Saturday in Abeokuta. Omotola said…
The office of the accountant-general of the Federation (OAGF) has pledged to release financial allocations to Rivers State following an appeal by the state government. This was disclosed by Bawa Mokwa, director of press and public relations at the OAGF on Saturday, November 23, 2024. This is coming barely 24 hours after Mokwa said the…
The Palace of Oba of Benin has distanced itself from a planned dramatisation of the Igue Festival by the Association for Cultural and Economic Renaissance of Edo (ACERE). This is contained in a statement on Saturday, by Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the…
Only 900 persons will be picked from the list of more than 15,000 who applied for recruitment into the Oyo state civil service, an official said on Friday in Ibadan. The Chairman, Oyo State Civil Service Commission, Alhaji Kamoru Aderibigbe, told newsmen that the ongoing recruitment process would see the applicants sitting for a computer-based…
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