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A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Sunny Onuesoke has reinstated that information made available to Hon Ben Igbakpa, the member representing Ethiope Constituency in the House about the state of Delta Steel Company, Ovwian/Aladja did not portray the true picture on the ground about the company, Onuesoke …

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent a request for $29.96bn 2016-2018 external borrowing plan to the Senate for its consideration and approval a day after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Nigeria against rising debts. The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, who read the fresh request sent by Buhari during …

Lauretta Onochie, aide to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Media, have asked the CEO of Air Peace Airline, Chief Allen Onyema, to return to the United State of America to face those who indicted him for money laundering, adding that she was not carried away with his humanitarian act of …

Residents of Ugbogui,Iguobarnor and Ikoha communities have appealed to Edo state government to look into the issue of cattle grazing in their communities. Some of the residents, in separate interviews on Friday in Benin, said majority of farmers have stopped farming because cows eat their crops after planting. They said …

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chieftain, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has reiterated that President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to close all the land borders in the country remain the best for the economic development of Nigeria He explained that although Nigerians are presently feeling the pains in view of inflated prices of edible …

January 1st, 2020 as contained in leaked memo is not the end of the Nigeria Border closure. According the Public Relations Officer, Nigerian Custom Service,Joseph Attah, January 31, 2020 was only the end of the first phase of the operation, not the terminal date for the entire border closure. READ …

Lift Above Poverty Organization (LAPO) is set to inaugurate its ultra-modern Benin Medical Care (BMC) hospital. James-Wisdom Abhulimen,Public Relations Officer of LAPO said this in a statement issued to newsmen in Benin on Thursday. “The medical center is no doubt a fulfilment of the age-long dream and mandate of LAPO …

Twitter said Wednesday it would bar political advertising globally on its platform, responding to growing criticism over misinformation from politicians on social media. Chief executive Jack Dorsey said in a tweet that the company took the action to head off potential problems from “machine learning-based optimization of messaging and micro-targeting, …

The Federal Government insists that Niger, and Benin Republic must engage with Nigeria before the Nigerian border is reopened. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, who spoke with Newsmen after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, claimed that the …

Expresses fear over Delta state huge N200bn recurrent expenditure Thirty-three state governments cannot finance their recurrent expenditure without allocation from the federation account, a report prepared by BudgiT has said. The federation account, according to nigerianstat.gov.ng, is the central pocket through which the three tiers of governments maintain their respective …