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The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, on Thursday laid a budget of N137.1bn before the Anambra State House of Assembly for the 2020 fiscal year. The budget had N57.69bn as recurrent expenditure and N78.3bn as capital expenditure, representing 43 and 57 per cent of the budget respectively. Tagged budget for …

Edo Government on Thursday inaugurated 11 sub-committees for the successful hosting of the 20th National Sports Festival scheduled for March 2020 in Benin City. The Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, said in Benin that the aim was also to ensure the state won the edition, tagged: “Edo 2020″. The sub-committees are: …

Civil Society in Malaria Control Immunization Nutrition, ACOMIN, Delta state chapter, has urged the local government chairmen of Udu, Isoko South, Warri South, and Okpe Local Government Area Council, to recruit more health workers in Primary Health Care Centre across their local Area as soon the windows for recruitment is …

President Muhammadu Buhari, has congratulated Chief Duro Onabule, a renowned journalist and columnist, who turns an octogenarian on Sept. 27. The president’s congratulatory message is communicated through a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina in Abuja on Thursday. Buhari, who congratulated Onabule for his …

The Delta Government has delivered relief materials to the Polobubo (Tsekelewu) Community in Warri North Local Government Area of the state. Mr Mofe Pirah, Co-chairman of the Delta Flood Management Committee, led other government officials on Thursday to deliver the items to the community that had been ravaged by flood …

Prince Sony Jifas Ogbon, extend his philanthropist gesture to Ethiope East Local Govt, where his wife hails from. (Deaconess Victoria Ogbon) Prince Sony Jifas Ogbon extended his empowerment to schools in Ethiope East after distributing books, and other learning and instructional materials to all primary schools pupils in Olomu kingdom; …

The Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Festus Keyamo, has been redeployed to the Ministry of Labour and Employment about one month after his assumption in the office. A statement from the Director of Information at the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Willie Bassey, said …

The Peoples Democratic Party, its presidential candidate in the February 23 election, Atiku Abubakar, and his running mate, Peter Obi, have filed an appeal at the Supreme Court over the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal judgement of September 11. It was learnt on Tuesday that the appeal was filed on Monday.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service on Monday said it was not true that it provided N90bn to finance the election campaign of the All Progressives Congress during the last presidential election. The service said this in a statement by the Director, Communications, Wahab Gbadamosi, in reaction to claims by a …

A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has said the ongoing travails of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is allegedly due to corruption which has nothing to do with 2023 politics. Frank revealed through a statement on Monday in Abuja …