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Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo has expressed concern over what he described as Godwin Obaseki’s bizarre public displays. He claimed that Obaseki has disappeared from the state. In a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday and signed by Godspower Inegbe, Okpebholo said Edo people are worried by Obaseki’s reckless statements and urged him to evaluate his state of mind. The Governor-Elect in the statement raised the alarm regarding the whereabouts of Obaseki, who he claimed reportedly fled Benin City, the Edo State capital, using a disguised bus. The statement revealed that Obaseki chased out everyone from the Government…

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has emerged as the sole candidate for the role of director-general at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO said the former Nigerian finance minister agreed to a second term for the organisation’s top job. “Nominations for Director-General closed; Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala confirmed as sole candidate,” the WTO said in a Saturday statement. “Ambassador Petter Ølberg of Norway, Chair of the General Council, informed WTO members on 9 November that no further nominations for the position of Director-General had been received by the deadline of 8 November and that the incumbent Director-General, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, is therefore the only…

Former Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Chapter, Mr. Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, was elected the new National President of the Union on Saturday. Akinsanya was the sole candidate in the election, which took place at the Union’s Zonal Secretariat along the Osogbo/Ikirun Road. Delegates from the four southwestern states—Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, and Ekiti—participated in the election. The election, conducted during the Union’s Quadrennial Delegate Conference, was overseen by the acting National President, Aliyu Issa-Ore. Issa-Ore, addressing the gathering, explained that the Union’s Constitution stipulates that the zone permitted to fill…

The Nigerian Navy has commenced recruitment exercise for interested and qualified applicants into Batch 37 of its basic training school. According to a notice by the Navy secretary, the exercise starts from November 15 to December 20, 2024, while the recruitment aptitude test will hold on January 18, 2024, at designated centres nationwide. It stated that applicants must be Nigerian by birth with not less than 1.69 metres in height for males and 1.65 metres for females, and must posses a National Identification Number (NIN), adding that they must be medically, psychologically and physically fit, while never having been convicted…

President Bola Tinubu, alongside the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, Ministers and heads of agencies will, on Sunday, depart Abuja for Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to attend the Joint Arab-Islamic Summit, scheduled to commence on Monday, November 11, 2024. The Summit is being held at the invitation of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and follows last year’s summit in the same Saudi city. It will focus on the current situation in the Middle East. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, revealed this in a statement he signed on Saturday titled ‘President Tinubu…

20-year-old estranged transgender daughter of Elon Musk, Vivian Wilson has announced plans to leave the United States following Donald Trump’s election victory. Wilson shared her decision on Threads, expressing her discomfort with the political landscape under Trump’s return to office, according to a report by the UK’s Daily Mail. “I don’t see my future in the United States. “I’ve thought this for a while, but yesterday confirmed it for me. Even if he’s only in office for four years, even if anti-trans regulations don’t materialise, the people who voted for this aren’t going anywhere anytime soon,” she wrote. Vivian, who…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara’s administration in Rivers State has received N726 billion in revenues in the last three quarters of the 2024 fiscal year, according to the Rivers State Budget Performance Report (BPR). The figure is an aggregate of all revenues received by the state government, including from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), Independent Revenue otherwise called Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), Other receipts (Aid/Grant and Capital Development Fund), and the opening balance for 2024. The BPR is produced quarterly by the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, in conjunction with the Office of the Accountant General and Ministry of Finance,…

The Anambra State Government has spoken on the arrest of Franklin Nwadialo, the chairperson of Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Mr Nwadialo, 40, was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on his arrival at an airport in Texas in the US on 2 November, Premium Times reported. Mr Nwadialo is being accused of engaging in a romance scam through which he allegedly defrauded victims of more than $3.3 million. A member of the ruling All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra, the politician was elected chairperson of the Ogbaru Council Area in the state on 28 September.…

Many Nigerians have praised the decision of several youth and student groups to distance themselves from a planned protest organized by Babatunde Afeez Akinteye, also known as Babtee, a factional Senate President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). Akinteye allegedly wrote to around 13 youth and student organizations, requesting their support for a protest against a former Chief of Defence Intelligence. Reports indicate that at least five groups have declined Akinteye’s request, even with monetary incentives. According to a close associate of Akinteye (name withheld), a top government official is sponsoring the protest to tarnish the former General’s…

Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa, the Member representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has mourned the passing of the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja. The lawmaker described Lagbaja’s passing as a loss to the nation and extended his condolences to the Nigerian Armed Forces and the Nigerian Army. Osonwa’s message of condolence was conveyed in a statement he personally signed and released on Wednesday. He also extended his sympathies to the immediate family of the late COAS, praying for the repose of his soul. President Bola Tinubu announced Lagbaja’s death in a…