2025
TAX REFORM BILL: President Tinubu has agreed to amend contentious clauses
President Bola Tinubu has agreed to amend contentious clauses in the proposed tax reform bills, according to Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State. This move comes after the four bills generated controversy and faced opposition from various quarters, including the Northern Governors Forum and the National Economic Council. The four bills in question are: Nigeria…
RIVERS: court gives verdict on lg tenure tussle
Today, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja Division put a full stop to the pretensions by Chidi J. Lloyd and his 20 pretenders when he struck out their suit for want of locus standi. His Lordship was emphatic that Chidi J. Lloyd and his 20 co-travellers ceased to be Local Government Council…
The legal icons that will defend Okpebholo’s mandate, democracy
By John Mayaki Once again, let me assure the good people of Edo state and most importantly, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), that nobody would be allowed to truncate democracy in the state – the mandate of Governor Monday Okpebholo will not only be defended, the virtue of democracy will also be…
Chief John Oche Aboh: The Transformative Healthcare Delivery in Agila
In the heart of Idomaland, Agila, a community once plagued by inadequate healthcare facilities and personnel, is witnessing a transformation. At the forefront of this transformation is Chief John Oche Aboh, The Ohaje K’Idoma, a visionary leader whose tireless efforts have significantly improved healthcare services and delivery in Ado LGA and Idomaland as a…
IGP seeks removal of police from envelope budgetary regime
By Omole Adeyemi The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has called for the need removal of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from the envelope budgetary regime to allow for accurate and efficient funding projection. The development, he explained, would enable greater flexibility and ensure the availability of funds to manage the Force…
DAILY HOPE DEVOTIONAL: JANUARY 17 “BECAUSE YOU HAVE SAID IT, I WILL OBEY.” (1) SCRIPTURES: LUKE 5: 1 – 7
Peter and the other disciples toiled all night, (even as professional fishermen) yet, they caught nothing. They were tired and frustrated and were ready to go home empty handed when Jesus showed up and with a specific instruction: “launch out into the deep and lay down your net for a drought.” Peter told Jesus, master,…
Chief John Oche Aboh: Transforming Healthcare Delivery in Agila
In the heart of Idomaland, Agila, a community once plagued by inadequate healthcare facilities and personnel, is witnessing a transformation. At the forefront of this transformation is Chief John Oche Aboh, The Ohaje K’Idoma, a visionary leader whose tireless efforts have significantly improved healthcare services and delivery in Ado LGA and Idomaland as a whole….
“Crusoe Osagie has revealed Obaseki’s hypocrisy on Edo development”, Mayaki
A former Chief Press Secretary to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Mr. John Mayaki, has commended the past administration for exposing its hypocrisy when they demanded that the Senator Monday Okpebholo’s administration failed to construct the Ramat Park flyover within 60 days in office. Mayaki who was reacting to a publication in ThisDay…
Rivers State Court Judgment: PDP Accepts Verdict, Affirms Ewor-led Rivers State Exco
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) acknowledges receipt, considered and hereby accepts the judgment of the Rivers State High Court which in Suit No. PHC/2301/CS/2024 nullified the Ward, Local Government and State Congresses of our Party in Rivers State conducted on July 27, August 10 and August 31, 2024 respectively….
PRESIDENT TINUBU CONGRATULATES ENO EBONG AS SHE BAGS PRESIDENTIAL EARLY CAREER AWARD
By David Peter President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated Eno Ebong, a distinguished diaspora christened by President Joe Biden among the 400 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in the United States. Associate Professor Eno E. Ebong serves as the Associate Chair for Graduate School in the Faculty…