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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the boards of Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) and Bonny Gas Transport Limited (BGT). A statement on Monday by Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, made the announcement. The new board of the NLNG will now be chaired by Edmund Daukoru. Members are …

The Supreme Court has dismissed Timi Alaibe’s appeal challenging the candidacy of Duoye Diri as the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 2019 election in Bayelsa State. Alaibe who had earlier lost a similar suit at the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal …

Edo 2020: Youths reject APC guber candidate, Ize-Iyamu, as running mate escapes attack Youths in Edo North Senatorial District have rejected Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19 gubernatorial election in the state, after his running mate, Gani Audu escaped an attack by …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out the suits filed by Lagos and Ekiti state governments challenging the validity and constitutionality of the Virtual court sittings procedure for been speculative in nature without any valid cause of action. A seven member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Bode …

Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok Ibas has been given 7 days to appear before the House of Representatives committee on public accounts to defend a query on N11.5 million unaccounted for by the navy. Ibas was served the query by the office of the auditor-general which said that N11.5 million …

s part of measures to contain the spread of the novel Coronavirus, the Federal Government says it would be banning citizens from some countries from gaining entry into Nigeria. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika disclosed this in Abuja while speaking at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on …

My relationship with President @MBuhari is that of a father and son. I was on a zoom meeting with the President, during which we engaged on development issues affecting Edo people and Nigerians. We also discussed measures to manage the spread of #COVID19.

There were more protests on Monday in Akure by chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, over alleged manipulation of delegates’ list for the primaries. The chieftains called for the disqualification of Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi and arrest of Mr. Kingsley Chinda, who served as secretary of …

There is tension in Bayelsa State as the Supreme Court is set to hear the suit challenging the declaration of Governor Douye Diri as the winner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) held on September 3 2019. The Chairman of the PDP electoral panel and governor of Taraba State, Governor …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay1T_DaIZcs President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has said that the passage of the sexual harassment bill by the Senate will ensure the safety of students of tertiary institutions in the country. Newsextra24 has learnt Lawan stated this in his remarks on Tuesday after the upper chamber passed a bill …