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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has said his government in the past seven years had undertaken a holistic reform of the state’s education sector, noting that with the investment in the sector this year, all basic and secondary schools in the state would fully transition to digital mode of learning.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obaseki-to-move-basic-secondary-schools-to-digital-learning-mode/

The Lagos State Government has warned the general public against indiscriminate handling and storage of combustible items.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/lagos-govt-warns-against-hoarding-storage-of-combustible-items/

Ahead of the 2024 governorship poll in Edo State, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, Mrs. Victoria Amu, has disclosed her intention to step down from the governorship race.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/edo-2024-victoria-amu-steps-down-from-guber-race/

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has seized large consignments of Cocaine and Colorado, a strong strain of cannabis, concealed in containerized household items and vehicles imported from Durban, South Africa and Canada at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ndlea-seizes-1274-parcels-of-cocaine-colorado-in-lagos/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, and 20 concerned Nigerians have asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas from “unilaterally and arbitrarily increasing the allocation for lawmakers from N197billion to N344billion, their highest since the return of democracy in 1999.”

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/stop-akpabio-abbas-from-nass-budget-hike-serap-others-to-court/

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has congratulated the Super Eagles of Nigeria for their 1-0 victory against the host nation, Ivory Coast in their second AFCON match.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/afcon-2024-obaseki-hails-super-eagles-victory-over-ivory-coast/

The Indigenous People of Biafra, IpoB, has said the Supreme Court judgment that held that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu has a case to answer was not unanimous, contrary to earlier reports.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/scourt-judgment-on-nnamdi-kanu-not-unanimous-ipob/

Amnesty International had condemned the invasion of the studios of ABN TV/Radio Umuahia, Abia State by the Nigeria Police and the arbitrary arrest of a suspect, who was participating in a live programme “Youth Rendezvous.”


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/amnesty-intl-condemns-invasion-of-abn-tv-radio-umuahia-by-police/

The Federal Government on Thursday filed an amended 20-count charge against former Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Godwin Emefiele before a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/more-troubles-for-emefiele-as-fg-files-20-count-amended-charge/

Former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi has said the N3 billion approved for verification of national register of the poor can only happen in Nigeria.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/n3bn-to-verify-register-of-poor-can-only-happen-in-nigeria-peter-obi/

Labour Party, LP, has fixed its governorship form fees for the Edo state election at N30milion, comprising expression of interest form, N5million, and nomination form, N25million.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/edo-gov-poll-lp-sets-aspirants-form-fee-at-n30m/

National Chairman of the Labour Party, LP, Mr. Julius Abure has identified its presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, Peter Obi and Enugu state governorship candidate, Chijioke Edeoga as two biggest casualties of the flawed electoral act.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obi-edeoga-major-casualties-of-electoral-fraud-in-nigeria-lp/

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Wednesday, flagged off the construction of 9.7km Uwelu Market Road with adjoining streets.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/gov-obaseki-flags-off-construction-of-9-7km-uwelu-road-others/

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has said his government has transformed the state’s education sector using the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation, EdoBEST, Programme, repositioning the State as a reference point for education reforms in Africa.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/edo-reference-point-for-education-reforms-in-africa-obaseki/

National Chairman of Labour Party, LP, Mr. Julius Abure on Sunday said the party was repositioning to win the governorship seat in the Edo State 2024 election.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/edo-2024-poll-lp-repositions-to-win-gov-seat-abure/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, before a Federal High Court, “over the failure to arrest and prosecute suspected perpetrators of grave electoral offences in the recently concluded off-cycle governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states.”


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/none-prosecution-of-electoral-offenders-in-bayelsa-kogi-imo-serap-sues-inec

Lagos State Government has enrolled no fewer than 923,000 residents into the state government Health Insurance Scheme, popularly known as Ilera-Eko, since its inception.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/lagos-enrolls-923000-residents-in-ilera-eko-health-insurance-scheme/

Conference of Nigeria Political Parties, CNPP, and its allied civil society organisations, CSOs, under the aegis of the Coalition of Civil Society Organisations Against Inept Leadership, have called for forensic probe of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, and the defunct Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, over years of unremitted and under remitted revenues.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/world-bank-revelation-cnpp-csos-call-for-forensic-probe-of-nnpcl/

Governor Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State, Wednesday night, said the state was peaceful and investor-friendly.
Governor Oborevwori disclosed this while playing host to ace Nigerian musician, Davido and his delegation who were at the Governor’s lodge in Asaba on a courtesy visit ahead of his performance last night at the Events Centre.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/delta-peaceful-for-investments-says-gov-oborevwori/

President Bola Tinubu has removed the Managing Directors of aviation and aerospace development sector in the country with immediate effect.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/tinubu-removes-faan-nama-nsib-ncat-ncaa-dgs/

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to fix a date for election into the 25 Rivers State House of Assembly seats, vacated by members of the party, who have defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/pdp-to-inec-fix-date-for-election-into-vacant-rivers-assembly-seats/

Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu on Tuesday paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Ward 5 in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State, Tunde Igbinoba.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/shaibu-visits-family-of-oredo-pdp-chair-killed-by-gunmen/

Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu, has urged Nigerian youth to stay away from abuse of drugs and substance as it is dangerous to their health and to the growth of the society.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/shaibu-warns-youth-against-drug-substance-abuse/

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on Tuesday, said it would investigate an incident at Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, where an officer was seen soliciting N5,000 bribe from a passenger.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/customs-to-probe-officer-in-viral-bribe-video-at-lagos-airport/

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, former Anambra State governor, Mr. Peter Obi and former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, have hailed Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala for emerging African Players of the Year, in the Men and Women categories and Nadozie Chiamaka, who won CAF 2023 Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year Award.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/caf-2023-awards-atiku-obi-saraki-hail-osimhen-oshoala-chiamaka/

The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, has joined the rest of the world in the celebrating the International Human Rights Day, with a call on lawyers in the country to work daily to uphold the rights of Nigerians because “human rights are the catalyst for the development we seek.”


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/nba-commemorates-2023-international-human-rights-day/

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted 12 consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a drug trafficking organisation, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu,


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/ndlea-seizes-12-consignments-of-cocaine-at-enugu-airport/

Labour Party, LP, has called on the Federal Government to to publish the names of the dead in the Tudun Biri village, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State error bombing by the military and ensure that the families of the victims were well compensated.


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/publish-names-of-those-killed-in-kaduna-village-error-bombing-lp/

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has said his government, in 2023, completed the construction of 565 roads, covering a total distance of 737.37 kilometers.

read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/obaseki-constructs-565-roads-over-737kms-completed-in-2023/

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has urged Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, Limited to “promptly publish details of barrels of oil Nigeria produces and exports every day and the total amounts of revenues generated from oil since the removal of subsidy on petrol in May 2023.”


read more: https://frontiernewsng.com/foi-disclose-nigerias-daily-crude-oil-production-exports-serap-tells-nnpcl/