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The Edo State government has demolished 500 illegal structures in Benin City to enforce building standards and promote orderly urban development across the Read More: https://punchng.com/edo-demolishes-500-illegal-structures/ Source link

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By Gift ChapiOdekina The House of Representatives on Wednesday amended the Electoral Act 2026, introducing a more flexible and technology-driven framework for the service of election petition processes as part of preparations for the 2027 general elections. The amendment followed the adoption of a report by the House Committee on Electoral Matters at the Committee of the Whole, presided over by Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu. The House had earlier passed two related bills for second reading before subjecting them to clause-by-clause consideration. Presenting the report, Chairman of the Committee on Electoral Matters, Adebayo Balogun, said the proposed changes were designed…

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the agency investigated Jerry Eze, founder and lead pastor of Streams of Joy International, for six months. Mr Olukoyede, who spoke on Wednesday at the Jerry Eze Foundation Business Grant Award Ceremony in Abuja, said the convener of the New Season Prophetic Prayers and Declarations (NSPPD), an online prayer platform on YouTube, was probed over allegations of money laundering. Mr Olukoyede explained that the investigation followed intelligence reports and petitions received by the commission, particularly after it observed inflows of foreign currencies into the pastor’s…

April 28, 2026 21:11 GMT (UK), by Sri Aswin Barcelona eye fresh Rashford loan Barcelona are reportedly keen on negotiating another season-long loan deal for Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford this summer, according to Sky Sports. The Blaugrana signed the England international on a temporary basis from United last summer. He has already bagged 13 goals and 13 assists for the La Liga giants.The club have the option to purchase him for 26 million pounds at the end of the campaign, but the hierarchy are not in a strong financial position to pay the transfer fee in a single payment.With…

Celebrity barman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has declared his intention to contest for a seat in the House of Representatives ahead of the 2027 general elections. Okechukwu announced in a video posted on his Instagram page on Tuesday, where he said he is seeking to represent Orsu/Orlu/Oru East Federal Constituency in Imo State. Accompanying the video, he wrote, “Stopped by at our great party state secretariat to congratulate & encourage our state working committee on their emergence and above all, I made known to them my humble aspirations to represent my people, the good…

The proceedings, held at the Peace Palace in The Hague, mark the start of the merits phase in the case, after years of preliminary legal arguments.Over the next three weeks, ICJ judges will hear oral arguments from both sides, examine witnesses and experts, and consider whether Myanmar breached its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, to which the country is a party.Opening the hearings, Judge Iwasawa Yuji, President of the Court, outlined a detailed schedule that includes two rounds of pleadings by Gambia and Myanmar, as well as closed sessions to hear…

Hafeez: “Hello, Jyde O, happy birthday in arrears. I learnt your birthday was yesterday.” Jide: “Thanks, my dear brother.” Hafeez: “How’s work, and family?” Jide: “Lafiya lau” Hafeez: “Who taught you Hausa?” Jide: “Commot there! You think because you’re a Hausa man, only you can speak the language?” Hafeez: “My paddy, there is no time to check the time. I called you for two things. First is to greet you on your birthday. Second, I am contesting for the position of senator in the next general elections, and I need your financial support. You know politics is capital-intensive.” Jide: “Hafeez,…

Image Source: Dodai Africa’s e-mobility battle is no longer about the bike. It’s about who owns the network. E-mobility players, including Roam and Ampersand, are increasingly focusing on expanding their battery-swapping networks to unlock scale. Dodai, an Ethiopia-based electric motorbike startup, has raised $13 million to scale battery-swapping infrastructure across Addis Ababa. The round—$8 million equity, $5 million debt—includes backing from British International Investment (BII) and a cluster of Japanese investors: UTokyo Innovation Platform, Nagase, and CBC Co. The investor mix is worth noting. Japanese capital is financing the buildout. Chinese hardware—battery cells, motors, controllers—is likely running underneath it. Africa’s…

The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved President Bola Tinubu’s request to secure a $516.33m loan from Deutsche Bank to finance Section I of the ambitious Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway project, a key infrastructure initiative under the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda. The approval followed the consideration of the President’s request by the Committee of Supply during plenary presided over by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas. In a letter read on the floor of the Green Chamber, Tinubu described the Sokoto-Badagry Superhighway as a transformative national project aimed at connecting Nigeria’s far northwest to its southwestern coastline through an approximately 1,000-kilometre dual carriageway stretching from…