Author: Swift Reporters

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has revealed plans to establish a new technical college in Uzebba, Owan West Local Government Area to boost Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the state, as part of strategies to build a vibrant workforce to drive the state’s industrial growth. The governor said his administration has, in the last three years and eight months, continued to pursue reforms and policies that have seen the development of critical sectors of the education sector, including basic, technical and tertiary education. Speaking to party faithful at wards 9 and 10 in Uzebba, Owan…

…Governor tasks electorate on vigilance Commercial activities were halted temporarily in the early hours of Saturday in Benin City as supporters of Governor Godwin Obaseki and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 19 gubernatorial election, put up a carnival-like march, termed the Umbrella March, to reinforce their support for the governor. The march, which was organised by the Edo Voters Volunteers Assembly (EVVA), a grassroots voter mobilisation body, had over 2000 participants, made up of youths and women, mobilised from the 12 wards in Oredo Local Government Area of the state. Addressing the supporters, Obaseki urged the electorate in the…

Political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Saturday, called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari, to call the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, to order over his penchant for using state forces to suppress the media and free speech. Frank in a statement in Abuja, described the antics of Osinbajo in using the judiciary and security agencies to intimidate, harass and coerce journalists and media houses, as not only unbecoming but an act of cowardice. He said it has become necessary for Buhari to remind Osinbajo of his…

Bayelsa Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Abuja has affirmed the election of Senator Duoye Diri as Bayelsa State Governor. TheTthree-man panel took the decision on Saturday, a month after the Supreme Court dismissed an Appeal filed by a former aspirant of the Bayelsa governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Timi Alaibe, challenging the candidacy of Senator Diri in the November 2019 election. In a unanimous judgment delivered by Justice Owodunni, the Tribunal held that the petition filed by Owei Woniwei of the Alliance for Democracy is incompetent and lacks merit. The Tribunal further held that the petitioner failed…

The Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, on Friday urged voters in the state to go out en-masse on election day, cast their votes for the PDP and ensure they defend their votes by keeping an eagle-eye on the process and the results as they unfold. Obaseki, the incumbent governor of Edo State who is seeking re-election, made the call when addressing party faithful in Ward 6, Ukhuse in Owan West during his re-election campaign rally in the Local Government Area (LGA). “On the 19th of September,…

The Edo State House of Assembly and the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Francis Okiye, have obtained an order of substituted service on members-elect to halt the unlawful take over of the Anthony Enahoro Assembly Complex and the House’s legislative activities. The order was given following the suit filed by  Okiye and the House; FHC/PH/CS/100/2020, at the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, seeking to restrain the Attorney General of the Federation, the Inspector General of Police and the 14 members-elect from proceeding to unlawfully take control of the legislative activities of the Edo State House of Assembly.…

Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has commended the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) for championing strategic efforts geared towards increasing the pool of Nigerians with indigenous digital contents and skills. The Minister said this during the virtual ‘NITDA Stakeholders’ Meetup and Hangout’ with the theme, “Leveraging Indigenous Technologies to Enhance Educational Development”. Dr Pantami said that, “it is heartwarming to note that NITDA has taken strategic steps towards developing indigenous digital learning platform for rural communities in Nigeria, adding that, the urgent need for upskilling solutions to close the digital skills gap at this…

The Niger State Government has assured citizens of the state of its resolve to fight banditry and other forms of criminality in the state, even as it commiserated with the families of the victims of the banditalry attack on Ukuru village in Mariga Local Government area of the State. A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the State Governor, Mrs Mary Noel Berje quotes the state chief executive, Governor Abubakar Sani- Bello, as saying, “though tackling insecurity as it has to do with banditry, falls within the purview of all levels of government and all citizens, the state…

There are attempts by agents of the Rivers State Government to blackmail the All Progressives Congress and drag the party into a needless confrontation over the implementation of the ongoing employment scheme driven by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment. We have intended to maintain a dignified silence over what we consider a misguided reaction on the part of the representative of the Rivers State Governor. We are however compelled by circumstances to react in order to clear the air and keep the record straight. We state emphatically that while some special interest groups, including CAN, NURTW as well…

The Nigeria Communication Commission is set to collaborate with the UK Government Prosperity Fund-Nigeria Project on reforming the administration of Right of Way and planning permits in Nigeria. This was disclosed by the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, during the virtual forum on Right of Way Reforms and Planning Permits for Masts and Towers in Nigeria organised by the British Government’s Prosperity Fund’s Digital Access Programme in collaboration with Nigerian Communications Commission and the Ministry of Communication and Digital Economy on Thursday, August 13, 2020. Prof. Danbatta was represented by the NCC’s Executive Commissioner, Stakeholder Management,…