Author: Swift Reporters

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured residents of Aiyegunle Community in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area (LGA), that his administration will, in the next three months, electrify the community to open the area for more economic activities. Obaseki who was in the community during his reelection campaign in Edo North Senatorial District, reassured that his administration, in collaboration with the Nigerian Electricity Regulations Commission (NERC), will continue to pursue rural electrification projects to ensure all communities in the state have access to electricity. Addressing supporters in Ward 7, Aiyegunle, in Akoko-Edo, Obaseki said the state government was already…

…Govt is functioning optimally The Godwin Obaseki-led government has a robust governance system in place, that is responding to the daily needs of Edo people in all sectors of the state amid the ongoing electioneering campaigns. The governor is renowned for his best-in-class managerial skills, a fact the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) cannot controvert, and has been multi-tasking amid the demands of his reelection campaigns. Specifically, salaries and pension for Edo workers and pensioners for the month of July, 2020, were paid on the 23rd, to enable our Muslim brothers and sisters celebrate the Eid-El-Kabir festival. Work is in…

The downstream subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), has increased the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, from N132 per litre to N138.62 per litre. This was disclosed in a memo signed by Manager Sales, PPMC, Mohammed Bello, on Tuesday. According to the memo, the new price would come into effect from today, August 5, 2020. The PPMC put the ex-coastal price of the commodity, which is the price at which the product is sold to depot owners, at N113.70 per litre. The PPMC also put the…

The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has fixed Saturday, August 8th, 2020 as the new date for its State Congress. A statement by the State PDP Publicity Secretary, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza, which disclosed this, reads thus: “The Delta State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, hereby announces that the State Party Congress, earlier suspended as a result of the Corona Virus Pandemic outbreak, will now hold on Saturday, August 8, 2020 at the Cenotaph, Asaba, Delta State by 10 am prompt Delegates are specifically advised to comport themselves decently and maintain all COVID-19 mandated guidelines and protocols during the exercise, including…

Sixty-four years after the discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities at Oloibiri, Bayelsa State by Shell Darcy, the Federal Government working closely with the Bayelsa State Government and Shell Petroleum and Development Company (SPDC) have started the establishment of an Oil and Gas Museum and Research Center in the town. This symbolic project was launched on Tuesday with the inauguration of key project committees and setting of delivery timelines by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva. The project is being promoted by four key institutions, namely the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), the…

Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule has tasked members of the State Enabling Business Environment Council, on working hard to improve on the indices investors look forward to for ease of doing business. Engineer Sule gave the charge during a meeting with members of the council, at the Government House, on Tuesday. The Governor said this has become even more necessary considering the health and economic challenges confronting the state following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Nasarawa left with no option than to encourage all the various investors that have indicated interest to invest in the state.…

The Chairman of Abuja Municipal Area Council Hon. Abdullahi Candido has reiterated his administration concerted effort to mitigate the down economic impact of COVID-19 especially to ease the burdens on businesses within the Area Council. Candido made this known during a Virtual Dialogue on Taxation and Post COVID Challenges for Businesses held on Tuesday, 4th August, 2020. “As a result of our sensitivity to this plight being faced by everyone., the council amongst strategies has opened up a citizens’engagement and feedback mechanism through an e-governance system to enable us navigate through the pandemic, candido said. The webinar moderated by Hon…

…Inaugurates project committees Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, has on Tuesday inaugurated two committees and five project teams for the Oloibiri Museum and Research centre which will be situated in Oloibiri, Bayelsa state. The virtual ceremony was anchored by Engr Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) who is to head the project committees and chaired by Timipre Sylva who sponsors the historic project. Sylva, in his speech, said ‘I am very happy to be part of this historic occasion set aside to inaugurate the project committees that will oversee the…

…As Bayelsa Trains Teachers For Safe Reopening Of Schools Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said his administration would prioritise investment in the education sector  as it remains the bedrock for development of any society. To this end, he said his government would do more to positively shape the future of students in the state. Senator Diri said this while declaring open the Safe Re-Opening of Schools Train-the-Trainers Programme organised by the state government at the Harold Dappa-Biriye Conference Centre in Yenagoa. His Acting Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Daniel Alabrah, in a statement, said the governor promised to ensure quality…

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, the Hon. Justice John T. Tsoho, with members of his immediate family has tested Negative after undergone two COVID -19 tests According to a press release signed by the Acting Information Officer, Federal High Court of Nigeria for the The Chief Judge, Catherine Oby Nwandu, she said that the first test was done at the beginning of the 14-day self isolation, while the confirmatory test came thereafter. Both tests were conducted by the NCDC. The statement partially read, “These measures were preventive rather than curative. Earlier, a close aide to…