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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Agenebode – A 20-year-old girl has been raped and stabbed to death at Agenebode, the administrative headquarters of Etsako East local government area of Edo State, Nigeria. The attack occurred few hours after a Benin-based accountant allegedly killed his pregnant wife, then hanged her corpse to feign suicide in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The victim, …

… hails Edo people, PDP supporters Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, returned to Benin City, the Edo State capital after three weeks of annual leave, amid a rousing welcome by supporters and other Edo residents. Obaseki was also in Osun State where he played a critical role in the victory of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party …

The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities is scheduled to hold its meeting in the first week of August, 2022, The PUNCH has reliably gathered. Our correspondent learnt that a decision on whether to suspend or continue with the strike which enters its 155th day on Tuesday (today), will be taken at the meeting. The PUNCH reports that …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja unveiled the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited), affirming that the company is mandated by law to ensure that Nigeria’s national energy security is guaranteed. Speaking at the historic occasion at State House Conference Centre, the President said Africa’s largest National Oil Company (NOC) would also support sustainable growth across other sectors …

• Ex-UK PM’s wife, Blair, Olanipekun lead Disco team Benin Electricity Distribution Company Plc has dragged the Bureau of Public Enterprises, an agency of the Federal Government, to a United Kingdom arbitration to challenge the takeover of BEDC by Fidelity Bank Plc. It was also gathered on Monday that the UK’s ex-Prime Minister’s wife, Cherie Blair, who is the Chair …

…parley holds Thursday, July 21 Edo State Government has called a meeting of all estate developers in Benin City to deliberate on measures in ensuring sanity and adherence to extant planning codes by operators in the market, a move official says is out of determination to sanitize the state’s real estate market and guard against exploitation of members of the public.  …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – An accountant with a private firm in Benin City has allegedly murdered his pregnant wife and hanged her corpse to feign suicide. It was alleged that the accountant, Mr Emmanuel Omoru committed the act after his wife Cynthia Agho, 27 and mother of his two children, accused him of having extramarital affairs. The …

…says comment divisive, provocative …calls on Nigerians to reject leaders promoting bigotry A northern youths group operating under the aegis of Coalition of Arewa Youths for Peace and National Development (COAYPANU),has announced the removal of Alhaji Kashim Shettima,vice presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC,as its patron. The group,in a statement, Sunday, explained that its action was based …

I congratulate the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ademola Adeleke, on his victory in the Osun 2022 governorship election. The people of Osun State have made their choices through the ballot, choosing the PDP and our ideals of equity, unity and progress over the retrogressive policies that have had them in dire straits these past years. We …

Edo State Acting Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu has reiterated the state government’s drive to boost technical and vocational education and training in the state, noting that the state intends to become the home to the best trained technicians and craftsmen in Nigeria. Shaibu said this during a visit to the Benin Technical College to ascertain the progress of work. …