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Host communities of an oil palm plantation in the Owan axis of the state have commended Governor Godwin Obaseki for citing the project in their communities, with the traditional leaders and residents reassuring their support to ensure the success of the programme. Explaining the gains of the project, the community leaders and members dissociated themselves from an alleged lawsuit against …

Edo State Government is pursuing the decentralization of the healthcare system in the state and ensuring the expansion of healthcare services to hard-to-reach communities so as to guarantee access to quality, efficient and affordable healthcare to every resident, Governor Godwin Obaseki has said. Obaseki, who recently spoke to journalists in Benin City, said ongoing reforms in the state’s health sector will …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged for increased enlightenment campaigns to change the behaviour of consumers of tobacco, which exposes them to the risks of cardiovascular diseases. He said this in commemoration of the World No Tobacco Day marked by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other organs of the United Nations to raise awareness and check the …

In bid to stop the spread of Monkeypox, the Federal Government has suspended importation of wild animals and warned hunters and sellers of bush meat to relax operation. The government also cautioned operators of zoos, parks, conservation and recreational centres keeping non-human primates to adhere strictly with biosecurity protocols aimed at preventing their contacts with humans. Minister of Agriculture and …

Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has perfected plans to be the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Sokoto South following the emergence of Atiku Abubakar as the party’s presidential candidate, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report. Mr Tambuwal, whose statutory second-term as governor ends next year, had sought to be his party’s presidential candidate but stepped down and endorsed Mr Atiku …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease  Control, NCDC,  on Tuesday dismissed a social media report said to have been released by the Chief of Russian Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Force, that ‘there are four US-controlled biological laboratories operating in Nigeria’,  insisting that Nigeria has no laboratories where monkeypox virus is generated. In a press statement released by the agency and …

President Muhammadu Buhari has charged governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure that the forthcoming convention to pick a presidential candidate reflects all the values and virtues of the party. He also said the candidate to be selected has to be one “who would give the Nigerian masses a sense of victory and confidence even before the elections.” Femi Adesina, …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), met with the governors of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday ahead of the party’s convention. The president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, made the outcome of the meeting known in a statement titled, ‘We must show positive qualities of APC at our convention, President Buhari charges governors’. During the …

 The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will partner  with Nigeria’s anti-graft agencies to stop vote buying in the June 18, governorship election in Ekiti. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Tuesday in Ado-Ekiti during a meeting with traditional rulers in the state ahead of the election in the state. Yakubu said that the commission would partner with …

All Progressives Congress National Leader and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, was questioned about his educational background and plans for Nigeria’s development by the party’s presidential screening panel on Monday. The PUNCH obtained videos recorded from his screening on Tuesday. In the videos, Tinubu boasted about his initiatives in Lagos and how he helped Nigeria develop its telecommunication sector. He also defended …