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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the government has finalized the documentation and audit of the state’s forests and is embarking on the recruitment of new forest police as part of a renewed effort to enhance security across the state. Obaseki disclosed this at a Special Security Council Meeting with relevant stakeholders in Edo South Senatorial District, held …

Some yet-to-be-identified armed men abducted two persons in Alor, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State on Sunday. The victims, who were abducted along the Nnobi—Nnewi Road and taken to Alor were thrown from the bridge over the Obiaja River. This was also corroborated by a video from the scene currently trending on social media, showing one of the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has hailed Edo indigene, Engr. George Imafidon, who has been recognized by the United Kingdom’s Royal Academy of Engineering as the Young Engineer of the Year, receiving the Sir George Macfarlane Medal. In a statement, the governor described Imafidon’s feat as extraordinary and an expression of the values of excellence, hard work and innovation, …

Edo State Government, will on Monday, August 8, 2022, host regulators and other stakeholders to a public hearing on the draft Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) Report for the Benin City River Port (BRP) Project. In a statement, BRP Chairman, Greg Ogbeifun, said the public hearing will take place at the John Odigie Oyegun Training Centre in Benin City. …

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter, the CNN reported on Monday. Zawahiri, who just turned 71 years old, had remained a visible international symbol of the group, 11 years after the US killed Osama bin Laden. At one point, he acted as bin Laden’s personal …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his government is implementing reforms and legislation to sustain the gains recorded in the fight against human trafficking, especially in the rehabilitation and resettlement of returning illegal migrants. The governor said this in commemoration of this year’s World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, with the theme, ‘Use and Abuse of Technology.’  Noting …

* Reaffirms opposition to APC’s Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the 19 northern states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to live up to his constitutional responsibility of protecting the lives and property of citizens and defending the sovereignty of Nigeria.  Addressing a press conference on Sunday in Kaduna, …

The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has reiterated the commitment of the federal government to commence operation in some of the newly constructed smart schools by January 2023. He gave the assurance, when a team of Korean experts led by Dae Joon Hwang of UBION Consortium, paid him a courtesy visit at the …

The crisis over the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened last week as some members on Friday vowed to campaign and vote against the party in the 2023 general election over the issue. They declared that position at the APC Northern Christian Leaders Summit convened by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, …

The vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed has reacted to the latest ranking of Global Innovative Economies where Nigeria dropped to 118 in the world. . According to global innovation index (GII) published by World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on Sunday, Nigeria which was 114 and 117 in 2019 and 2020 respectively plummeted to 118 in …