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Edo State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) has received the commendation of the federal government for its durable and quality infrastructural projects in the state. Coordinator, Edo NEWMAP, Dr. Tom Obaseki (right), with other officials of the State Project Management Unit (SPMU), during a meeting with the federal government’s Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) Auditors, in Benin …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration is revolutionizing the healthcare sector, pursuing a holistic decentralization of the system and upgrading primary healthcare centres, equipping them with world-class equipment and manpower to guarantee the delivery of efficient, affordable and quality healthcare services to Edo people. Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria; wife of Edo State …

Governor of Bauchi State and presidential aspirant in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Bala Mohammed, said President Muhammadu Buhari has failed as a president because he surrounds himself with “liars and sycophants” Mr Mohammed, who was in Katsina Sunday evening to meet with PDP delegates ahead of the party’s presidential primary elections, said Mr Buhari has failed to provide good leadership to …

• Govt has not contacted us, I went to fetch the corpse myself, father laments The Christian Association of Nigeria on Sunday said it would explore all avenues to get justice for Deborah Samuel, a 200 level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, who was lynched last week for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad. In a chat with The PUNCH on …

Most international attention on Niger focuses on the Boko Haram conflict in the country’s east (Diffa region) and the Liptako-Gourma crisis in its west (Tillabéri and Tahoua regions). But the Maradi region, along Niger’s south-central border with Nigeria, is becoming another hotspot that could strain national efforts to curb insecurity. Since 2017, Maradi has been affected by the expansion of organised and violent banditry …

• Alerts to the resurgence of new Android Trojan apps The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted telecoms consumers and members of the public to an ongoing cyber-vulnerability that allows a nearby hacker to unlock a vehicle, start the engine wirelessly and make away with the automobile. It said the fact that car remotes are categorised as short-range devices that make …

Gunmen have attacked three locations in Anambra state. The areas include: Ogidi headquarters of Idemili North local government area, Military checkpoint at the highbrow 3-3 Housing Estate in Onitsha and Eke Oko in Aguata local government area. The incidents occurred barely two days the Governor of the state, Chukwuma Chukwuma Soludo, visited the detained leader of the Indigenous People of …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 24 for a definite hearing on a suit instituted against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) by the Peoples Democratic Party on the controversial sections 84 (11) and (12) of the Electoral Act 2022. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the new date on Monday to enable Buhari and the PDP to …

• Sokoto schools to remain shut• Deborah’s parents: We can’t say anything, we have left all to God• Police deny report identifying the suspected killer as a foreigner• Ohanaeze Ndigbo, OPC, and others condemn the destruction of Igbo property, charge northern leaders to halt Sokoto mayhem• Blasphemy: Withdraw from Inter-Religious Council, northern CAN tell Christian leaders• TEKAN demands justice for slain …

• Amaechi promises to resign today, says rail project will be continued by colleagues • Buhari’s adviser on power joins Jigawa guber race• Confusion as el-Rufai presents Amaechi to Kaduna APC delegates as Buhari’s financier  The last of the controversial Section 84(12) of the Electoral Amendment Act 2022 has not been heard as it emerged yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari and the …