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s the Edo community in Boston celebrated the 2025 Igue, an annual indigenous festival, the host committee has called for the unity of the Edo people and more supports for the continuity of the festival in the State of Massachusetts, the United States of America. At the festival, which was held in Boston on December 27, 2025, the Chairman of …

When Yoweri Museveni seized power in Uganda in 1986, he said “the problem of Africa in general and Uganda in particular is not the people but leaders who want to overstay in power.” The 81-year-old president and former rebel is seeking a seventh term in office on Thursday after nearly four decades leading the East African nation, the vast majority …

The U.S. Government says it has revoked more than 100,000 visas within the past one year of President Donald Trump’s second term in office. This is contained in a statement posted by the U.S. State Department on its official X handle on Monday. It explained that the visa revocation affected about 8,000 student visas and 2,500 specialised work permits. The …

The message Mr Trump has very clearly sent across the world is that powerful countries can bully their weak, hapless neighbours without scruples. he unexpected abduction of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, and his wife, Cilia Fores, by the United States in an invasion on 3 January, has sent shock waves around the world. It is a grave assault on …

he Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday demanded the immediate release of 52 people remanded in prison custody for protesting against kidnapping in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area which allegedly turned violent. The 52 suspects, mostly students, were remanded at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre after the Edo State Criminal Court II in Benin City …

The two lawmakers are appealing to their colleagues to exercise restraint and give room for dialogue. wo members of the Rivers House of Assembly, who are loyalists of former Governor Nyesom Wike, have withdrawn from the impeachment move against Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers. The Minority Leader of the assembly, Sylvanus Enyinna Nwankwo, and Peter Abbey, who represents Degema State …

Rep Randy Fine, who is introducing the bill on Monday, says he wants the US to acquire Greenland voluntarily House Republican is pushing for Greenland to become the country’s 51st state as President Donald Trump publicly pushes for the Danish territory to come under U.S. rule. Rep. Randy Fine, R-Fla., is introducing a bill on Monday aimed at authorizing Trump …

he price war in the petroleum sector has continued to deepen as some retail outlets have dropped the prices of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) below the N739 per litre recommended by the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. The PUNCH reports that since the Dangote refinery slashed petrol pump prices from about N900 to N739 in December, many importers and depot owners have …

here appears to be a sharp division in the Rivers State House of Assembly as two lawmakers called on other colleagues to stay action in the impeachment threat to governor Siminalayi Fubara and his deputy, Prof Ngozi Odu. In what turned out to be a huge shock to many, Hon Sylvanus Nwankwo, the house minority leader who also represents Omuma …

ome students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, were on Monday among 52 persons arraigned by the Edo State Police Command in connection with the violent protest that rocked Ekpoma, headquarters of Esan West Local Government Area. The protest, which began as a demonstration against the spate of kidnappings and killings in the area, degenerated into violence, leading to widespread …