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Edo State Government in partnership with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society has intensified sensitization on fire disaster management. Addressing journalists after a road show to mark the 2021 World Disaster Risk Reduction Day, with the theme, “Fire Outbreak and Mitigation Response Sensitization,” in Benin City, the Functioning Director, Edo State Emergency Management Agency …

Sir David Amess, the British lawmaker who died on Friday after suffering multiple stab wounds at a Methodist church in southeast England was Catholic, pro-life, and reportedly a strong supporter of Catholic education and animal welfare, according to the Catholic News Agency. Amess, 69, was a Member of Parliament since 1983 and a member of the Conservative party who was …

*As his body  laid to rest Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has immortalised the late Sir Victor Uwaifo, naming the Edo Creative Hub after the late music maestro. In his tribute at the lying-in-state for late Uwaifo, held in Benin City, the governor described the passing of the music legend as the end of an era. Other dignitaries at …

Kogi State Government on Friday has demanded an apology from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for “embarrassing” the state by dragging it to court over a N20 billion bail-out fund. Recall, the commission had on Friday told the court that it was no longer interested in pursuing the case after the state government had given its commitment to …

In clear contravention of extant laws, Dapo Abiodun, the executive governor of Ogun State, is director of at least two offshore companies while also operating a foreign account. An investigation by PREMIUM TIMES and its partners showed that the governor is also the ultimate beneficial owner of the companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. We were also able to determine …

Conservative British lawmaker David Amess was killed on Friday after being stabbed “multiple times” during an event in his local constituency in southeast England, in the second death of a UK politician while meeting voters since 2016. Local police did not name Amess but said a man had been arrested “on suspicion (of) murder” after the stabbing in Leigh-on-Sea. “We …

It would take more than political sagacity and understanding of political arithmetic to predict the outcome of the forthcoming Anambra State gubernatorial polls, which comes up in three weeks’ time. Careful observation shows that forces at play are adopting curious strategies, even as some shadowy non-state actors raise apprehension that the ballot might not hold. As the big parties deploy …

Peoples Democratic Party stalwarts in the South-West have rejected the option of consensus in filling the national positions zoned to the region. (former Osun State Governor, Olagunsoye Oyinlola, and ex-National Secretary of the PDP Prof Wale Oladipo) The most contentious of the positions, which party leaders have tried but failed to reach an agreement on, is the seat of Deputy …

Panta Burguse does not know what it feels like to use a mobile phone to communicate. At 80, she neither owned nor ever communicated with one. For the childless widow, who lives in Sishemvire village in the Yalmatu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, it will be a dream come true if she ever owns a phone and to …

Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha The Federal Government have listed fresh conditions to inbound travellers to Nigeria after the United Kingdom relaxed its COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated Nigerians. In a statement on Friday, Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman, Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19, …