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Some staff and students residing close to the Ugbowo Campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) and residents in Iguo-Osaigie and other surrounding communities in Uhunmwonde Local Gove+rnment Area of Edo are about to be cut off because of the ravaging gully erosion in the area. The surrounding communities, Iguo-Hana, Iguo-Efosa, Oke-Okehn, Okun Magiajemen and Utteh have called on the …

The Federal Government has disclosed of its decision to bar workers from accessing their offices as from December 1 if they are unable to show proof of their vaccination against the COVID-19 pandemic or a Polymerase Chain Reaction PCR test done within 72 hours. Chairman of the Presidential Steering Committee PSC on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the …

The Northern Elders Forum, NEF, said on Wednesday, that President Muhammadu Buhari has no reason to withhold assent to the amendments made by the National Assembly to the Electoral Act. The Forum also hailed the Senate for yielding to the demands of Nigerians over the hitherto contentious electronic transmission of election results, saying it represents a major improvement to the …

During the 37 months that Mr Dasuki lasted as NSA, Mr Adesanya had at least two knotty multibillion-dollar issues to resolve with the Nigerian government. Sometime in 2013, Nigerian multi-billionaire businessman, Leno Adesanya, approached a secrecy seller in the British Virgin Islands, Trident Trust Company Limited, to help family members of Sambo Dasuki, the National Security Adviser at the time, to register …

The direct primaries clause adopted by the Senate in the proposed Electoral Amendment Bill is not a revolt against state governors but an opportunity to protect legislators from the governors, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Kabir Gaya (APC, Kano), has said. The senator stated this when he appeared on “Politics Today” a programme on Channels TV on …

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has reconstituted the leadership and membership of some standing and special committees of the Senate. He made the announcement at the end of plenary on Wednesday. The new chairmen are Sahabi Ya’u – Committee on National Population and National Identity; Adetokunbo Abiru – Committee on Industry; Saidu Alkali – Committee on Trade and Investments; and Kabiru Barkiya …

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Muhammad Bello, has told an Abuja High Court that Zainab, the daughter of former President Umaru Yar’Adua, forged several documents to lay claim to a disputed plot of land in Abuja. The minister alleged, yesterday, that there was nothing to show that the former President’s daughter ever applied for land in the FCT …

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that battle-hardened militants from Iraq and Syria are “actively” entering Afghanistan. “The situation in Afghanistan is not easy,” Putin said during a video conference with security service chiefs of ex-Soviet states. “Militants from Iraq, Syria with experience in military operations are actively being drawn there,” he said. “It is possible that terrorists may try …

Inaugurates Audit Service Commission Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has sworn-in Prof. Faith Osadolor as the new Solicitor-General/Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Justice, and Ozavize Salami as the Executive Chairman Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).The governor also inaugurated a five-man Audit Service Commission with a charge to utilize the office for the benefit of the majority of Edo …

An unvaccinated 87-year-old female, is the latest casualty of the deadly coronavirus in Edo State, Head of the State’s COVID-19 Case Management, Dr. Osagie Ebomwonyi has disclosed. He made the disclosure during the daily virtual meeting of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, chaired by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Tuesday. According to him, this case was reported from the …