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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and the Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, have reiterated the need for more persons to get vaccinated against the deadly COVID-19 virus. They spoke during the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination, South-South Zone Townhall Meeting, at the Government House, in Benin City. The Minister of Health said over 90 percent of deaths recorded from COVID-19 are of unvaccinated persons, …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said his administration has trained over 11,365 teachers in the state since the introduction of Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EDOBEST) in 2018, deploying digital teaching tools to provide functional basic education to Edo children. Obaseki said this at the 29th annual International Conference of the Association of Vocational Education of Nigeria (AVTEN), …

*Explains why Buhari administration prioritised infrastructure development in its economic agenda *VP commissions projects in Akwa Ibom on 34th State creation anniversary Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said the Buhari administration is encouraging State governments in the country to follow its infrastructural development agenda to become major industrial hubs. This, he said  is against the backdrop that the …

The state has quite limited resources and so there is no better time to draw the attention of the federal government to intervene than now. Niger State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Alhaji Muhammad Idris said on Friday while briefing newsmen in Minna the government would open Minner-Bida Road after rehabilitation. According to the News Agency of Nigeria reports, Idris …

Regeneron antibody drug cocktail  ‘casirivimab and imdevimab’ has been added to World Health Organization (WHO’s) list of treatments for COVID-19 patients official says. Dr Janet Diaz, Head of Clinical Care,World Health Organisation’s (WHO), says Regeneron antibody drug cocktail  `casirivimab and imdevimab’ has been added to  WHO list of treatments for COVID-19 patients. Diaz said it was a major breakthrough in …

Nigeria’s Transportation Minister, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, has said that the maritime sector was being opened up for great investment opportunities given the ongoing removal of wrecks. Amaechi made this known on Friday, in Lagos, at the official launch of the removal of wrecks along the Badagry creek from Tincan Island to Navy Town, Lagos, according the report by Vanguard Nigeria …

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has raised alarm over the recent trend of the unconstitutional takeover of power in some West African countries, urging world leaders to reject such illegal acts. According to Buhari, such unconstitutional takeovers, sometimes in reaction to unilateral changes of constitutions by some leaders, should not be tolerated by the international community. In his speech at …

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in New York, appealed to rich nations and international financial institutions for outright debt cancellation for countries facing the most severe challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic that had ravaged economies globally. In his speech at the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly, Buhari, particularly urged G20 countries to extend their …

Dr. Tom Obaseki has emerged as the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Edo State Flood, Erosion and Watershed Management Agency (ESFEWMA), a new agency created by the state government.   Dr. Obaseki is currently the Project Coordinator, Edo State Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, (NEWMAP), a World Bank assisted project responsible for flood and gully …

Edo State Government has urged residents to come out to get vaccinated against the deadly COVID-19 virus in order to remain safe and healthy, noting that infections and mortalities have continued to rise in the wake of the third wave of the pandemic in the state. Head of the State’s COVID-19 Case Management, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie, gave the charge while …