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Former Edo Commissioner, for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Osaze Osemwengie-Ero has said the Edo Festival of Arts and Culture (EdoFEST), organized in 2018, played a pivotal role in raising awareness for the return of the Benin artefacts. Osemwengie-Ero, who disclosed this in a chat with journalists, said he was on assignment to Europe for the return of the …

By Okhide Em’ya David Oba Ewuare II, the Great Benin King,  has thrown his weight behind the Obaseki Administration on the recent amendment of the Law, banning Community Development Association (CDA) and illegal activities of all sort of splinter groups like Okaiegele  or Leader of Youths in Council. Oba Ewuare noted that contrary to speculation that the law was targeted at the …

Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 40-year old notorious bandit in Sokoto state, Bello Galadima who had gone to buy sex enhancement drugs in the Aliyu Jodi area of the state. Commandant General of the Corps, Dr Ahmed Audi who disclosed this in a statement issued Wednesday in Abuja and published by the Vanguard, also restated …

The Athletic Integrity Unit, AIU, has suspended Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare with immediate effect. AIU revealed that an out-of-competition sample from Okagbare tested positive for human growth hormone. VANGURAD.

Edo State Government will recover all looted funds under the guise of Benin Stormwater Project, Governor Godwin Obaseki, has vowed. Obaseki gave the assurance while on an inspection tour of ongoing construction of New Lagos Road, Textile Mill Road, 2nd West Circular Road and Ekehuan Road, all in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The governor, who attributed the level …

United States President, Joe Biden, announced today, his intent to nominate three additional individuals, Leslie Bluhm, Lisette Nieves, and Flor Romero, to serve on the Board of Directors of AmeriCorps. They have extensive experience in public policy, national service, and community engagement. You will find their bios below, Mal Coles, Acting Chief Executive Officer of AmeriCorps said in a statement …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Professor Peter Olaitan, the Chief Medical Director of Osun state University Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, has appealed to the Federal Government of Nigeria to test, screen and immunize Nigerians against Hepatitis B infection free of charge. Olaitan made the plea in presentation, titled: “Covid-19 on the Rise Again, Hepatitis Can’t Wait,” at a forum organized by …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that the demolition of some lock-up stores at Iyekogba Housing Estate in Benin City was never to witch-hunt or punish anyone but to ensure that all, irrespective of position, respect, obey and comply with the laws governing the State. He therefore urged citizens to continue to obey laid down laws and regulations, …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has said it has only three associates of the Yoruba Nation advocate Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho in its custody as against 12 being claimed in a suit before a Federal High Court in Abuja. It is claimed in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/64z/2021 being prosecuted by some lawyers including Pelumi Olajengbesi and Allen Sowore, …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed that no fewer than 18,000 candidates will sit for a nationwide mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) which has been slated for Friday, 6 August. The Board said this is coming on the heels of wide consultation as a result of minor hitches which were recorded during the 2021 UTME and …