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By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, during the week, at the festival Hall of Osadebey Avenue celebrated the 3rd Anniversary of his Basic Educational Sector Transformation, EdoBest, saying that he decided to focus on basic education because it ‘is our first interaction with knowledge’. Government documents say that EdoBest programme was launched in 2018 along three thematic areas …

A book, titled The Work of a Press Secretary, written by Dr Burkard Weth, former press attaché to the German Embassy in Nigeria arrived arrive Benin City Edo state during the week from Germany through a mail sent by Shaker Media. The book is a 57-page work wrought in 2019 and published by Shaker media as an e-book, and can be …

A 15-man committee, charged with the responsibility of screening political nominees that will be appointed into his cabinet was on Tuesday inaugurated by Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. Obaseki, during the inauguration ceremony at the Government House, Benin City, urged the committee, headed by Prof. Dennis Agbonlahhor, to submit its report on or before 15th of July, 2021. Members …

The Federal Government has approved the extension of the deadline for the National Identification Number -Subscriber Identity Module (NIN-SIM) data verification until July 26, 2021. This is contained in a statement signed by Dr IKechukwu Adinde, Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),in Abuja. The statement co-signed by Mr Kayode Adegoke, Head of Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission(NIMC), said …

Tells court why he fled About three years after jumping bail, the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, was yesterday re-arraigned before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, for the continuation of his trial for treasonable felony. Reliable security sources told THISDAY yesterday that Kanu was rearrested in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia …

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, has said the price of petrol should be more than N280/litre at which Automotive Gas Oil, also known as diesel, is being sold. Kyari said smuggling of petrol from Nigeria had impacted negatively on the Nigerian oil sector but added that this would not lead to another …

*Court remands him in DSS custody, fixes July 26 for accelerated trial *I fled Nigeria to save my life, Kanu tells court *Kanu wrongly tried, detained  — Ejimakor, IPOB lawyer *Don’t manhandle him, he’s a freedom fighter, Kanu’s brother tells FG *His arrest not the end of IPOB — IPOB *Ndigbo’ll react if anything untoward happens to him — Mbazulike …

A Nigerian professor sentenced to three years in prison for election fraud has filed an appeal against the court judgement. The professor, Peter Ogban, who is serving his jail term in Ikot Ekpene Correction Centre in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south region, has spent about three months so far in the prison. He was sentenced in March by a High Court in …

The Caretaker Committee Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni, has announced the dissolution of the executive council of the party in Zamfara State. Mr Buni also declared Governor Bello Matawalle, who defected to the party from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, as the new leader of the party in the state. …

Six inmates at the Enugu Correctional Service on Tuesday bagged different degree certificates from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the six inmates, all male, are currently serving their jail terms with the exception of one who had regained his freedom. Performing the ceremony, the Desk Officer, NOUN Enugu Correction Centre, …