…Assesses level of destruction …Describes incident as very disturbing Edo State Government has decried the recent invasion and destruction of facilities of Idogbo Secondary School in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state by some students and unknown hoodlums, numbering 49. A delegation of the Edo State Government led by the Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, visited the school …
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, swore in five Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and 40 Special Assistants (SAs) in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Obaseki, who performed the ceremony at Idogbo, the administrative headquarters of Ikpoba-Okha, hailed the LGA for being politically organized and united. According to him, “Ikpoba-Okha is an LGA with a very …
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By Okhide Em’ya David Officials of the Edo State Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV) have arrested an alleged fake military officer Mr. Sunday James who was said to have engaged in the intimidation of residents and traders in Benin City. PUWOV State Commander, Mr. Mukhtar Yusuf-Osagie, while parading the Suspect, said luck ran out of him at Oba Ovonramwen Square popularly …
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Eyewitnesses have said 17 students of Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, Ojodu, formerly Ojodu Grammar School, died in Tuesday’s tragedy, debunking claims by the Police that “only two males died on the spot”. Meanwhile, Lagos State government has shut down the school until January next year. The Commissioner for Education, Folashade Adefisayo, made the announcement when she visited the school on …
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The National Association of Nigerian Students has given British Mission in Nigeria 72 hours to rescind its decision to pause issuance and processing of visas to Nigerians over discovery of COVID-19 Omicron variant. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that NANS gave the the ultimatum during its protest at British Deputy High Commission in Lagos on Tuesday over the travel …
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It is no longer news that Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, otherwise known as cooking gas, is one of the commodities hit the hardest by inflation this year. As a friend of mine joked recently: “Cooking gas is now a status symbol in Nigeria.” When in January 2021, a kilogram of cooking gas was selling for N336 per kilogram, many thought …
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•HURIWA alleges lax oversight of regulator by BuhariThe Federal Government has denied a report by the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) alluding that the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) was laundering N18 billion through Nigeria’s financial system to deepen terrorism. The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), which reacted yesterday via a statement issued by …
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As ultimatum given by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to the government to implement its demands or face another round of industrial action ended on Sunday, the former has said Nigerians will know its position within 24 hours. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, told Vanguard on the telephone that the union would declare its position shortly after consultations …
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Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sunday kicked against the 2022 budget proposal of Governor Godwin Obaseki which he submitted to the ten man state house of assembly last Wednesday alleging that he duplicated projects to siphon state funds. A statement by the Assistant State Publicity secretary of the party, Victor Ofure Osehobo said the budget proposal …
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Thousands of The Gambian citizens have taken to the streets in protest after the December 4 presidential election result. The election, contested by six candidates, was won by the incumbent president, Adama Barrow. Mr Barrow, who contested the election under the flagship of the National People’s Party (NPP), polled 457, 519 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ousainou Darboe, of the …
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