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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has disclosed plans to set up the Edo State Forestry Commission and update the state’s forestry laws to checkmate activities of criminal elements and preserve the state’s forest assets. Obaseki who disclosed this during a meeting with forestry stakeholders in Benin City, said the forests need to be policed and the process properly governed …

Prices of fishes have skyrocketed in Edo state as sellers have for the past three days refused to sell in protest of the activities of cold room owners and operators who they accused of arbitrary increase in the prices of fish, a more major protein source. They called on the state government to look into an alarming situation where every …

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has launched free set-top boxes as part of the digital switchover (DSO) in Lagos. Speaking at the event in Lagos on Thursday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information, said the set-top box does not require monthly subscriptions, except for an annual access fee of N1,500. He added that the DSO will enable millions of Nigerians who …

• Over 3, 000 escaped inmates on the loose• Overcrowding fueling jailbreak attempts• Expert links incidence to spike in crime rates Amid mounting insecurity challenges, the Federal Government appears to have yet another bout of headache to contend with. The nation’s correctional facilities frequently come under violent attacks leading to jailbreaks and attempted jailbreaks even though billions of naira is budgeted …

…Says ‘Security agencies must bring perpetrators to book within 72 hours’ Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, yesterday, gave security agencies 72 hours to bring the killers of two soldiers, a policeman and a civilian in the state to book. He imposed a curfew on entry and exit points in the state. The state government also denied the rumour making …

The Chairman, Senate Public Accounts Committee, on Wednesday gave the Ministry of Finance, Office of the Accountant General of the Federation and the Office of the National Security Adviser till Tuesday next week to explain an alleged ‘secret withdrawal of N7.5bn from the two per cent National Automotive Council Design and Development Council Levy Account. The account is domiciled with …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night that “America is rising anew” as he called for an expansion of federal programs to drive the economy past the pandemic and broadly extend the social safety net on a scale not seen in decades. In his first address to Congress, he pointed optimistically to the nation’s emergence from the coronavirus …

WASHINGTON (AP) — As he rounds out his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden’s focus on reining in the coronavirus during the early months of his administration seems to have paid off: He can check off nearly all his campaign promises centered on the pandemic. Biden has delivered on a number of his biggest campaign pledges focused on climate change and the economy as …

The State Security Service (SSS) on Wednesday interrogated Usman Bugaje, an ardent critic of President Muhammadu Buhari administration, over a recent interview he granted African Television (AIT). Sources close to Mr. Bugaje said he reported at the SSS headquarters in Abuja at about 10 a.m. on Wednesday, based on invitation. Mr Bugaje, who in 2016 turned down the Buhari administration’s …

Seven United Nation (UN) human rights experts on Thursday demanded the release of a Nigerian atheist and humanist, Mubarak Bala, who has been detained without charge by the police for a year over alleged blasphemy. The experts’ demand add to calls by many human rights groups, including Amnesty International, in the last one year for the release of the activist who faces …