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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured that the Edo Health Improvement Programme (Edo-HIP) and Edo Health Insurance Scheme will improve access to quality and affordable healthcare services for all residents in the state. The governor gave the assurance in commemoration of World Health Day, celebrated every April 7, to mark the founding of the World Health Organisation (WHO). …

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed satisfaction with the quality and standard of sporting facilities in Edo State, commending the governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki for his administration’s investment in sports development. Buhari who described sports as one of the veritable tools that unite Nigerians, hailed the Governor for spearheading the upgrading of sports infrastructure in the state. The President gave the …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Deputy Inspector-General, DIG, Usman Alkali Baba, as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP. The announcement came on a day his immediate predecessor, Mohammed Adamu, was in Owerri, Imo State, to assess the extent of damage done by the gunmen who attacked Owerri Prisons and Imo State police command headquarters, freeing inmates …

As Nigeria vaccinates 964,387 persons; Kogi receives 16,900 doses The Federal Government has urged  Nigerians to continue to maintain all Non-Pharmaceutical Intervention measures against the COVID-19 virus, even after vaccination, noting that the COVID-19 vaccines had not proved largely effective against some new coronavirus variants. Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce PTF on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Tanko Muhammad, has spoken on the crippling nationwide strike embarked upon by judiciary workers on Tuesday. The leadership of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) had called for the strike to demand financial autonomy for the Nigerian judiciary at all levels. A statement by the CJN’s media aide, Ahuraka Isah, said Mr Muhammad …

A day after armed men attacked a police headquarters and a prison facility in Imo State, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visited the state where he appealed to residents to reject violent groups. PREMIUM TIMES reported the early Monday attack on the police headquarters in Owerri during which one police officer sustained gunshot injury. The gunmen, using guns and dynamites, also attacked the …

Enugu Correctional Centre says it has beefed up security around the facility to forestall any attack that could lead to jailbreak. The Spokesman for the centre, Mr Emeka Monday, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Tuesday. Monday said the measure became necessary, following Monday’s attack on the police headquarters and correctional …

Minister of Police Affairs Maigari Dingyadi, says the three-month tenure extension granted to outgoing Inspector-General of Police Muhammad Adamu was terminated following completion of selection process for a new I-G. Dingyadi has earlier announced the appointment of Deputy Inspector- General of Police (DIG) Usman Baba as Acting Inspector-General of Police. The appointment of Usman was with immediate effect. The News …

Edo State Government has intensified the vaccination of residents against coronavirus (COVID-19) in the state’s 18 local government councils, vaccinating over 32,000 persons with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the first phase of the vaccination exercise. The state COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, said the government is ramping efforts to ensure the …

Ongoing recruitment of staff into the Edo College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is part of many steps taken by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to reposition the institution in order to develop the needed manpower to drive the government’s robust agriculture-based economy, according to Edo State Government. Acting Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. …