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Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Buhari administration is accelerating interventions, especially those under its Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), leveraging the innovative capacity of Fintechs. The areas of acceleration, according to him include, programmes on renewable energy, agriculture, improving access to credit and direct cash transfers, among others. Prof. Osinbajo (SAN), stated this Friday at the …

By Okhide Em’ya David An Edo State High Court, sitting in Auchi, on Wednesday, remanded 4 suspects charged with the murder of an Igarra youth leader, Mr. Dickson Emah. Mr. Dickson Emah, also known as Lacomb, was shot dead during a clash between two groups of masquerades after the annual Ekuochi festival in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo …

We are ready to partner with the Edo State Government in converting PMS cars to CNG using the availability of electricity, the Chairman of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), Chief Innocent Chukwuma, has said. Chief Chukwuma stated this in response to Governor Obaseki’s request during a courtesy visit to Edo State Government House in Benin City, the state capital at the …

The agitation for self-determination was again brought to the fore on Thursday, as some Yoruba groups on the platform of Assembly of all Yoruba Groups Worldwide, has set aside June 12 as a day of referendum for Yorubas on the move. This formed part of the resolutions reached the meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital by the group …

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said the call for separation by some ethnic groups is an ill-wind that will not do anyone good describing it as “expensive and can be disruptive.” Though the Minister said for the umpteenth time that he was not speaking as a Minister neither was he speaking on behalf of the Federal Government, …

*Say some  elders,leaders misled Buhari to make wrong appointments Northern elders have blamed the festering insecurity in the country especially in the North East and North West geopolitical zones on some leaders and elders of the region whom they said, saw the danger in the beginning of the crisis but refused to say the truth. They said the attachment of …

German sociologist and economic theorist, Karl Marx was absolutely right when he said that religion is the opium of the people. At least we have seen how individuals who thrive in crisis have, with religion as weapon, created rifts between otherwise united peoples in Nigeria as well as all over the world. The ongoing hijab crisis in schools in Kwara …

A former Chief of Army Staff, Azubuike Ihejirika, a retired lieutenant general, has formally joined the All Progressives Congress (APC). This is according to a statement issued by Mamman Mohammed, Director of Press and Media to Governor Mai Mala Buni, Chairman APC Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) on Friday in Abuja. Mr Mohammed said that Mr Buni, who is also …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will declare the 20th National Sports Festival, Edo 2020, open on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, the Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Edo State Deputy Governor, disclosed this during a meeting of the LOC, in Benin City. The sports fiesta will be held from April 2 to 14, in various venues in Benin City, …

A High Court in Akwa-Ibom State, on Thursday, sentenced a Nigerian professor, Peter Ogban, to three years in prison, for election fraud. The court, which found Mr Ogban guilty of fraudulent manipulation of election results, publishing and announcing of false results, also asked the professor to pay N100,000 fine. Mr Ogban, a professor of soil science, University of Calabar, and …