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Edo people have been called upon to embrace data collection exercise recently embarked upon by the Godwin Obaseki Administration in the state as it is geared towards ensuring that the government brings development closer to the people. The enumeration exercise is targeted at collecting relevant data for development planning with the ultimate goal of fixing infrastructure deficit and engendering sustainable …

Real-world results are starting to come in from countries that have been using the COVID-19 vaccines for several weeks, and they all look promising. If regulators give the go-ahead as expected in the next few days, there will be three vaccines available in the United States to prevent COVID-19. A fourth is in widespread use in 50 countries around the …

The Yobe State government orders students to go home until they receive further directives. The Yobe State Government has ordered boarding school students in the state to go home amidst fear of a Boko Haram attack. The government asked students to vacate their hostels until they receive further directives. The order, however, did not affect SS3 students. When PREMIUM TIMES …

The Zamfara State government denies a newspaper report that the girls had been released The students abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, in Talata Mafara Local Government Area of Zamfara State, are still with their captors, the state government has said. Yusuf Idris, media aide to Governor Bello Matawalle, told PREMIUM TIMES at about 3 p.m. on Sunday that efforts …

Edo State Taskforce on coronavirus (COVID-19) has urged worship and event centers in the state to deploy more resources in enforcing the government’s protocols and guidelines to check the spread of the second wave of the pandemic. Addressing journalists in Benin City after monitoring compliance at event and worship centers, the state’s health educator, Mrs. Irene Uabor said the state …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria must act with knowledge and not fear to develop a robust regulatory regime that is thoughtful and knowledge-based for cryptocurrency operations in the Nigerian banking sector, rather than one that prohibits its operations. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in a keynote address delivered virtually at a one-day economic summit organized by …

Edo State Taskforce on Coronavirus (COVID-19) has urged hoteliers to comply with necessary preventive measures against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). During the sensitization exercise, leader of the taskforce team, Mrs. Omokaro Felicia, said hoteliers also play a critical role in ensuring their customers adhere to guidelines on use of face masks, social distancing, proper hand washing and use of …

As part of measures to check the spread of the second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19), the Edo State Government has distributed non-pharmaceutical safety kits to 611 public secondary schools across the 18 local government areas (LGAs) of the state. The items distributed are infrared thermometers, hand sanitizers, verometer buckets and banners. Addressing journalists in Benin City after presenting the materials …

A resident says they were released on Saturday morning The 42 persons kidnapped by bandits from Government Science College Kagara, Niger State have been released after 10 days in captivity. The bandits seized 27 students, three staff and 12 members of their family in a raid on the school from Tuesday evening to early Wednesday morning last week. One of …

The police say they had begun a joint search with the military for the students and their kidnappers. At least 317 schoolgirls were abducted by bandits in the Friday morning raid on Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara State, the police have said. Residents said the bandits woke up people in the neighbourhood as they raided the school, shooting into …