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Plan to set Edo State Secretariat, popularly known as Palm House which houses the Ministry of Environment and Sustainability offices abaze, with the purpose of destroying critical documents pertaining to the controversial N30 billion Benin stormwater project was foiled by the state government on Monday. Edo State Government said today, that on Monday night, it deployed security operatives to safeguard …

Senate, Tuesday confirmed former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; former Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; former Chief of Air Staff, Ibok Ibas; and former Chief of Naval Staff, Abubakar Sadique as non-career ambassadors. President Buhari had on the 5 of February, sent their names to the senate to be confirmed as non-career ambassadors. Nigerians had condemned their nomination, …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku The German Government will make available a further 1.5 billion euro (c. 570 billion Naira at the official exchange rate) to the “Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator” (ACT Accelerator), the platform coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the global efforts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic. This was announced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel …

Moment after he was released, Former governor of Imo state, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has warned his successor Hope Uzodinma, to desist from intimidating and arresting Imolites. The Senator who is representing Imo West Senatorial district at the 9th Assembly, said that anyone who came through the court must obey the rule of law. Addressing his followers, Okorocha cautioned Uzodinma not …

The Islamic cleric and peace negotiator, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said that the Federal Government knows the hiding place of the herdsmen and bandits involved in clashes with farmers, kidnappings and other criminal activities. Sheikh Gumi said that the government was only now playing safe because it realised that the former approach of attacking the bandits frontally was not working. …

The rally held despite the COVID-19 health protection regulations by state and federal government. Hundreds of members of the All Progressives Congress in Lagos on Friday crowded into a street in Agege for a sensitisation rally, in clear violation of the state’s COVID-19 law. In a video obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, top party members of the party, including Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker …

By Okhide Em’ya David A Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Edo State, Nigeria, Elder Samuel Eboigbe has tasked old and new members of the Party to seize a fresh opportunity provided by the on-going revalidation and registration exercise to declare themselves as true progressives. Eboigbe, a retired seasoned Journalist and former Executive Director, Edo State Rapid Response …

Edo State Government Taskforce on coronavirus (COVID-19) has urged religious leaders to support the government in reducing community transmission by enforcing the state’s coronavirus safety protocols. Head of the Taskforce, Mr. Simeon Idoko, who led the monitoring team to worship centers in the state, said they need to strengthen compliance of the safety protocols and guidelines to check the spread …

…As GDP grows by 0.11% in Q4 2020 …Poised to do more through ESP Nigeria’s prompt exit from recession is a key indicator of the success of the ongoing Economic Sustainability Plan approved by the Federal Government and Nigerians should expect more as the implementation of the Plan is gathering even greater momentum. This indication was given over the weekend …

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed seven of its personnel died in the plane crash that occurred on Sunday morning in Abuja. Spokesman for the NAF, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Ibikunle Daramola confirmed the number of casualty on his Twitter handle. According to Daramola, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal Isiaka Amao has ordered immediate investigation …