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Nigerian music legend, Sir Victor Uwaifo, has died. Uwaifo’s nephew, Peter The Rock, broke the news on his verified Facebook page on Saturday evening. Uwaifo Jnr, a gospel artiste and multi-instrumentalist, wrote: “Daddy whyyyyyyyyyy. Did you leave us now Prof sir Victor UWAIFO has gone to rest Black Saturday for me now. One week now after collaborating with me.” Sir …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Journalists and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) will now be represented on the board of the Edo state public procurement agency under  the revised EDPPA law 2020. This was made known at the sensitization training for civil society and media, on Thursday, at the Randekhi Royal Hotel in Benin City. The one-day sensitization session was supported by …

The Department of the State Service DSS has refused to honour the release warrants issued by a federal high court in Abuja for the bail of the 12 associates of Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Igboho The release warrants signed by Justice Obiora Egwuatu after the detainees had perfected the bail granted them by his court could not be executed due …

The United States government has charged three men with attempted illegal importation of arms and ammunition to Nigeria. The defendants, who are all residents of Maryland in the U.S., are: Wilson Nuyila Tita, age 45, of Owings Mills, Maryland; Eric Fru Nji, age 40, of Fort Washington, Maryland; and Wilson Che Fonguh, age 39, of Bowie, Maryland. Announcing the fresh …

Armed bandits have killed one person and abducted seven others in Dadah, Tukurawa and Gandamasu in Zurmi local government area of Zamfara State. The bandits attacked the villages on Thursday night, reportedly over the villagers’ failure to pay levies imposed by the hoodlums. Zurmi is one of the local government areas in the state worst-hit by banditry. It shares boundaries with …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Over 200 policemen were deployed at the entrance of the Italian Embassy to prevent former Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, Mr. Osaze Osemwegie Ero from submitting a petition against unlawful arrest, detention and trial to the Italian Prime Minister at the Italian Embassy in Lagos on Thursday. The document, titled Unlawful …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state government will continue to make investment in preserving the health, safety and environment of Edo people as the state marks its 30th anniversary. Obaseki said this during the flag-off a tree-planting campaign held at Idu village in Orhionmwon Local Government Forest Reserve, as part of activities to mark the …

In a statement, Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., disclosed that the government has not commenced the sale of entrance/admission forms into the college, noting that sale of such forms will be duly publicized through the appropriate channels. The statement reads: “It has come to the attention of the Edo State Government that some persons, in a …

… Urges Nigerians to quit hating each other … Says criminals are not representatives of ethnic, religious groups Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Thursday described the classification of Nigerians as ‘indigenes’and’non-indigenes’ as a form of apartheid. The Vice President stated this at the National Social Cohesion Dialogue organized by the Africa Polling Institute, at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja. Prof. Osinbajo …

—594 communities renounce act since our intervention The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has described Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as one of the worst Human Rights violations in the country. A Child Protection Specialist with UNICEF, Mrs Nkiru Maduechesi said this in Akure, the Ondo state capital at a three-day workshop for training of law enforcement agencies and judiciary officers …