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The three states of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara that made up Sokoto basin have called on the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to spearhead the exploration of oil in the Sokoto Basin. The call was made on behalf of the governments of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara, where the Basin is, by the Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. According …

(CNN) Amid the phenomenal response to Amanda Gorman, who delivered a poem to wide acclaim at President Joe Biden’s inauguration, lurked a bleaker current: responses that summoned for me the story of enslaved early American poet Phillis Wheatley. In 1773, Wheatley became not just one of the first Black women but one of the first American women to be published when …

The National Industrial Court sitting at the Benin Judicial Division, has restrained the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) from proceeding on any strike action in Edo State Primary schools. Hon. Justice A. A. Adewemimo, gave the order on Monday, February 1, after listening to submissions put forward by the Edo State Solicitor-General, Oluwole Iyamu, SAN. The Edo State Government and …

Edo Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) has commenced the implementation of the Edo State Gaming Law 2020, with a focus to regulating the operations of online betting, lottery, lotto and other gaming businesses in Edo State. The Executive Chairman, EIRS, Igbinidu Inneh, in a chat with journalists, said that the service has reorganised its operations leveraging technology to engage with the …

By Okhide Em’ya David Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has warned   parents and guardians to keep their children and wards out of school on Monday, February 1, 2021, insisting that its indefinite strike remains in force. This is coming as academic activities is billed to flag off in Schools across Edo State after  government lifted …

The amended Police Act, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari recently, pegs the retirement age of police officers at 60 years of age or 35 years of service. The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, and many other top officials of the Nigerian Police Force are billed to retire on Monday, after spending the maximum number of years in service. The …

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state has called on the Federal Government to enact a law banning the movement of cattle from the north to other parts of the country in order to resolve the incessant incidences of clashes between farmers and herders. The governor made the call in an interview with journalists after a special lunch which the All …

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Sunday, paid his first operational visit to the Theatre Command in Maiduguri. He was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Gambo. Irabor, along with his team, was received by …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku & Okhide Em’ya David Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria welcomes the recent judgement by the Netherlands court of appeal that held Shell liable for the oil spills it caused across Nigeria’s coastal communities of the Niger Delta in 2008. Recall that in 2008, four Nigerian farmers from Ikot Ada Udo, Oruma and Goi in …

…Says LGA’s Admin as closest to the people must be left in capable hands BY OKHIDE EM’YA DAVID Concerned Edo Citizens Forum (CECF) says after a critical and forensic evaluation of the activities and performance of Council Chairmen in Edo State over the past  years,  “specifically these past 3 years” they have come to reasonable conclusion that majority of them  …