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Vice President Kamala Harris formally swore in three new, barrier-breaking Democratic senators on Wednesday afternoon following her own inauguration, officially giving Democrats control of the Senate for the first time since they lost the chamber in the 2014 elections. Earlier this month, Georgia elected two Democrats — the Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff — to the US Senate, flipping …

President Joe Biden told reporters he is signing “bold” executive actions during his first appearance in the Oval Office. “There’s no time to start like today,” Biden told reporters. He said these actions are meant to keep his promises to the American people. “We’re going to need legislation for a lot of the things,” Biden said. Biden plans to take 17 …

US President Joe Biden gives an inaugural address after being sworn in as the 46th president. Chief Justice Roberts, Vice-President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice-President Pence. My distinguished guests, my fellow Americans. This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day of history and hope, of renewal and resolve. Through a crucible for the ages, America …

The Ondo State Government has said no herdsman can graze on the forest reserves in the state without permission. The State Commissioner for Agricultural and Rural Development, Adegboyega Adefarati, said over 50,000 farmers have been registered to engage in various agricultural activities in state’s forest reserves, insisting that no herder will be permitted to graze without going through the due …

Former California senator Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States on Wednesday, the first woman ever to hold the post. Harris, 56, took the oath of office from Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a ceremony at the US Capitol. She is the first Black woman and the first woman of South Asian descent to …

The management of the University of Benin has said that its resumption date for students would be hinged on the resumption the date fixed by the state government as a result of the ravaging Covid –19 pandemic. A statement yesterday by the Acting Registrar of the school, Clarkson Ehigiator said “The management of the University of Benin acknowledges the sacrifices …

Donald Trump surrendered to the constitutional mandate of the US on Wednesday when he left the White House as the 45th President of America. Trump was defeated by Joe Biden of the Democratic Party in the presidential election held on November 3. Though he rejected the result, all the cases he filed in courts and other efforts to upturn the …

Edo State Government has placed a reward of up to N250, 000 for information leading to rearrest of escapee prisoners in the jailbreak that greeted the EndSARS protest in the state capital last year. The Government has also opened a portal for members of the public to submit credible information that will lead to the arrest of fleeing inmates from …

Three more cases of death from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) second wave have been recorded in Edo State, as the state government ramps up measures to halt spread of the pandemic, while new confirmed cases of the disease stand at 15. With the new deaths, the state has now recorded a total of 18 deaths since December 1, 2020 when the …

…PEBEC receives Cost of Compliance Report, exposing major pitfalls in some govt agencies Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, has resolved that CEOs and Heads of some Federal Government regulatory agencies be presented with the outcome of a recent survey that exposes major pitfalls in the operations of the agencies. Nigeria’s Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has received a …