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Washington (CNN) CNN’s Jake Tapper will interview President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Thursday in their first joint interview since winning the election, the network announced Tuesday.  Part of the interview will air on CNN’s “The Lead” in the 4 p.m. ET hour and “The Situation Room” in the 5 and 6 p.m. ET hour on Thursday, and the …

London (CNN) The United Kingdom has become the first Western nation to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, a landmark moment in the coronavirus pandemic that paves the way for the first doses to be rolled out across the country next week. “Help is on the way,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced Wednesday morning, after UK regulators granted emergency authorization for a vaccine made by …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commended the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on brutality, human rights violations and alleged extra-judicial killings by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force, for their commitment and dedication to duty, as he swore in Dr. Usiosefe Anthony Ereyimwan as member of the panel. Obaseki, while swearing in the panel’s …

Azura-Edo Power Company in partnership with the Edo State Skills Development Agency, (EdoJobs), has trained 45 business owners drawn from the power firm’s host community on business management and digital marketing skills to boost their capacity to grow and expand their businesses. The training programme, which forms part of the Edo Azura’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), held at the Edo …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday swore in Osarodion Ogie, Esq. as Secretary to the State Government (SSG), urging him to remain undaunted and focused to deliver on his renewed mandate to serve Edo people. Obaseki, while administering the oath of office at the Government House, Benin City, charged Ogie to be ready for the pressure and challenges …

PEABODY, MA — Peabody’s Audrey Gabriel is one of 25 University of Massachusetts students chosen for the prestigious UMass Women Into Leadership fellowship program. Gabriel, a member of the school’s Class of 2023, is majoring in public health sciences in the School of Public Health as part of a pre-medical track. The fellowship program provided leadership training and professional development …

Africa Oil Palm Initiative (APOI) has said Edo State is leading a regional expansion in oil palm development in the Niger Delta region, leveraging its sustainable models and approaches to create a regional platform. This was contained in a report titled “The Africa Palm Oil Initiative: Highlights 2019-2020,” x-raying efforts to emplace a sustainable way to increase oil palm production in West …

By Okhide Em’ya David Edo State Government and Authorities of Oredo Local Government,  have read riot act to Revenue Collectors who are daily extorting illegal monies from petty traders and other market users in Benin City. The  Chairman, Edo state chapter of ALGON, and Chairman Oredo Local Government Council, Sir Jerkins Osunde on Monday, while  addressing crowds of Traders and …

…Says: Our hearts go to families, loved ones of those killed Retired General Muhammadu Buhari administration will not relent but will do all it takes, including putting new ideas on the table in order to secure the country according to Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. The Vice President is on a one-day official visit to Nasarawa State today and was accosted …

PEABODY, MA — A federal lawsuit by a former Peabody Veterans Memorial High School student was put on hold while an Essex County grand jury decides whether to indict a former teacher on sex abuse charges. The former student, who is identified as John Doe in court documents, claimed in the lawsuit filed last year he was given drugs and alcohol and …