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Officials of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 are expected to arrive Benin City, the Edo State capital on Monday, March 29th 2021, ahead of the commencement of the 20th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged Edo 2020 to monitor compliance with COVID-19 guidelines. In a statement, Chairman, Local Organising Committee and Edo State …

Edo State Polytechnic, Usen, has approached the Nigeria Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for a campus radio license to facilitate the smooth take off of the institution’s radio station. Rector of the institution, Prof. Abiodun Falodun, who led a delegation of the management of the institution to the Zonal office of the NBC in Benin City, noted that the move is in …

The chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has vowed to resign his appointment should he be asked to act against his conscience or in violation of rule of law. An EFCC’s statement shared via the commission’s twitter handle on Saturday stated that Mr Bawa spoke on Friday, while featuring on a Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) special interview …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has spent eight months in the country without embarking on a foreign trip, the longest since his regime began almost six years ago on May 29, 2015. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic plays a key role in limiting the President’s international travels as the highly infectious disease has claimed over 2.7 million lives across …

Nigeria’s national development plans must among other things, promote economic diversification in order to bring about a society and economy that work for all especially the poor and vulnerable, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said. According to the Vice President, such plans must be modern, ambitious, realistic, flexible enough to absorb shocks and adapt to swiftly changing national and international …

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that the Buhari administration is accelerating interventions, especially those under its Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), leveraging the innovative capacity of Fintechs. The areas of acceleration, according to him include, programmes on renewable energy, agriculture, improving access to credit and direct cash transfers, among others. Prof. Osinbajo (SAN), stated this Friday at the …

By Okhide Em’ya David An Edo State High Court, sitting in Auchi, on Wednesday, remanded 4 suspects charged with the murder of an Igarra youth leader, Mr. Dickson Emah. Mr. Dickson Emah, also known as Lacomb, was shot dead during a clash between two groups of masquerades after the annual Ekuochi festival in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo …

We are ready to partner with the Edo State Government in converting PMS cars to CNG using the availability of electricity, the Chairman of Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing (IVM), Chief Innocent Chukwuma, has said. Chief Chukwuma stated this in response to Governor Obaseki’s request during a courtesy visit to Edo State Government House in Benin City, the state capital at the …

The agitation for self-determination was again brought to the fore on Thursday, as some Yoruba groups on the platform of Assembly of all Yoruba Groups Worldwide, has set aside June 12 as a day of referendum for Yorubas on the move. This formed part of the resolutions reached the meeting held in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital by the group …

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has said the call for separation by some ethnic groups is an ill-wind that will not do anyone good describing it as “expensive and can be disruptive.” Though the Minister said for the umpteenth time that he was not speaking as a Minister neither was he speaking on behalf of the Federal Government, …