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Human rights activist and fiery lawyer, Chief Femi Falana(SAN), has mocked the Federal Government for importing fuel, even from non-producing countries, instead of fixing its four refineries. He also berated the Federal Government for not leaving fuel prices to market forces, adding that there is always an annual budget for repairing the refineries, yet they remained comatose. Falana made these …

Not less than eight foreign universities in the Republic of Benin, Niger, and Cameroon have been banned by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) from taking part in the 2021 Batch A orientation course. According to a report by Daily Nigerian, most of these schools, otherwise called Cotonou universities, award degrees a few months after matriculation. Although the NYSC leadership did not state …

You would mistake it for a political rally, but no, it was the reception of the new leader of Tijjaniyya, the former Emir of Kano and former Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi in Sokoto. The Tijjaniyya is an Islamic sect with apparently huge following in the north and with Sanusi II as its new leader, the  group …

Barely one week after Edo state deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu said he fell out with his political father and former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and immediate past governor of the state Comrade Adams Oshiomhole because he was attempting to reintroduce godfatherism which they both fought against, the burial of former Secretary to State Government (SSG), …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comr. Philip Shaibu on Monday received their first jab of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. The state on Wednesday, March 10, 2021 received the first batch of 81, 080 doses of the vaccine from the Federal Government, to be administered to about 40,000 people for the first and second jab, …

Berlin Germany…Political leaders, private sector representatives and stakeholders from all over the world will convene on 16 and 17 March, 2021 for the 7th “Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD)” conference held virtually, the largest global event on the transition towards new and renewable energies.Against the backdrop of growing energy demands and the need to reduce CO2 emissions to attain the …

By Bob MajiriOghne Etemiku The Conference of Non-Government Organisations (CONGOS), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to without delay strengthen the response capacity of Nigeria’s security apparatchik, so as to stem the worsening state of insecurity in Nigeria. Abiola Daisy (Mrs), president of the CONGOS made the call at a press conference titled Insecurity, Economic regression and Social Anomie at the CONGOS …

*How Nigerian scientists conducted groundbreaking genome sequence of Corona Virus*President commends Nigerian scientists, researchers, others for rising up to challenges, proffering solution to pandemic The Federal Government of Nigeria has committed to allocating half a percent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to research and innovation in a determined effort to enhance the country’s economic growth and development. President Muhammadu …

The Edo State Government has expressed concern over the steady rise in case positivity of coronavirus (COVID-19) across the state’s 18 local government areas, urging residents to ensure compliance with preventive protocols to contain the spread of the second wave of the pandemic. The State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this on Monday during the daily virtual meeting …

Edo State Government has said it has registered over 2,600 vulnerable persons that will benefit from the Equity Plan of the Edo Health Insurance Scheme. In a statement, the Director General of Edo State Health Insurance Commission, Dr. Rock Amegor, said the state government intends to register 25,000 residents across the state’s 18 local government areas to access affordable health …