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…Assures On Merits Of EdoBEST@Home Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said his administration would continue to prioritise the welfare of teachers in the state, adding that the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST) at home programme has helped to keep pupils engaged despite the challenges of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The governor said this is in commemoration of …

“Feeling great. Please take the vaccine when available so that we can have the herd immunity needed to end this coronavirus pandemic,” a Nigerian American physician, Dr. Uyi Philip Igbinadolor appealed to his African community after he received the second dose of the vaccine last Saturday. He called on the people to Ignore the DNA transformation or other conspiracy theories …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of  Edo State has said the state is ready to host the National Sports Festival but expressed fear of lack of funds to host 11,500 athletes and officials at the 20th edition of the sports meet. Obaseki disclosed this when he received members of the Main Organizing Committee (MOC) from the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports …

A mobile court sitting in Benin City headed by Chief Magistrate Bright Eraze Oniha on Tuesday convicted eleven persons for disobeying the directive of the Edo State Government on compulsory use of facemasks and the restriction of movement. The convicted persons that were arrested at various locations in the state capital, Benin City, pleaded guilty to the offence and for …

He said the management of the NYSC cannot afford to risk the lives and health of the corps members. The Nigerian government has said it will shut down National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camps that fail to comply with protocols put in place to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, while speaking …

The NYSC said the claim by Cross River State health commissioner that 13 corps members tested positive to COVID-19 while in camp, in the state, was false. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Cross River State has said no corps member tested positive to COVID-19 in the state. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the NYSC …

NECO says the new date was set in response to requests by candidates to be given time to complete their registration process for the 2020 SSCE External The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced a new date for the 2020 SSCE External examinations. The examinations, which were previously scheduled to commence on February 1 and end on March 3, will …

Acclaimed Yoruba activist and freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo is popularly known as ‘Sunday Ighoho,’ has challenged Senator Babafemi Ojudu to bring evidence of his claims in his write up where he said he was hired as a political thug for All Progressives Congress (APC) leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Igboho, while responding to questions from newsmen in the morning of …

A former Theatre Commander of operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru, who was removed by the Nigerian Army High Command for failing to stop Boko Haram in 2017, has been elevated to the position of Chief of Army Staff by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The BBC had reported in 2017 how the then Chief of Army Staff, …

The house belonging to the Yoruba freedom fighter, Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Igboho has been set ablaze by unknown arsonists. Vanguard gathered that the arsonists, on arrival at Igboho’s residence at Soka fired gunshots sporadically before setting it ablaze. This happened just five days after Igboho made good his promise that he would ensure no Fulani herders remained in Ibarapa. …