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By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON About 6:31pm on Monday October 5, 2020, armed youths lurked inside cars strategically parked in and around the premises of the community head (Odionwere) of Obagie N’ evbosa community in Ikpoba-okha local government area of Edo State. As our reporter and his colleague approached some middle-aged men who sat close to a car, aggressive looking armed youths …

Edo State Government has commenced the recruitment of teachers to teach in rural and remote communities under the Edo Supporting Teachers to Achieve Results (Edo STAR) Teaching Fellowship Programme across the state’s three senatorial districts. The EdoSTAR Teaching Fellowship Programme is a 3-year intensive training and field experience employment programme for teachers and aspiring teachers who will be transited into …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), on his re-election as Governor of Ondo State for another four-year term. In a statement released by his Special Adviser (Media and Publicity), Mr. Femi Adesina, President Buhari lauds the resounding victory of the Governor at the election held on Saturday, October 10, 2020, noting that the votes garnered “show that one …

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2020 Ondo State governorship election, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has been declared winner of the poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission. He defeated his closest rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede, in 12 of the 18 Local Government Areas where the election held. Akeredolu polled 292,830 votes as …

Inspector General of Police, Mohemmed Adamu, Sunday dissolved the activities and operations of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), following massive protests that rocked the nation. Nigerians have campaigned for days, for the disbandment of SARS, following reports that some elements in the force, use their positions to commit various crimes. They have been accused of misdemeanor and felonious crimes, which …

Edo State-owned Otuo General Hospital in Owan East Local Government Area of the state, which hitherto had been under lock and keys has been revamped and activated by the Obaseki-led administration and will soon be officially opened. The government has deployed medical personnel to the hospital for critical need to commence work at the facility, the State commissioner for Health, …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has made the case for broader stakeholder engagement and huge investment in the health sector to respond to mental and other health issues. Obaseki made the call on Saturday in his notes on the commemoration of World Mental Health Day, observed by the United Nations and its partners on October 10, each year. According …

The Independent National Electoral Commission says all results in the Ondo State governorship election, will be in “hopefully” by Sunday afternoon. INEC National Commissioner, Prof Anthonia Simbine, made this known during a television programme in Akure, the state capital, on Saturday evening. Simbine said about 70 per cent of the results from all polling units in the state have been …

Barely three months after about 17 people were feared killed in a tanker explosion at a collapsed portion of the Benin-Sapele Highway, a similar disaster occurred on the same highway on Saturday evening when a gas truck fell into a ditch and burst into flames. The incident occurred while the truck was manoeuvring potholes on the bad portion of the …

Forty-two years after the idea was muted, the Onitsha River Port made history when it received light cargo barges with containers, which the National Inland Waterways Authority, NIWA, said was to test run the activities in the port. The development drew excitement among the residents of the town who are mainly importers and exporters. Their excitement stemmed from the fact …