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United States (US) President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill will become the new White House residents when he takes office on Wednesday. Biden has made his family a major focus throughout his career, and his 2020 presidential campaign thrust them fully into the spotlight — with some members causing controversy but others breaking barriers. Here is a look at …

By Okhide Em’ya David It was a gory sight on Saturday at Ogiso Road axis, off Murtala Mohammed Way in the Benin metropolis, Edo State, Nigeria when a construction truck crushed two workers to death. An eyewitness who described the tragedy as “horrific workplace accident,” said it threw the neighborhood into commotion as residents ran helter-skelter looking for assistance. The …

Edo State Government will deploy the over 800 Police constabulary personnel across the state to enforce strict compliance with the state’s regulations to check the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Governor Obaseki said at the weekend. The governor said defaulters would be prosecuted and those found guilty convicted by mobile courts set up across the state. Governor Obaseki, who disclosed …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said on Sunday, that he has built the capacity to conduct 600 coronavirus (COVID-19) tests daily. He said “there are three additional Real Time-PCR Molecular Reference Laboratory operational in the state.” The governor, in a statement, urged stakeholders and residents to support the government’s efforts to contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. He …

As primary and secondary schools in Lagos State resume for the second term of the 2020/21 academic year, government-owned schools are to still maintain the shift-system introduced last year when they reopened for the first term of the year. It was learnt that the shift system is to be continued so as to observe safety protocols introduced to stem the …

House of Representatives has cautioned the federal government against reopening schools amid the increasing number of deaths attributed to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The House through its Committee on Basic Education and Services in a statement signed by its Chairman, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, said the earlier decision to reopen academic institutions was ill-timed. It will be recalled that the Ministry of …

In a bid to boost the capacity of the State Security Network, code-named Amotekun corps, the state government has earmarked a whopping sum of N1.4 billion for the outfit in 2021 fiscal year. This would enable the security outfit to establish an effective presence in all the communities in the state. An estimated sum of N8 billion has also been …

By Okhide Em’ya David Edo State Police Command has called for calm amongst all parties in the alleged murder of one Mr. Matthew Ojie Akioyamen on December 1, 2020 at the Okomu extension two Farm, Uhunwmode Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. While commenting on the agitations by relatives of the deceased, the Public Relations Officer of the State …

Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram terrorists’ training camp with a suspected ammunition depot at Nuwar in Bama Local Government Area of Borno, Defence Headquarters says. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, published by the Vanguard. Enenche said the air raids were executed …

Hong Kong’s government on Saturday described a new round of U.S. sanctions against six Hong Kong and mainland Chinese officials as “shameful and insane.” The United States announced the latest sanctions on Friday, accusing Hong Kong and some Chinese officials of involvement in the Jan. 6 series of arrests of 53 pro-democracy activists under a new national security law. The …