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*VP pledges FG’s support so Nigerians can benefit *Team, composed of LUTH, Diaspora-based professors and scientists, notes encouragement from Presidency Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has embraced the efforts by a team of Nigerian professors and scientists investigating the effectiveness of, and roles that Ivermectin drug can play in the treatment of the Coronavirus disease.The team, which is composed of Nigerian …

Justice Yunusa Musa-led three-member Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting in Benin, Edo State, on Monday, started the hearing of four remaining petitions against Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu. The outcome of the petition will determine whether or not the two will continue in office also joined in the suits is the Peoples Democratic Party.The four remaining petitions …

By Okhide  Em’ya David  A national leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Barrister Ken Imansuangbon has asked the Governor of Edo State Mr Godwin Obaseki, whom he described as a “very good and detribalized Nigerian ” to be magnanimous in victory in terms of even and equitable distribution of both infrastructure and human capital development after a resounding victory …

Edo State Government has insisted that it will not allow workers and visitors without face masks into government offices as part of measures put in place to check the spread of the second wave of coronavirus (COVID-19). In a statement, the State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa, Esq, said collective effort is required to check the spread of the deadly …

Active cases of coronavirus, being managed at the state’s isolation and treatment centers have climbed to 215, with the record of 18 new cases. The Edo COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this during the week in a briefing of the Emergency Operation Centre (EOC), chaired by Governor Godwin Obaseki. According to him, “We have recorded 18 new COVID-19 …

OBA of Benin, Omo N’Oba Ewuare II, has warned that his earlier decision banning Community Development Associations, CDAs, throughout his kingdom remained in force. He spoke in Benin City, Edo State when Benin Christian Community led by Rev Godspower Ogbomwan ended a week long New Year prayers at his palace. Oba Ewaure II explained that the resurging CDAs across the …

Controversy has trailed the arrest of 47 armed ‘Fulani’ herdsmen in Oyo State by military operatives under the banner of Operation Burst. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the operatives arrested the herdsmen on Sunday during a raid at Tapa/Igangan axis in Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state. Military sources in the state told our correspondent that the herdsmen were arrested when they …

The Nigeria Union of Teachers has expressed readiness to return to class but warned that it would declare trade disputes with states indebted to workers up to four months’ salaries. The organisation said since teachers had wasted about five months at home because of COVID-19, they would return to classes as they had known how to take precautions. The Secretary-General …

US Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced his resignation unexpectedly Monday as worries rose over more violence during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration next week. Wolf’s departure as head of the body in charge of security for the January 20 event came five days after President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the US Capitol, hoping to prevent Biden from replacing him. …

The reality of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic has been forcefully brought home to Nigeria in a renewed harvest of deaths and a spike in the number of reported cases. With a higher number of Nigerians dying from COVID-19, many others hospitalised and new strains of the deadly virus popping up, the federal and state governments have become …