Edo State Government has appointed a transaction adviser for the Benin River Port project, with the hope to conclude designs and fundraising for the project by 2021, Governor Godwin Obaseki disclosed on Monday. The governor, in a statement, stressed that the project was germane for the state’s industrialization efforts, adding that construction work is expected to start at the project site by …
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By Okhide Em’ya David. Celebration of Christmas and New year has been described as incomplete without the society properly catering for the needy and bereaved amongst them. The founder and Global President, Child of Grace Helping Hand Foundation, Mrs. Ilaboya Josephine Omoze made the assertion during donation of large quantities of food items in selected areas in South and North …
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A leaked phone call between Donald Trump and Georgia’s secretary of state Brad Raffensperger in which the US president appeals for the official to help overturn the state’s election result has triggered demands for a criminal investigation. The call, which was first published by The Washington Post on Sunday, finds Mr Trump – who has doggedly refused to accept his …
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Publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and four others have been remanded at the Kuje Correctional Center, Abuja, pending the hearing and determination of their bail applications in their alleged public disturbance trial. Chief Magistrate Marble Segun- Bello of a Wuse Zone 2 Magistrate Court, Abuja made the remand order shortly after the defendants were arraigned before her for allegedly …
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The Edo State Police Command on Monday confirmed the escape of 10 suspects from one of the cells in the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Benin City. The police said contrary to reports that the incident happened on Saturday, the suspects escaped from their cell on Friday, January 1 at about 2.45am. PREMIUM TIMES reported on Sunday that several …
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Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) Management, said on Saturday it had concluded plans to roll out no fewer than 90,870 meters to customers in its franchise areas of Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti states in the first quarter of this year. The BEDC head of Public Affairs, Mr Tayo Adekunle, told newsmen in Benin that the meters were allocated to …
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Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, on Saturday said he had received instructions from the Convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Mr. Omoyele Sowore, to sue the Nigeria Police Force for torture. According to the Nation, Falana, in a statement, said his client was maltreated, tortured, and subjected to dehumanising conditions in contravention of the Anti-Torture Act. Sowore was arrested on …
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Ogun State government has suspended the Honourable Commissioner for Environment, Hon Abiodun Abudu-Balogun, from office pending the conclusion of an independent investigation into an allegation of sexual harassment of a 16-year old, Barakat Mayowa Melojuekun, levelled against him. In a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday, and published by the Vanguard, the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Tokunbo Talabi, …
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged manufacturers and Nigeria’s industrious youths to exploit the opportunities offered by the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to create wealth and boost the country’s economy. In a statement, Obaseki applauded the commencement of trading under the AfCFTA on the 1st of January 2021, describing it as a milestone achievement in boosting …
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Cement manufacturers have agreed with the Nigerian Federal Government to charge discount price towards the success of the Social Housing scheme where the Buhari administration will construct 300,000 houses under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP), for low income earning Nigerians. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) made the disclosure over the weekend while visiting the completed model houses in Dei Dei …
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