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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has made the case for diversification of the country’s revenue base away from crude oil. The governor, while speaking to journalists in Benin City, called for a quick diversification of the nation’s economy to increase non-oil revenue. Obaseki said: “Before the Civil War, we had no crude oil: The regions relied on the resources …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has stressed the need for a strong maintenance culture to preserve the quality of public infrastructure, reassuring that his government has put in place structures to ensure the sustenance of the newly rebuilt Government Science Technical College (GSTC) and other government assets. The governor said his administration has set up the Edo Public Building and Maintenance …

Nigerian-American pre-eminent interventional cardiologist in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, and foremost Nigerian civil-military and Benin historian, Dr. Nowamagbe Austin Omoigui, has passed on, following an illness. Nowa Omoigui, as he was popularly known, shed his earthly bonds on Sunday April 18, 2021 at the age of 62, according to a statement, signed by his junior brother, and US-based physician, …

Virtually all parts of Nigeria are currently battling with one form of insecurity or the other with various crimes going on, largely unabated. Despite attempts by the Muhammadu Buhari administration to curb the rising criminalities and killings across the country, the nation’s security apparatus appears to be overwhelmed with criminals having a field day killing, maiming and extorting their victims. …

Unknown gunmen have razed the zone 13 police headquarters in Ukpo, Anambra state, during a violent attack. TheCable understands the hoodlums invaded the station on Monday morning and opened fire on police officers. It is not immediately clear those behind the attack or the extent of damage caused. But TheCable learnt that at least three vehicles were also razed in …

Governors of the states battling with Boko Haram terrorism in the North-East have asked the Federal Government to issue a special fiat, different from the general one issued earlier, to enable them to speedily prosecute suspects arrested for terrorism. In separate interviews with Sunday PUNCH, the governors of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states who spoke through their Commissioners of Justice and …

…RCCG leader forced to fly Oyedepo’s aircraft The Federal Government through the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has grounded a private chopper belonging to Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God at the Lagos Airport, investigations by Sunday  PUNCH, has revealed. It was learnt that the aircraft, AgustaWestland AW139 chopper, with registration number 5N-EAA, was suspended from flying over two …

A former Plateau State governor, Jonah Jang, has countered a former Niger State governor, Babangida Aliyu, who said the northern Peoples Democratic Party governors worked against the re-election of former President Goodluck Jonathan in the 2015 presidential election. Jang said there was no truth in Aliyu’s statement that the northern PDP governors worked against the ex-president’s re-election. Aliyu had on …

She was born long before World War I, the year the ice cream cone was invented and as work was beginning on the Panama Canal. America’s oldest citizen, 116-year-old Hester Ford, has died, her family announced. The death of the North Carolina resident was announced on Facebook by great-granddaughter Tanisha Myers, who said Ford passed peacefully at home, surrounded by …

Nigeria central bank boss Godwin Emefiele has justified why the bank is printing more money to finance the federal government budget. “If government cannot finance all its obligations,” the central bank should offer support as a lender of last resort, Emefiele said in a press briefing on Tuesday. Emefiele is reacting to claims by a global rating agency, Fitch report. …