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The Edo state governorship election petition tribunal has fixed January 11, 12, and 13 next year to hear petitions filed by four political parties against the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over September 19, 2020, election which conduct and the outcome they are contesting. The Justice Yunusa …

Following the increasing cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has said that everyone above six years of age should always wear a face mask. This is coming as the World Health Organization, WHO, has warned of a “further resurgence” of COVID-19 cases in early 2021. In a series of tweets on its official …

A former member of the National Assembly, who represented the Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the 8th Senate, Shehu Sani, has said the closure of Nigeria’s land borders did not yield any result. Sani said the closure of the borders rather worsened the economic situation of the country and inflicted hardship on Nigerians. The ex-senator spoke on Wednesday on a PUNCH …

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate reopening of four main borders. The President also directed that the remaining borders that were closed down should be reopened before the end of December 31. The four borders that are to be reopened immediately are the Seme border in South West, Maigatari and Ilela borders in North West and Mfun borders in South-South. …

By Okhide Em’ya David. Former Commissioner of Agriculture, Edo State, Dr. Johnson Erimafa, on Tuesday  demanded at  the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS and related abuses for compensation to the tune of N1 billion for the death of his only son murdered in cold blood by police officer in 2003. Dr. Erimafa, a retired Mathematics …

By Okhide Em’ya David Academic   Staff   Union   of   Universities (ASUU),   Ambrose   Alli   University (AAU), Ekpoma   Chapter, has cautioned the general public, students   and   parents  in  particular to disregard purported claim of end of their industrial action and invitation of students to return to class for academic exercises. ASUU local Chairman, …

The Court of Appeal in Abuja, on Wednesday, nullified the Federal High Court judgement that convicted and sentenced a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, to seven years imprisonment for money laundering. In a unanimous decision, a three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court, held that the judgement trial Justice Okon Abang …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has extolled the exemplary virtues of late Apostle Eunice Osagiede, the General Overseer of Spirit and Life Family Bible Church Global, hailing her contributions to the development of the state. The governor, who commiserated with the family of the deceased, urged her children to sustain the vision of their late mother. Obaseki gave the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the state’s health insurance scheme would strengthen its healthcare system, boost service delivery and ensure affordability for residents across the stateThe governor said this in commemoration of the Universal Health Coverage Day celebrated by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and its sister agencies. Governor Obaseki assured that his administration would sustain …

We see mandate already turned into madness, a perpetual madness furiously at work, brooking no opposition, turning our country into a conclave of insanity; even as helpless citizens are being grinded to death by the day. Why have the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), and other concerned Nigerians ask General Muhammadu Buhari to resign from office; why did some Peoples Democratic …