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Three-time councillor and Organising Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Umaza Ward 3, Ovia South West Local Government Area (LGA), Rt. Hon. Steven Alufa, has dumped  the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Alufa decamped with 2,000 others during the reelection campaign rally of the PDP candidate and Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, declaring their support …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has condoled his Lagos State counterpart Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the people of the state over the unfortunate helicopter crash in Ikeja axis of the state, which claimed two lives and left one person injured. The governor, in a statement, commiserated with the family, friends and associates of the two dead victims of the …

For di Edo Governorship election wey go hold on 19 September, 2020, only two women among di 14 candidates dey contest for di Governorship position and two women dey contest for deputy governor. Di two female governorship candidates na Mabel Oboh of African Democratic Congress (ADC), and Agol Tracy of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP); while di two female deputy …

President Donald Trump granted Alice Marie Johnson a pardon on Friday, after commuting her prison sentence two years ago. “We’re giving Alice a full pardon. I just told her,” Trump said in the Oval Office alongside Johnson on Friday afternoon. “That means you can do whatever you want in life. Just keep doing the great job you’re doing. Alice has done …

Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior seems to be taking a turn for the better with various developmental policies introduced by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration beginning to yield good fruits. Some of these policies came into being a year ago when Mr Buhari constituted his second term cabinet and deployed Rauf Aregbesola to head the ministry. The ministry has supervisory control …

Mali’s influential imam Mahmoud Dicko, a key player in mass opposition protests this year, on Friday warned the country’s new military rulers they do not have “carte blanche” after ousting the president. “I have asked everyone to come together for Mali. I am still asking this, but that does not mean the military has a carte blanche,” Dicko told supporters. …

Two directors at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) have been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). One of the arrested directors is in charge of education, health, and social services, while the other is in charge of special projects. Their arrest, PREMIUM TIMES learnt, borders on allegations of abuse of office regarding COVID-19 spending by the NDDC …

BOSTON — Gov. Charlie Baker on Friday signed an executive order allowing for students who can’t learn in classrooms to learn remotely in child care programs during the school day, expanding options for families whose children aren’t going to back to class this school year. The order grants after-school and out-of-school programs the ability to operate during school hours for …

Hope is rising for the realisation of the Benin River Port project in Edo State, as Governor Godwin Obaseki has delivered on key security structures such as a functional marine police base, gunboats and accommodation for security personnel, which are key to the development of the port in the area. The development of the Benin River Port has dominated discourse …

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmud Yakubu, has promised that the commission would ensure the coming election in Edo state was credible, in line with best electoral practices. He pledged this commitment  during a meeting with members of the Interagency Consultative Committee on Election Security held in Benin the state capital. He expressed concerns over reports of …