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Owan East Local government was yesterday was invaded by “Lions and Tigers” under the command of (DisHonorable) Pally Iriase. Their mission was to assassinate the council chairman and his family. Under the cover of a hurriedly put together ward rally, Pally Iriase imported the assassination squad arm of APC from Kogi State and they unleashed their terror and evil on …

United States Department of State will, today begin imposing visa restrictions on People’s Republic of China (PRC) individuals responsible for, or complicit in, either the large-scale reclamation, construction, or militarization of disputed outposts in the South China Sea, or the PRC’s use of coercion against Southeast Asian claimants to inhibit their access to offshore resources.   Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reaffirmed, …

WASHINGTON – United States Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) in the Department of Commerce (Commerce) has added 24 Chinese companies to the Entity List for their role in helping the Chinese military construct and militarize the internationally condemned artificial islands in the South China Sea.  Despite protests from the United States and other countries, the government of the People’s …

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, deceived the 12 members-elect of Edo State House of Assembly who refused to present themselves for inauguration and two others whose seats were declared vacant, denying their constituents representation, the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said on Wednesday. Obaseki, the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said this …

Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, said he has regretted his verbal attack against a Daily Trust reporter, Eyo Charles, in Cross River State. Mr Fani-Kayode, in a Twitter post on Wednesday morning, said, “I met with my advisors and I wish to say the following. I hereby withdraw the word ‘stupid’ which I used in my encounter with a journalist in …

​Urges states to ramp up testing, declare correct results Spike in Lagos infections attributed to evacuees Slams $3,500 fine on airline which boards COVID-19 patient The Federal Government has announced a decline in the COVID-19 case fatalities but lamented that the country’s death figure has crossed the unenviable record of 1, 000 fatalities. It also asked state governments to ramp …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has sworn-in Hon. Lawrence Ogieva and Hon. Alex Oleije as the Commissioners for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, and Environment and Sustainability respectively. The governor also swore-in three members of the Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOGPADEC) and four others into the Edo State Judicial Service Commission (JSC). He charged …

…set to meet 18% of Nigeria’s diesel demand on expansion Edo Modular Refinery being developed by Edo Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited (ERPC) with support from the Edo State Government has applied to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to supply it crude for use in the phase one development of the facility. The ERPC, in a statement by its …

BOSTON — A February conference at a Boston hotel was a “super-spreading” event that caused far more coronavirus infections than previously thought, according to a study released Tuesday. Researchers on the study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, told The Boston Globe in interviews the Biogen conference at Boston’s Marriott Long Wharf hotel may have led to as many as 20,000 …

Edo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, commissioned a solar-powered borehole in Utekon Community, Ovia North East Local Government Area (LGA), with a promise to execute more developmental projects in the area if reelected for a second term. The borehole, with five fetching points, was facilitated by the senator representing Edo South Senatorial …