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The Managing Director of Tracology, Mr. Emmanuel Okena, has said that his firm partnered the Edo State Government on the installation of QR-code enabled payment tracking tools in houses in Edo State to improve accountability and plug leakages in the state’s revenue administration value chain. Okena, in a chat with journalists, said that the Tracology tracking device is patented in …

Nigerian Government has launched the transport support track under its MSME Survival Fund schemes for artisans and transporters. This initiative, the government said is in addition to the implementation of its Economic Sustainability Plan, (ESP) and in furtherance of its commitment to support small businesses to cushion the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The launch of the transport track …

In what seemed to be a swift response to tackling worsening insecurity in Edo State, Nigeria, the Police at  the weekend swooped on criminals and caught four Point Of Sale (POS) payment outlets armed robbers and thirty other suspected hardened bandits. A summary of suspects arrested by the Police reveals that twenty of them were nabbed for armed robbery, four …

Some APC governors recently held a private meeting with the ex-president in Abuja Former President Goodluck Jonathan has declined to rule out the possibility of him seeking election in 2023, as the 2023 general election draws nearer, There have been speculations that the All Progressives Congress (APC) was considering fielding Mr Jonathan in the next general election to serve a …

..Six dead bodies recovered, say police Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has condoled with the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, over the loss of some of the personnel that drowned while escorting voting materials for last Saturday’s senatorial bye-election in the state. The boat conveying the policemen was said to have capsized on its way to Oporoma, …

By Okhide Em’ya David Human rights Activist, Chief Patrick Eholor has strongly condemned recent statement credited to the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, over the  deplorable  condition of roads in the country which the minister had described as manageable. Eholor, in a letter   to the Minister made available to Newsmen said the poor state of  roads in …

Lagos Police Command on Sunday banned all forms of protests and gatherings in the state, The Nation has reported. The ban is coming on the heels of the planned second phase of #ENDSARS protests billed to commence Monday in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and other cities. Organisers of the protests who have raised awareness on the social media said the …

Nigeria recorded 667 cases in the last 48 hours, the highest since August. Cases of coronavirus infections in Nigeria rose sharply in two days with 324 new cases recorded on Friday taking the total to 667 in the last 48 hours, according to health authorities. The 343 cases reported earlier on Thursday were the highest since late August and had …

The officers were on their way to their place of assignment when their boat capsized. At least three personnel of the Nigeria Police Force have drowned Friday on their way to Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The incident occurred on the eve of the Saturday Senatorial Bye-election holding in two senatorial zones of the state. The News Agency …

Edo State Government through the Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues at the weekend led women rights groups and other civil society organisations around the streets of Benin City to advocate and demand urgent action to end all forms of Gender-Based Violence in the country. The women walked in solidarity to the Secretariat of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, …