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Following the meeting between the Federal Ministry of Youths and Sports Development and the Edo State Government, the following guidelines have been agreed for the National Sports Festival and are as follows: 1.     MOC has decided that all athletes/officials from the 35 states and the FCT, participating in the National Sports Festival must take COVID-19 tests 72 hours before arrival for …

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has advised Nigerians to ensure the Astrazeneca vaccine being administered on them had the original label. The agency said the warning was imperative to ensure people did not risk being vaccinated with a fake Astrazeneca vaccine. The position of NAFDAC is contained in a statement signed by the agency’s Director …

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti on Sunday said there is no wasting time in prosecuting those responsible for the killings during Saturday’s house of assembly bye-election for murder. He said this while on a sympathy visit to Omuo Ekiti, headquarters of Ekiti East LGA, where the incident occurred, that those arrested would be arraigned not later than Monday for murder. The News …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the immediate suspension of Saturday’s House of Assembly bye -election in Ekiti State following bloody attacks that greeted the exercise. Dr Tella Adeniran, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ekiti State, made this known in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti, and also confirmed that three persons were shot dead during the …

The Nigerian Navy on Saturday said that it had deployed six ships, two tugboats, two helicopters and a Nigerian Airforce ATR42 aircraft toward addressing maritime challenges  in the Gulf of Guniea. The Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, said  this during the inauguration  of  the 11th Exercise Obangame Express 2021. He said  that the multinational maritime …

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare says the 20th National Sports Festival in Edo will go ahead as planned from April 2 to April 14 under strict COVID-19 protocols, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Saturday. According to the report, Dare also said that the reduced 8,000 athletes and officials for the Games would go through all …

Edo State Government has intensified COVID-19 vaccination across the state’s 18 local councils with more health workers, politicians, religious and traditional rulers as well as the elderly receiving the first dose of the vaccine. The state commenced the rollout of the 81, 080 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine received from the Federal Government, during the week, with Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, …

By Okhide Em’ya David Hearing in the case of the State versus the Iyatsere of Warri  Chief Johnson Atselege and 11 Others in the alleged murder of Mr. Sunny Etchie, the Okaoghele of Kolokolo Community in Ologbo Dukedom, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, Edo State  has been adjourned to  March 24, 2021. The case was adjourned because of Edo State …

Tanzania has its first-ever female president after Vice President Samia Suluhu was sworn in as president following the death of President John Magufuli. She will now see out the five-year term of the late Magufuli which began last year. Having been Tanzania’s first-ever female vice president when the first term of the pairing began in 2015, the 61-year-old now becomes the east …

…FG assures of support for games hosting …athletes to be vaccinated ahead of competition Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki on Friday met with the Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, to finetune plans for the hosting of the National Sports Festival, tagged ‘Edo 2020’. The festival, which has suffered several postponements from March 2020, is now scheduled …