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By Okhide Em’ya David A family of three,  including a father, mother and their little baby  were early Monday  crushed  to death   in a motor accident along the ever busy  Benin-Auchi Expressway in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, Edo State. An eye witness account said the accident Victims were travelling to Auchi end of the road when their vehicle, a …

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said that a major feature of Nigeria’s economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic as indicated in the Economic Sustainability Plan currently being implemented, has been the openness to new and creative ideas. Osinbajo (SAN), said all the efforts were in a bid to save jobs, protect businesses, and attract new investments. Prof. Osinbajo stated this on Tuesday during …

Shopping is different in 2020, but Black Friday is still on in Massachusetts. For many struggling retailers, the holiday shopping bonanza is as important as ever. Patch has compiled Black Friday hours for nearly 30 malls and shopping centers below. There are scores of small businesses to support locally. Check out Patch’s Massachusetts local businesses information resource center here. Most retailers, …

Africa Oil Palm Initiative (APOI) has said that Edo State leads Nigeria in oil palm development as a result of structures and instruments set up to meet requirements for sustainable oil palm production that meets international standards while protecting the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. The submission is contained in a report by the APOI titled Africa Oil Palm Initiative: Highlights 2019-2020, …

Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) and Curators University have graduated the pioneer set of teen data scientists trained on programming using python and other tools. Managing Director, EdoJobs, Ukinebo Dare, in a chat with journalists in Benin City, said the new graduates have been bequeathed with skills to kick-start early careers in data science and Artificial Intelligence, noting that …

BY BOB MAJIRI OGHENE-ETEMIKU Five strategic environmental groups in Africa have stressed the need to reduce climate obstacles and other environmental issues within the mother earth of Africa. The groups recently called on African governments to stop the acceptance of fossil fuel projects driven by European countries via their Export Credit Agencies (ECAs). Speaking from Nigeria, the Executive Director of …

…Releases Helplines For Rapid Response Edo State Joint Security Taskforce has continued strict enforcement of the state-wide 10pm to 6am curfew imposed by the government to check the activities of hoodlums and criminals following the hijack of the #EndSARS protests in the state. The Taskforce, including the Army, Police and other sister security agencies, at the weekend raided some hotels …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated the Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin and the Royal Palace of Benin Kingdom on the birth of a new princess on Monday, October 20, 2020. The governor, in a statement, felicitated with the Oba of Benin and the palace on the safe delivery of the …

(CNN)The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter from Administrator Emily Murphy sent Monday afternoon and obtained by CNN. The letter is the first step the administration has taken to acknowledge President Donald Trump’s defeat, more than two weeks after Biden was declared …

(CNN)President-elect Joe Biden will choose Janet Yellen, former chair of the Federal Reserve, as his secretary of the Treasury, according to two sources with knowledge of the pick. Yellen, who will be the first woman to hold the job should she be confirmed by the Senate, will be tasked to lead Biden’s economic response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has …