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…Insists ‘Edo is not Lagos’ Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former Governor of Lagos State and known supporter of Adams Oshiomhole’s cause, is alleged to have drawn up a list of Commissioners, made up of non-Edo indigenes and handed it over to the APC gubernatorial candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu preparatory to the September 19 election. The Chairman of the Edo State …

…Obaseki, Police assure of security ahead of guber poll Edo State Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, has refuted claims that he endorsed members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who visited him in his office on Thursday, warning that anyone caught using his office to heat up the polity will face dire consequences. The Commissioner gave the clarification after the …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Environmental Rights Action (ERA), has asked the Federal government of Nigeria to consider the restructuring of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP) so that proper clean-up of Ogoni land can take place. Godwin Uyi Ojo, executive director of ERA who made the call to the Federal Government during an interaction with journalists and CSOs in Benin …

The announcement by Shoprite Holdings Limited, the South African supermarket chain operator, of a formal process to consider the potential sale of all or a majority stake in its Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited may be an opporunity for Nigerian investors, the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) has said. On Monday, Shoprite in its operational and voluntary trading update for the year ended …

Our attention has been drawn to the meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Edo State gubernatorial election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.   This meeting is ill-advised and a dent on the image of President Buhari, whose administration is known for the spirited fight against the hydra-headed monster called corruption, which has encumbered the …

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday directed the armed forces and all security agencies to henceforth promote and implement comprehensive security philosophies and measures driven by long-established principles of jointness and synergies through inter-agency cooperation. He also said his government’s policy tripod of ushering in economic prosperity, taming corruption and engendering an enabling security environment would not be realised without an armed …

The World Bank Board of Directors Friday approved a $114.28 million financing to help the country prevent, detect and respond to the threat posed by the COVID-19 pandemic with a specific focus on state level responses. The intervention includes $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and $14.28 million grant from the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility. World Bank …

*Assembly members didn’t sit in my room ― APC candidate*Obaseki is a liability to PDP ― Ganduje Chairman, Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mai Malla Buni on Friday said that President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the governorship candidate of the party in the September 19 elections, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Buni, who stated this while briefing State House correspondents after …

If Worcester Public Schools brings students back into buildings in any capacity during the upcoming academic year, registered nurse Tami Hale would be among the first people responsible for responding to the threat of a potential COVID-19 case. But Hale, a school nurse at Gates Lane Elementary School, said that no one in leadership has solicited her input on how …

GLOUCESTER, MA — Seth Moulton’s two challengers in next month’s Democratic primary once again attacked the three-term U.S. Representative’s record and his attempts to oust Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. “The women in this district did not feel represented,” Jamie Zahlaway Belsito, of Topsfield, said of Moulton’s 2018 bid to replace Pelosi. “It was a white man calling …