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The Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida Annual Lecture Series  has condemned what it called  the ” dangerous silence” by President Muhammadu Buhari over the  activities of  herdsmen in many parts of the country. This came as the World Igbo Congress, WIC, has asked the south east governors to establish an enforcement team that will help implement it’s ban on open grazing in …

Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Osun East has raised the alarm that some traditional rulers in the South West cooperate with herdsmen to carry out their evil machinations in the region. According to him, Kidnapping, rape, Armed Banditry, killings and wanton destruction of properties, all other acts of criminality …

…As Imasuanbon boosts youth skill acquisition scheme with N1m …canvases support for Obaseki’s empowerment program By Okhide Em’ya David Iyase of Benin Kingdom Benin, Chief Sam Igbe and founder, Centre for Edo Delta Development Initiative (CEDDI) and Skills Acquisition Centre and Diabetic  Care Clinic, has implored Nigerian youths to embrace skills acquisition and technical training  to be self-dependent so as …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated former Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonji-Iweala on her emergence as the first African and first female Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The WTO confirmed her emergence on Monday after the last contender and South Korean Trade Minister, Yoo Myung-hee, announced her withdrawal from the race on February 5, 2021. Obaseki …

…health workers infection rises to 383, surpasses first wave Edo State has, in the last 72 hours, recorded 103 new cases and three more deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19), as the government intensifies enforcement of compulsory use of facemasks and other guidelines to contain the second wave of the pandemic. The State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this on …

All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State chapter, has appealed to residents of Shasha community in Ibadan to remain calm and embrace peaceful coexistence. This is contained in a statement issued by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Dr AbdulAzeez Olatunde, and made available to newsmen on Monday, in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that crisis had, on Thursday, erupted …

Governor Abubakar Bagudu (Kebbi), on Monday evening, led Governors Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano), Abubakar Bello (Niger) and Bello Matawalle (Zamfara) in a closed-door meeting with Governor Seyi Makinde in Oyo state. The Vanguard reported that the governors, who arrived by 7.03pm were subsequently led into a closed door meeting by the host governor Makinde. The meeting with Makinde has to do …

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of Nigerians to congratulate history-making World Trade Organisation Director-General, WTO, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment. The Former Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and former World Bank top executive becomes the first woman to land the trade organisation job. Buhari in a short tweet following the announcement congratulated said: “On behalf of the Federal Government …

Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed Monday as the first female and first African head of the beleaguered World Trade Organization, saying a stronger WTO would be vital for the global coronavirus recovery. The WTO called a virtual special general council meeting at which member states officially selected the former Nigerian finance minister and World Bank veteran as the global trade …

By Okhide Em’ya David Rights Group, Foundation for Good Governance and Social Change, says recent statement credited to Bauchi State Governor, Alhaji Bala Mohammed that “Herdsmen are eligible to carry A K 47 Riffles to protect their Cows,” is tantamount to a call for Civil War. Executive Director of FGGSC, Comrade Austine Osakwe, described the statement in Benin at the …