NewsReports

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged the committee on selection of new education secretaries for Local Government Areas (LGAs) to look out for persons with proven integrity so as to sustain the advances made in the state’s basic education sector. Speaking after inaugurating the committee, the governor said his administration would ensure that the effort to reposition the …

Governor of Ebonyi State and Chairman Southeast Governors’ Forum, Engr. David Umahi, yesterday said the zone had before now banned open grazing of cattles within the region. The governor announced this during an APC stakeholders meeting at the Christian Ecumenical Centre, Abakaliki. The governor who said the Southeast Governors’ Forum had also banned the movement of cows by foot enjoined …

Wakili opened fire on emissaries who served him quit notice –Traditional rulerNot even Sunday Igboho can evict Wakili, says Seriki Fulani’s sonAyete is safe, says Amotekun Commandant There is no respite for farmers and residents in Ayete, a town in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State, as they live in fear of Iskilu Wakili, a notorious Fulani warlord who kill …

The ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise has been extended by eight weeks, the Federal Government announced on Tuesday morning. It said the new deadline was now April 6, 2021. Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde, who disclosed this in a WhatsApp message to our correspondent, said the extension was conveyed by the Minister …

*Adamu remains in office pending presidential directive.*President won’t appoint service chiefs based on ethnicity, says presidency. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to take a decision on who will be the next Inspector-General of Police (IG) any time from today when he returns from his trip to his hometown, Daura, Katsina State, it was learnt yesterday. A top presidency official confided …

The Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Tuesday said in spite of the order by the National Industrial Court (NIC), which restrained it from embarking on strike, its members will not go back to work. The NIC, sitting in Benin City, had on Monday in a suit filed by the state government and the state Universal …

By Okhide Em’ya David Embroiled in serious industrial dispute with members of the Teaching profession, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki  told the world on Monday how much he has done for teachers, with a reaffirmed commitment to their welfare in the State. “We are confident to say that we have done more for teachers in Edo State than any …

By Okhide Em’ya David Resumption of academic activities across Public Primary Schools in Edo State suffered serious setbacks on Monday as primary school teachers, under the auspice of the Nigeria Union of Teachers made good on their threat to boycott the February 1, 2021 scheduled resumption date by the state government. Edo State Government made a last ditch effort to …

The Senate, on Monday, disagreed with Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State over his call on the Federal Government to come up with a law that will ban the movement of cattle from the North to other parts of the country, saying that if enacted such a law would not be constitutional. Speaking with Vanguard on Monday, Chairman, Senate Committee …

The official said pockets of coronavirus infections had been observed among public servants in the state. Following the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in Lagos State, the state government on Sunday announced an extension of the work-at-home order for public servants. In a statement signed by the Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, public servants will now resume on February 26, against …