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Eight new judges appointed to serve in the Edo State High Court, were sworn in on Monday by Governor Godwin Obaseki, who assured the judiciary of his administration’s support. The governor gave the assurance while addressing the new judges during their swearing-in ceremony at Government House, in Benin City. He congratulated the judges and urged them to carry out their duties …

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu also clarified that the Federal Government had reservations about the resumption of schools on January 18. According to him, while the states wanted to go ahead with the school’s resumption, the Federal Government was against it but had to reach a compromise since it does not control all the schools “We sat down, looked at …

WhatsApp has taken to social media channels to try to allay deep concerns that users have been voicing about data sharing and privacy. The company has decided to extend the deadline for its terms update acceptance from February 8 to May 15. However, millions have already decided to move to rival messenger services such as Signal and Telegram. Recently, WhatsApp …

Tunde Balogun, a 200-level engineering student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) in Ondo State, would visit the university campus after ten months of being at home. The university, like other schools in Nigeria, has been shut since March 19, 2020, following government’s directives that all schools nationwide be closed due to the deadly coronavirus in the country. …

United States (US) President-elect Joe Biden and his wife Jill will become the new White House residents when he takes office on Wednesday. Biden has made his family a major focus throughout his career, and his 2020 presidential campaign thrust them fully into the spotlight — with some members causing controversy but others breaking barriers. Here is a look at …

By Okhide Em’ya David It was a gory sight on Saturday at Ogiso Road axis, off Murtala Mohammed Way in the Benin metropolis, Edo State, Nigeria when a construction truck crushed two workers to death. An eyewitness who described the tragedy as “horrific workplace accident,” said it threw the neighborhood into commotion as residents ran helter-skelter looking for assistance. The …

Edo State Government will deploy the over 800 Police constabulary personnel across the state to enforce strict compliance with the state’s regulations to check the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19), Governor Obaseki said at the weekend. The governor said defaulters would be prosecuted and those found guilty convicted by mobile courts set up across the state. Governor Obaseki, who disclosed …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said on Sunday, that he has built the capacity to conduct 600 coronavirus (COVID-19) tests daily. He said “there are three additional Real Time-PCR Molecular Reference Laboratory operational in the state.” The governor, in a statement, urged stakeholders and residents to support the government’s efforts to contain the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. He …

As primary and secondary schools in Lagos State resume for the second term of the 2020/21 academic year, government-owned schools are to still maintain the shift-system introduced last year when they reopened for the first term of the year. It was learnt that the shift system is to be continued so as to observe safety protocols introduced to stem the …

House of Representatives has cautioned the federal government against reopening schools amid the increasing number of deaths attributed to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The House through its Committee on Basic Education and Services in a statement signed by its Chairman, Professor Julius Ihonvbere, said the earlier decision to reopen academic institutions was ill-timed. It will be recalled that the Ministry of …