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With the rise in number of confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19 in Edo, the state government has reiterated the need for residents to comply with all safety guidelines and other precautionary measures to prevent further community spread of the virus. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, who gave the charge while speaking to journalists in Benin City, reassured that …

President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew Alhaji Ibrahim Dauda has died following a prolonged illness. In a condolence message released on Saturday by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity), Buhari said the death has robbed the family and the Daura community of one of its finest gentlemen. “I am deeply touched and devastated by the passing of …

Edo State Government has engaged with key stakeholders in the state’s industrial sector for the expansion of the Edo Production Centre initiative to four more locations across the state, as part of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s industrialization drive.  According to officials, this move followed the success recorded with the pilot Edo Production Centre located at Sapele Road axis of Benin City, which …

Edo State Deputy Governor and Chairman of the State Coronavirus (COVID-19) Technical Committee, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, said the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration will remain focused on saving lives of Edo people and not play politics with the dreaded coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Shaibu said this while receiving donation of Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) from Azura-Edo Power Plant, a 461MW …

The Nigerian Medical Association on Friday said it was “incredibly disturbed” by the response of the Kogi State government over the discovery of two index cases of coronavirus in the North-central state. “The state Commissioner of Information did not only describe the process of arriving at the diagnosis as fraudulent, but he also went on to smear the frontline Health workers and …

BOSTON — Massachusetts may soon have rent control laws for the first time since 1994, when votes narrowly supported a landlord-backed ballot measure banning the practice. The state legislature’s Joint Committee on Housing endorsed two bills that would give local governments the ability to cap annual rent increases: A bill filed by Cambridge Democrat Rep. David Rogers would let cities and towns …

.Obaseki: Covid-19 does not allow Direct Model.Ize-Iyamu: Indirect model susceptible to manipulation The governorship primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC in Edo state slated for June 22 has come under threat following disagreement by stakeholders on the model to be adopted for the exercise. The Comrade Adams Oshiomhole-led National Working Committee NWC last Thursday rose from a …

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has flayed the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, accusing it of turning the May 29 inauguration day anniversary into a day of grieving for Nigerians. This is as the party stated that having reviewed the stewardship of the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government in the past five years, it realised that President Buhari and his team …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday approved the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), after the expiration of the term of the board members appointed in 2016. Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this today. Members of the new Board are: Mohammed Lawal (North West), Tajudeen Umar (North East), Adamu Mahmood Attah …

US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was severing ties with the World Health Organization, signalling the end of hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to the UN agency as the deadly coronavirus pandemic rages on. As Europe speeded along the path to reopening after months of crippling lockdowns, Trump’s move is likely to spark dismay, especially in …