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Ebonyi State Governor, elected on the platform of opposition Peoples Democratic Party, David Umahi, on Friday said that Mr. Godwin Obaseki will be re-elected as Governor of Edo State, stressing that nothing will stop the governor’s re-election. He said Obaseki’s re-election would happen because he has done well and deserves to continue in office. Umahi was addressing Obaseki’s wife, Betsy and other Southern …

…Dangers of cooking with Paracetamol raised in Council Nigeria’s National Economic Council (NEC) has welcomed an urgent call from stakeholders to halt malnutrition and related issues in Nigeria. The council chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), with membership drawn from Governors of the 36 states, the FCT Minister and Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, took the decision Thursday, following …

The federal government has in the past three years spent N1.7 trillion on Nigeria’s electricity sector, Governor Nasir El-Rufai has said. The Kaduna State governor spoke on Wednesday after the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja. Mr El-Rufai, who said “the entire (electricity) sector is broken,” said such expenditure by the Muhammadu Buhari administration on a privatised sector was “unsustainable.” “The …

China is rushing to build a new hospital in a staggering 10 days to treat patients at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak that has stricken hundreds of people, state media reported Friday. The facility in the central city of Wuhan is expected to be in use by February 3 to serve a rising number of patients infected by …

The statement explains that though the disease has reached beyond China, the number of cases in other countries is still relatively small, and the disease does not seem to be spreading within those countries. WHO said of 584 cases now reported, 575 of them and all the deaths have been in China. WHO Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said “as at this …

A bill to bar the President, Governors and other public office holders from traveling abroad for treatment without court approval, has been slated for second reading in the House of Representatives. A copy of the legislation obtained by Vanguard, yesterday, entitled: “Public Officers International Medical Treatment Trips Regulation Bill, 2019,” is sponsored by Sergius Ogun(PDP-Edo). The proposed Act, intends to …

A SARS-like virus has claimed 26 lives since emerging on December 31 in a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Here is a list of countries that have confirmed cases of the so-called coronavirus. – China – As of Friday, more than 800 people have been infected across China, with 177 in serious condition. Authorities were also examining 1,072 …

The High Court in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has refused to grant the Exparte Application filed by the National Vice Chairman, North East, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mustapha Salihu; former Edo State chairman of the APC, Anselm Ojezua and others, seeking to have the National Chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole vacate his office. Recall that …

Rival Peoples Democratic Party has alerted the governments of Nigeria, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, and other members of the United Nations General Assembly that the lack of credible, free, transparent and fair elections represents a clear and present danger to the survival of democracy in the country. Edo State Chapter of the Peoples’ …

Edo State Government on Thursday said it recorded eight deaths out of a total of 175 cases of Lassa Fever since the current outbreak of the epidemic in the state. Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Musa Ebomhiana, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Benin City. The statement said: “A total of 175 cases …