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Ahead of the Edo governorship election in 2020, the Oba of Benin, Ewuare II has urged traditional rulers in the state to fast and pray for peace in the land. The Oba gave the charge at the quarterly meeting of Edo Council of Traditional Rulers and Chiefs in Benin today (Saturday). The monarch said the prayers and fasting should go along with …

…Says he Remains Suspended Until He Apologizes …Says actions taken since suspension remain ultra vires Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki sounded spiritual and philosophical in his latest verbal tirade with the suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, when he turned to the divine, saying Oshiomhole has done something bad against God and Edo …

A Benin High Court has held Col. David Imuse; Publicity Secretary of the Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Chris Azebamwan and the National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, for contempt of court and ordered for substituted service of the charges. The order was given in the case involving Anselm Ojezua Esq; Deputy …

Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor  at the Open Heavens group based in Charlton, south-east London,  Gabriel Diya, and and his two children,  died at  a swimming pool in the Costa del Sol,  in the south of Spain on Christmas eve. But the hotel where the incident took place described  it as “tragic accident.” It was gathered that the …

Japan on Thursday executed a 40-year-old Chinese man convicted of murdering a family of four, in the country’s first execution of a foreigner since the disclosure of details on sentences carried out began in 2007, the justice ministry said. The man, Wei Wei, had committed the murders in mid-2003 with two accomplices who were also Chinese nationals, media reported. The …

Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Thursday said that the Sagamu Interchange Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway would be temporarily closed from today. Mr Clement Oladele, the Ogun Sector Commander of the FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the temporary closure was due to the damage caused by the two tankers that …

…As Governor Says Oshiomhole, other EPM members are not APC members …Insists there is no division in Edo APC …Says INEC to announce fresh date for election into EDHA …Assures reconstruction of Sobe-Sabogida-Ora Road “Any person doing anti-party activities, President Muhammadu Buhari has asked us to deal with them. We have been told to go back to organise our party; …

Pastor Yohanna Buru, the General Overseer of Christ Evangelical and Life Intercessory Ministry Sabon Tasha-Kaduna, on Wednesday expressed delight at the large turnout of Muslims to celebrate Christmas with Christians in Kaduna. Buru said: “I am so delighted that a large number Muslims that came to celebrate this year’s  Christmas morning service with us. “This will  boost interfaith activities, promote religious tolerance …

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Christmas eve rejected gifts from the Edo State Government, official said. Mr Crusoe Osage, the Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communications, disclosed this in a statement in Benin on Wednesday. According to him, messengers from the state government were …

Representative Yusuf Gagdi, (APC/Pankshin-Kanke-Kanam), Plateau State of Nigeria, has donated 1,100 bags of rice and 24 cows to his constituents to celebrate the Christmas. Gagdi, who presented the items in Pankshin, said that the gesture was to support his constituents, particularly the less privileged, to celebrate with ease. “Though I am a Muslim, I believe Christmas is a season of …