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Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has urged the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole to concentrate on winning elections by the performance of the party and not relying on thugs and violence for electoral victory. In a statement, Osagie said Oshiomhole is only trying hard …

By Igbotako Nowinta In cracking the personality wall of Senator Dino Melaye, his political enemies displayed and employed atavistic animosity; they hid under the canopy of electoral process of November 30th, 2019 in Kogi West Senatorial Supplementary Elections to unleash horrible devices and unparalleled schemes to knock him out of the Nigerian Senate. The recent defeat of Melaye in the …

Residents of  Edo State have been called upon to enroll for the State Social Health Insurance Scheme under the Edo State Health Improvement Programme (Edo-HIP), designed to ensure access to affordable and quality healthcare services. Obaseki made the call at the weekend in commemoration of the International Health Coverage Day marked by the United Nations, and its various health-focused organs. He said, “As we mark …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has commended the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari to implementing the ‘visa on arrival’ policy for all Africans visiting Nigeria, saying it is a move that will encourage Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country. The governor, who spoke to journalists on arrival at the Benin Airport after a trip with the President to …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON At least, 58 suspected criminals have been arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command in its ongoing renewed clampdown launched against crime and criminality in the state.The Commissioner of Police CP Lawan Tanko Jimeta, recently deployed to the state has vowed to take the ongoing raid to the door step and hideouts of unrepentant criminals and …

The Executive Director of Connected Advocacy for Empowerment and Youth Development Initiative, Prince Israel Orekha has called on  Nigerian government to keep to its promise of making quality healthcare accessible and affordable to the citizenry.Prince Orekha made this call while delivering a paper in a one-day summit to mark the 2019  Nigerian Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Day. He said on …

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr John Oyegun, on Thursday spoke on the crisis rocking his party in Edo, describing it as “tragic and unfortunate”. Oyegun, who was first Executive Governor of Edo, spoke with newsmen on the sideline of the 22nd investiture of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) in Lagos. Oyegun said that the …

Aisha, wife of Nigeria’s President, Major General Buhari (retd.), says she lacked opportunities to have pillow talk with her husband. She said this while featuring as a guest on a programme aired on Television Continental, Journalists Hangout, whose recorded episode for last Thursday was obtained by our correspondent. Aisha, who spoke to the journalists via telephone, noted that busy schedules denied her …

The frightening scale of impunity and arbitrary conduct under the presidency of General Muhammadu Buhari plumbed new depths on Friday, December 6 when armed operatives of the State Security Service (often called the Department of State Services – DSS), invaded Federal High Court No. 7 in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. In a bid to re-arrest Omoyele Sowore and his …

Kinsmen of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), have faulted his wife, Aisha, over her Wednesday’s statement, which attacked the  Senior Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu. The kinsmen in Daura, in separate exclusive interviews with the Kastina State correspondent of The PUNCH,  on Wednesday evening, berated Mrs Buhari for making what they called a purely  private family …