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…gives two-month grace period to violators Edo State Government has disclosed plans to commence the second phase of its ‘Operation Show Your Building Plan’, as part of efforts by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to create a healthier, safer environment for residents. In a statement, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Erimona Oye Edorodion, said the exercise will …

A 27-year-old American has been confirmed dead by the Ekiti State Taskforce on COVID-19 led by Governor Kayode Fayemi. Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, did not give the name of the American  in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria on Wednesday. She said   a 38-year-old Ekiti indigene, who  drove  the American who arrived the country …

A six-week-old baby and  the mother are among the five new confirmed carriers of Coronavirus (COVID-19)  in Nigeria. Three  of the new cases are Nigerians who returned from the United States and the United Kingdom while the fourth  is an American, who came into Nigerian from  Benin Republic, crossing the supposedly closed border between the two countries. The fifth , …

•Capital project down by 20% •Recurrent reduced by 25% Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a N1.5 trillion cut from this year’s budget, Finance, Budget and National Planning Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, told reporters after the FEC meeting. She described the budget cut as one of the measures approved by the Federal Government to stabilise the economy, according …

…As CP Convenes Peace Meeting By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON The Iyatsere of Warri Kingdom Chief Johnson Atselege JP has said that the Bini and Itsekiri ethnic groups in Ologbo would continue to coexist peacefully if the Enogie of Ologbo HRH Jason Owen Akenzua respects the various ancestral agreements between the two parties. Chief Atselege also noted that the ongoing extortion of …

…to convene special EXCO over coronavirus Edo State Government is firming up strategies to evolve a vigilante outfit that would form part of the base of the state’s security architecture as part of moves to check farmer-herder clashes in the state. The state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki disclosed this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the state monthly Security …

Effective March 18, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is suspending in-person services at its field offices, asylum offices and Application Support Centers (ASCs) to help slow the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). A statement issued by the Agency on Tuesday said: “This suspension of services will be effective until at least April 1. In the meantime, USCIS will provide limited emergency …

Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) has graduated another batch of 50 youths drawn from the three senatorial districts of the state on data science and artificial intelligence in furtherance of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s technology innovation drive. Managing Director, EdoJobs, Mrs. Ukinebo Dare, who disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Benin City, said the training programmes …

Lagos State will ask religious leaders to stop Friday (Juma’at) and Sunday service, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Gbenga Omotosho, has said. Omotosho at a briefing on Wednesday said the religious leaders will be advised to shut down services in the interest of the public. He said this a few hours after Lagos recorded its seventh coronavirus case. “We …

The Senate, on Wednesday, urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to “immediately” address the nation on the situation of the Coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria. The red chamber said if the president addressed Nigerians, citizens and government agencies would be more serious in adhering to the preventive measures. It also asked the Federal Government to take more drastic measures …