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…Not true — Edo govt The main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is taking advantage of the crisis rocking the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Edo State chapter, to lure incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki to its fold, a National Working Committee member told Vanguard, yesterday. Obaseki is currently locked in a battle of supremacy with his predecessor and APC national chairman, …

The Igbo National Council, INC, on Tuesday, handed down a ninety days ultimatum to the governors of the five states of the South East zone, to establish a regional security outfit just like the Northern and South West regions did. The warning came from the statement issued in Owerri, by the INC, National President, Chilos Godsent alongside other executives after …

The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the applications for a review of its February 13, 2020, judgment which overturned the All Progressives Congress’ victory in the last governorship election in Bayelsa State. A seven-man panel of the apex court led by Justice Sylvester Ngwuta described the applications filed by the APC and its governorship candidate at the poll, David Lyon, …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Provincial Pastor David Olusoji of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Edo State of Nigeria, has called for violent praying assembly against all manners of terrorism in Nigeria, especially those mindless acts of terror being targeted against the body of Christ. Pastor Olusoji who is in charge of the Redeemed Christian …

By Isaac Eranga In a bid to making reproductive health services accessible to adolescents and youths of Edo, a non governmental organisation known as the Connected Advocacy for Employment and Youth Development Initiative, has conducted a step down training for social mobilizers in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of the State. Speaking on the theme titled: Community Accelerating Action for Accessing …

…N90B soft loan facility to be provided for small scale agric enterprises Nigeria’s Bank of Industry has approved a $20m technology fund for young innovators, while the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is offering a N90 Billion soft loan facility for small scale agriculture enterprises. These were some of the outcomes of a meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, which was …

Following an announcement on Tuesday that Iran’s deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, has been infected with Coronavirus, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has demanded that Iran “tell the truth” about a coronavirus outbreak, voicing alarm at allegations of a cover-up. “The United States is deeply concerned by information indicating the Iranian regime may have suppressed vital details about the …

The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to give leaders of federal and state legislatures immunity from prosecution. The ‘Bill for an Act to Alter Section 308 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Extend Immunity to Cover Presiding Officers of Legislative Institutions,’ sponsored by Mr Olusegun Odebunmi, was narrowly passed …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday sentenced a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Olisa Metuh, to seven years imprisonment on corruption charges regarding his activities preceding the 2015 presidential election which his party lost. Justice Okon Abang delivering judgment at the proceedings which lasted over six hours convicted Metuh on all the seven counts, …

Four persons were on Monday killed and burnt by a mob in Otuo community in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. Three of those killed were accused of complicity in the death of 17-year-old Ohiole Glory who was a student of Azama College, Otuo, according to The Nation. The fourth person, Lukman, was said to be a notorious …