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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commissioned the secretariat complex for the 2020 National Sports Festival (NSF), as the state government steps up preparations to host the games scheduled to commence from March 20, 2020. The Secretariat is located within the Edo State Government House in Benin City and would serve as the coordinating venue for the competition, which holds in …

…Constitutes commission of inquiry …To ascertain persons culpable for violating contracting procedures Heads may roll in Edo State as Governor Godwin Obaseki has ordered the probe of contracts for the construction of the controversial Benin Specialist Hospital and supply of hospital equipment to ascertain persons culpable for violating contracting procedures.consequently, the government has constituted a Commission of Inquiry to conduct a detailed …

The Civil Empowerment & Rule of Law Support Initiative, CELSI, has urged the Federal Government to scrap the Creative Industries Financing Initiative, CIFI, a program run by the CBN on behalf of the Federal government to advance loans to struggling artists, musicians, web developers and fashion designers.  The petition is a policy brief, Looted Nigerian Art: Before their Return, authored by …

…VP calls for renewed faith in nation at event to mark 50 years after Nigerian civil war at the Civil War MuseumAll Nigerians, despite ethnicities, must join hands together to build a strong nation where everyone can legitimately aspire to the limits of their dreams and visions in all areas of national life, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN demanded on …

...Details progress in 21 Ogoni Clean-up sites, drawing international praiseWith the significant progress now recorded in the Ogoni Clean-Up project, attracting local and international commendation, the Buhari administration’s New Vision for the Niger Delta is making good progress, the Presidency said on Sunday. According to Mr. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, in response to …

…Says Social safety nets not acts of sovereign kindness but sovereign obligation                 Convinced that government owed a duty to the poor, the weak, the vulnerable and those who cannot work, the APC in 2014 included in its manifesto a social safety initiative to specifically address poverty amongst other things, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in his …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has lifted the suspension on the Chairman of Egor Local Government Area, Hon. Eghe Ogbemudia. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said the suspension was lifted after an investigative panel cleared Hon. Ogbemudia of the accusations that led to her suspension. Hon. Ogbemudia was …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated his commitment to reposition the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, into a world-class institution with full complements of infrastructure and human capital investments to drive Research and Development (R&D). Governor Obaseki, who said this during the inspection of construction works at the administrative building of the institution, expressed satisfaction with the pace and …

Edo State Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih  has sounded an alarm that the continued endorsement of Governor Obaseki of the state by some PDP leaders represents threat to the prospect of the party in 2020 election, and therefore called on the party’s  National Chairman, Chief Uche Secondus to call such leaders to order. Chief Orbih, …

…Doctor quarantined in Jigawa …NMA calls for high index of suspicion among members The Federal Medical Centre,  Lokoja in Kogi, has confirmed three cases of Lassa fever and one death in the last one week. Head of Clinical Services, Dr. Bernard Ododo  who disclosed this said: ”Two cases already transferred to Lassa Fever Management Center at Irua Specialist Hospital in …