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Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Sunday inaugurated micro facilities valued at N500 million under the World Bank Community and Social Development Project (CSDP). The projects are situated across the three senatorial districts of the state. Bello commenced the projects’ inauguration with a completed cottage hospital and two motorised boreholes at Anyava and Agassa Uvette communities in Okene Local Government …

Nigeria’s former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (retd), on Sunday, dismissed as false, reports of his death, saying he is alive and bubbling. The social media was abuzz with rumours of the former military ruler’s death on Sunday morning. Babangida’s message was contained in a statement issued by his media aide, Prince Kassim Agegbua, who said he is very …

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 …