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A Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, has convicted Yunusa Dahiru for abducting Ese Oruru. Justice Jane Inyang sentenced Dahiru to 26 years in prison in a judgment she delivered on Thursday. The abduction of Ese, the youngest child of Charles Oruru and Rose Oruru, occurred on August 12, 2015 at her mother’s shop in the …

The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire,  on Thursday, said COVID-19 patients, who spent a long period at isolation centres were at the risk of depression. Ehanire, who stated this in Abuja at the press conference of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said government planned to deploy psychologists in isolation centres to take care of such patients. At the …

Ahead of Eid-el-Fitr celebration, the Sultan of Sokoto-led Jama’atu Nasril Islam, JNI, has directed Muslims in Nigeria to pray at home with their families on Sallah day, as the eid prayer congregation remained suspended, due to the rampaging and highly contagious coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic. Secretary–General of JNI, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, said, in a statement, yesterday, that the directive was a …

Edo State Government has described as misleading a video making the rounds on social media with a footnote that a Dangote truck was impounded in Benin City recently by the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for allegedly conveying arms and ammunition and other contraband materials. In a statement, the Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and …

…Says Edo not invaded by bandits The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has thrown its weight behind community policing scheme, initiated by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki in his efforts to address security challenges in the state. Obaseki  disclosed this while inaugurating the Edo State Community Policing Advisory Committee (SCPAC) and Edo State Community Policing Committee at the Government House, …

Inflation in Nigeria increased by 0.08 percent points hitting 12.34% in April, as against  12.26 percent rate recorded in March 2020, according to a monthly data report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, (NBS) on Thursday. According to the document, on month-on-month basis, the headline index increased by 1.02 percent in April 2020. This is 0.18 percent rate higher …

*Oyegun is twisting facts, Edosomwan responds Former National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Thursday, urged the party to give Governor Godwin Obaseki (Edo) and Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo) second term tickets in line with a recent peace deal. In the alternative, the former governor of Edo State said, free and fair primaries should be held. …

Edo State Government has commenced evaluation exercise for top bidders for the provision of Transaction Advisory (TA) Services for the Benin City River Port Project, in Gelegele area of the state. Chairman, Benin City River Port-Project Technical Committee (BRP-PTC), Engr. Greg Ogbeifun, disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, during the bid evaluation exercise, which held in Government House on …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) says all governorship aspirants in Edo and Ondo State will pay N22.5 million as part of the requirements for contesting in the states’ governorship elections on September 19 and October 10. In a timetable released in Abuja on Wednesday, APC National Organising Secretary, Emma Ibediro, said the party would begin the primaries with the sale of nomination …

As part of preparations for the governorship election in Ondo and Edo states, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has released timetable for the election of its governorship candidates in the two states, stating that sale of forms will commence on June 22 while notice of election to the state will be issued on June 2. According to the National Organising …