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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 …

The federal government has announced five new cases of coronavirus disease in the country, in addition to the existing three cases.With the development, Nigeria now has eight confirmed cases of the disease. The Minister of Health, Osagie Ehanire, in an ongoing press conference in Abuja, on the update of the disease in the country, said all the new five cases had …

The Federal Government of Nigeria has issued a travel ban on 13 countries in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19 (coronavirus). The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha made the announcement at a media briefing on Wednesday, Chronicle reports. The affected countries are the United State of America, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, Iran, Switzerland, …

*_”To forgive the terrorists is up to God but to send them to see God is my duty” – Vladimir Putin_* By Erasmus Ikhide From the very beginning of the present Fourth Republic, all indications have always pointed to the fact that General Buhari places his Fulani ethnic conclave, regardless of their atrocious madness, invasion of peoples’ farm settlements, over …

National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, sang a conciliatory tune on Tuesday when he enjoined his colleagues in the National Working Committee to put the interests of Nigerians first. He also suggested that the first post-crisis NWC should be devoted to “having a conversation around the coronavirus”. Oshiomhole, holding his ‘rival’  Victor Giadom, said, “If it is …

With less than six days to the hosting of the 20th edition of the National Sports Festival (NSF) in Benin City, the Edo State Government has ordered the shutting down of all public and private schools across the state to allow residents to participate in the sports fiesta. In a statement by Commissioner for Education, Hon. Jimoh ljegbai, said the …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has approved the postponement of the National Sports Festival, tagged Edo 2020. The Minister of Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, announced this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, after a meeting with Buhari. He said the postponement was due to the Coronavirus pandemic, adding the decision was arrived at after “close consultations with the Ministry …

Results of the 312,000 candidates that sat for Saturday’s 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide have been released, says Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The Board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lagos. Mr Benjamin urged all concerned candidates to check their profiles for the …