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…Consultants protest PhD qualification criteria Anxiety persists among hundreds of medical students at the College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan (UI) as over 300 medical consultants withdrew their services. Patients seeking clinical services at the University College Hospital (UCH) are also apprehensive with the withdrawal of services of over 300 members of the Medical and Dental Consultant Association of Nigeria (MDCAN) …

Following far-reaching reforms and programs of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration, the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF)’s peer-review mechanism has ranked Edo the second highest, in developmental strides among states controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a report by the Director-General of the PGF, Salihu Moh Lukman, the forum revealed that Edo State was on a steady progression with …

…N90B single digit loan scheme for small scale agric, 7000 beneficiaries already shared N20b Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has challenged Federal Agencies to do a lot more in the Buhari administration’s plan to pull out 10 million Nigerians annually out of poverty in the next ten years. Osinbajo threw the challenge, even as the Bank of Industry recently …

…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 …