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The doyen of highlife music in Nigeria, Victor Abimbola Olaiya, is dead. He died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital at exactly 12noon on Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES learned. He was 89. Bimbo Esho, managing director of Evergreen Music Company Ltd broke the news on Facebook. Mrs. Esho, who is the daughter of highlife music enthusiast, Femi Esho, wrote, “We pray …

Edo State Government has assured on more policies to encourage mainstreaming of women and girls in science and technology programmes in the state. Commemorating the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, Commissioner for Science and Technology, Hon. Emmanuel Agbale, said the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration is determined to bridge the gender gap in science and technology by putting …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has said the state’s sports festival will serve as a unifying platform for Edo people across the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state despite their cultural diversity and religious beliefs. The governor said this while declaring open the 3rd edition of the Edo Sports Festival in Benin City on Tuesday. The tourney …

Former President of Kenya, Daniel Arap Moi, remains one of the foremost leaders of decolonization of Africa and a founding father of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN Prof. Osinbajo, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari today at the State Funeral for the late Arap Moi at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi, …

The commitment came at peace talks between Sudan’s government and rebel groups from the Darfur region. The decision will pave the way for ex-President Omar al-Bashir to be sent to The Hague to face charges there. He is accused of genocide and war crimes in the conflict that broke out in Darfur in 2003, which killed about 300,000 people. “Justice …

Reactions have trailed the action of a pupil, simply identified as Dele, found reading at the gallery of an Automated Teller Machine belonging to the First City Monument Bank in Ondo State. A Twitter user, Bada Maruf, said he was about using the ATM when he saw the pupil. According to him, the pupil was making use of the ATM …

…expresses gratitude to President Buhari …confident in Akande’s role as c’ttee chair Edo State Government has applauded the reconstitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Reconciliation Committee, expressing confidence that the committee will deliver on its mandate to restore peace and unity in the party. In a statement on Monday, Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., said …

Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has reconstituted a 12-person committee following the rejection of the Senate President Ahmad Lawan-led National Reconciliation Committee by the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki. The party had earlier set up a 10-person reconciliatory committee in December, 2019, to appease the aggrieved members of the party nationwide and resolve the crises in the party. However, Mr Obaseki, in …

A former lawmaker representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Shehu Sani, has said that some leaders in the country are hiding the painful truth about the worsening state of security in the country from the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Sani, who was granted bail recently after spending four weeks in the custody of the …

OHANAEZE Ndigbo has warned that owing to the escalated insecurity situation in Nigeria, the Igbo will henceforth embark on self defence. The highest Pan Igbo organisation said that the Igbo cannot stand aloof and watch its citizens slaughtered helplessly as if the country was in a hopeless state. It therefore mandated reputable Igbo leaders to liaise with the seven Igbo-speaking …