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President Muhammadu Buhari has on Friday said that Nigerians must stop the habit of travelling outside the country for medical treatment. “Nigerians have suffered so much going abroad for medical treatment. This is not good for us and it must stop because we can’t afford it again.” Disclosing this at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, during the …

All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman in Edo State, Barr Anselm Ojezua has said the inauguration of a 41-man member mobilization committee to swell the membership of the party ahead of the 2020 governorship election in the state, would pull in high-value politicians in an organized, systemic fashion. The committee is headed by Hon. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen while Abdul Kadir Giwa serves …

The Kaduna State Government on Saturday commiserated with the families of victims of a gas explosion in the state. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, in a statement issued in Kaduna, expressed sadness at the incident. He said: “Our thoughts are with them in this sad moment.” The incident occurred in a business premises located …

US and Israeli flags were set alight in Iran’s capital Saturday as thousands mourned the loss of top military commander Qasem Soleimani, a day after he was killed by American forces. “We are with you,” they chanted as they waved their hands in unison during the outpouring of grief at a rally in Tehran’s Palestine Square, an AFP correspondent reported. …

Two mortar rounds hit the Iraqi capital’s Green Zone Saturday and two rockets slammed into a base housing US troops, security sources said, a day after a deadly American strike. The precision drone strike outside the Baghdad airport on Friday killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, top Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and a clutch of other Iranian and Iraqi …

A midnight fire on Saturday razed a section of the famous Urhokpota hall in Bénin City, the Edo State capital. It is at the Urhokpota hall that a new Oba is first unveiled to the people. Governor Godwin Obaseki first declared his intention to run as governor of the state at the Urhokpota hall in 2015. Urhokpota (“Okpota’s gate”) hall …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, took his case to the Benin Elders’ Forum at the weekend, linking the seeming unending political tussle in the state to his administration’s fight against warlords and non-state actors, who, according to him, hitherto controlled resources to the detriment of Edo people. The state Chief Executive Officer who opened up before the elders in …

A lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission of illegally accessing ex-lawmaker, Shehu Sani’s phone. He claimed that the commission was desperate to indict Sani who is being investigated for allegedly extorting $10,000 from a car dealer, Alhaji Sani Dauda. The former lawmaker was taken into custody by the anti-graft agency on Tuesday, following allegations that …

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the that the U.S. air strike in Baghdad that killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force and architect of its growing military influence in the Middle East aimed to disrupt an “imminent attack” that would have endangered Americans in the Middle East. However, Democratic critics said the Republican president had raised …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that it would be guided by the provisions of the 1999 constitution (as amended), in dealing with the crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly.The crisis rocking the state assembly had worsened when the Speaker, Hon. Frank Okiye, declared vacant the seats of 14 members-elect that refused to be sworn in …