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A new person will govern Osun State from Tuesday (today). Gboyega Oyetola will assume the position of the governor from Rauf Aregbesola after a handing over ceremony expected to be held in Osogbo, the state capital. Both men are members of Nigeria’s ruling party, APC. Both also have other things in common: they were both based in Lagos and are …

* …as COAS Annual Conference now hold in Maiduguri President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Edo on Tuesday may have been cancelled as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference, initially billed to hold in Benin City has been shifted to Maiduguri, Borno State. President Buhari’s aide on New Media, Alhaji Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this development on his tweeter handle …

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, has been under fire for reportedly saying that military the world over does not give information on its casualties. Also, a fact check showed that on the contrary, it is a standard practice by government of developed countries to intimate citizens on the number of casualties …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday declared his support for aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress who opted to sue the party over their grievances against the party. The President said the courts remained the last option for the amicable resolution of disputes, hence he insisted that the party must allow aggrieved members to fully explore their democratic and legal …

Benin City, Nigeria – A dramatic clash between policemen and mourners in procession of vehicles escorting a corpse to funeral venue, has left a man shot to death in Benin City. The victim, identified as Osakpamwan Agbons was shot to dead when his alleged co gun-wielding mourner’s convoy encountered a team of policemen on TV road, Oliha quarters, Benin City, …

The Federal Government is expected to hold another emergency meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday in a bid to end the ongoing strike in public universities. The last meeting between the two parties took place on November 15. Despite the meeting lasting for six hours, the strike was not called off because no agreement was reached. …

The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has charged the new Head of Service (HoS), Mr Isaac Ehiozuwa, to urgently put to use, his wealth of experience, in fast-tracking the ongoing reforms of the state’s civil service in line with the vision of his administration. Obaseki gave the charge on Monday, at the Government House in Benin City, the state …

…Capital expenditure to gulp N95.8bn, Recurrent Expenditure gets N79.9bn …Infrastructure, education, health, industrialization, pension, security top priorities Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday presented the 2019 Appropriation Bill with plans to spend a total of N175.7 billion in the 2019 fiscal year, broken into: Capital Expenditure, N95.8 billion and Recurrent Expenditure, N79.9 billion. Presenting the 2019 Budget Estimates …

Regulatory body of the National Health Research Ethics Committee of Nigeria (NHREC), has rated Nigeria low in the number of registered Health Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) in the country. The chairman of the the body, Prof. Zubairu Iliyasu said that only 49 Health Research Ethics Committees (HRECs) have so far been registered in Nigeria, which according to him is a …

Some villages in Uhunmwode local government area of Edo State have been thrown into mourning, following the death of two persons suspected to have caught yellow fever.in their locality. Reports have it that the deaths occurred barely a week of the outbreak of the deadly disease. Some of the symptoms exhibited by the victims, according to reports include high fever, …