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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated Mr. Mustapha Isah on his election and ratification as substantive President of the Nigeria Guild of Editors (NGE), the umbrella body of all Editors of print and electronic media in the country. Isah had been acting as president since the Guild’s former president, Mrs. Funke Egbemode, was appointed as Commissioner for Information …

Former Secretary to Edo state government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu will on Saturday this week, host a Mentoring forum in Benin City, as part of his efforts to empower Nigerian youths with strong leadership, political and business skills. Tagged POI Mentoring Forum , according to one of the organisers, Tinyan Otuamagie the event is a platform for youths aged 14-35, who are eager …

No fewer than 100 fake professors have been uncovered in Nigerian universities by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Prof Abubakar Rasheed, the commission’s Executive Secretary, disclosed this in the NUC’s November bulletin, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. Rasheed said the NUC published the details of the fake professors on its website and also sent the names to the various …

Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State have said that the decision by Nigeria to close its border is part of the measures to preserve its foreign policy in the national interest. They made this known on Tuesday in Abuja during the launch of the maiden Foreign Policy Journal by the Association of Retired …

Nigeria’s secret police, known as the Department of State Services (DSS) says it has uncovered syndicated plots by some undesirable groups to cause a breakdown of law and order in various parts of the country including Abuja. The arrangement, according to a statement signed by the DSS Spokesman, Peter Afunanya and made available to Vanguard on Tuesday, is to instigate …

Lagos state government has reiterated its zero tolerance for land grabbing and other illegal activities being perpetrated by land owners in the state, saying land grabbers have no hiding place in the state any more as the government is fully prepared for them. The government which gave the warning at the just concluded 5th West Africa Property Investment summit in …

South African Police Constable, Austin Reynold, who robbed and killed a Nigerian, Emeka Okoli, was on Monday sentenced to 32 years in prison by a Durban High Court. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the court sentenced the policeman three days after he was found guilty of robbing and killing the late Okoli during an illegal raid in the community where …

Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has recorded another feat in the area of Research and Development (R & D), with the successful fabrication of a GTCP85 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) Test Stand for the C-130H aircraft fleet. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Daramola said the local …

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, said Nigeria’s socio-economic and political salvation would come from education. The President spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement echoing his speech at an event to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of Community Secondary School, Daura. Buhari and five others founded the school …

One of Nigeria’s foremost Marine Engineers and business moguls, Edo-born Engr. Greg Ogbeifun now heads the Benin City River Port Project Technical committee, inaugurated on Monday by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. The purpose of the committee is to propel the actualization of the legacy project as part of the state’s industrialization drive, Obaseki said while inaugurating the committee. …