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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign in Ogoja local government area of Cross River. The campaign started with a walk by officials of the UNHCR, partners, host communities and the Cameroonian refugees from their resettlement camps in Adagom and Ukende communities. Head of UNHCR sub-office in Ogoja, Mr Mulugeta …

…Assures on work on Benin Royal Museum Jesus College of Cambridge University’s decision to return ‘Okukor’ statue, one of the priceless artifacts looted from Benin in 1897 has raised the hope of Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki’s mission to secure repatriation of more famous Benin artworks in Europe and other parts of the globe. It is the Governor’s plan, in collaboration …

…beneficiaries to access free antenatal care, family planning, others Edo State Government has unveiled benefits from the state’s primary health insurance scheme, aimed at guaranteeing access to affordable and quality healthcare services in the newly refurbished health care centers across the state. According to a statement by Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State,  on Thursday swore-in his newly appointed Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and Special Assistants (SAs), urging them to see their appointments as a call to service and be accountable to the people. The aides were drawn from the 192 wards of the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state. The governor said the primary …

By Isaac Eranga Ekpoma – Edo State Chairman of Football Referees Council, Mr. Johnbull Nosa Okundolor has expressed the need for football bodies to collaborate with tertiary institutions in order to improve football professionalism in Nigeria.  Mr. Okundolor stated this when Executives of the Edo State Football Referees Council (ESFRC) paid a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor of Ambrose …

Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Thursday warned nations across the world to return all the looted artifacts belonging to Nigeria or prepare for legal battle. Mohammed said that Federal Government would use all “legal and diplomatic instruments” to demand the return of Nigeria’s stolen artifacts and cultural materials worldwide. Disclosing this on Thursday in Lagos, Mr. Lai …

The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has said the Finance Bill will become effective on January 2, 2020. Ahmed, while speaking during a panel session at the PwC Executive Session on Finance Bill and Tax Strategy, said the bill would be reviewed annually as the Federal Government planned to grow the ratio of revenue to …

The Federal Road Safety Corps on Thursday made a U-turn on the use of Google map while driving. On Wednesday, the Sector Commander, Federal Capital Territory, Corps Commander Wobin Ayuba Gora had said that driving with the aid of Google map using mobile phones is a serious traffic offence. However, in a statement signed by Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Commander Public Education Officer, …

No evidence of hate speech was observed in Nigerian newspapers’ reports monitored between July and September 2019, according to a survey. The survey comes against the backdrop of the controversial Hate Speech Bill currently in the works at the Senate. The bill, which has outraged many Nigerians, provides for the death penalty for anyone who utters hate speech that leads …

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday released 983 suspects cleared of links with Boko Haram insurgents. Maj.-Gen. Olusegun Adeniyi, the Theater Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD), made the disclosure in Maiduguri at the formal handing over of the suspects to the Borno State Government. Adeniyi disclosed that the suspects comprised of 978 males and five females. He said that the affected …