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President Muhammadu Buhari will today depart Abuja for Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to attend the third edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII) organised by Saudi’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). Under the theme, “What’s Next for Global Business?’’, the event, which holds from October 29-31, will focus on three key pillars: Sustainable Future, Technology for Good and Advanced …

Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Muhammad Babandede, has commended the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, for his administration’s commitment to halt human trafficking in the state. He gave the commendation at the Gala Night organised as part of the 2019 Comptroller General Conference, in Benin City. Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki (left) and Comptroller General of …

Plans have been concluded by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to train 100 young men and women drawn from Oredo Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, on different vocational skills. Obaseki made the disclosure when he attended the monthly APC ward meeting at Oredo Ward 4, in Benin City, the Edo State capital at the wekend, asking the ward …

Catholic bishops approved a proposal Saturday allowing some married men to be ordained as priests in the Amazon region. The proposal, which must be approved by Pope Francis, would be a historic change to the church’s centuries-old tradition of unmarried priests. It passed by a vote of 128-41 and applies only to some churches in the Amazon region that are experiencing a …

A mini milk collection center was inaugurated on Saturday in Tassa Village in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano state by the Federal Government of Nigeria. Speaking at the event, the Minister of Agriculture, Alhaji Sabo Nanono, said that the center would alleviate the plight of milk sellers and improve their business. Nanono said ‎that government would establish additional …

Nigeria’s Federal Government is collaborating with Sokoto State Government on establishment of 10-megawatt solar-powered electricity plant that will connect agencies and about 100 communities in the state. Alhaji Balarabe Dandin-Mahe, the Sokoto state Commissioner for Energy and Petroleum Resources,  disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Sokoto. He noted that the project was on conception stage and all relevant partners …

A pregnant woman and three other people were killed on Saturday when a vehicle rammed on them at Uselu road on the Ugbowo-Benin highway. A witness said the pregnant woman with three other people who were siblings were killed when an oncoming car skidded off its track and hit them. The witness said the dead people were all standing by …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated Prof. Lilian Imuetinyan Salami on her emergence as the 10th substantive Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). In a statement at the weekend, the governor said he was confident that Prof. Salami would deploy her wealth of experience in lifting the fortunes of the great citadel of learning, describing her …

A former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Friday pleaded not guilty to the 12-count charge of a N100 billion pension fraud brought against him. The presiding judge, Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja, said Mr Maina should be remanded in custodial centre until October 30, when the trial would commence. The …

The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the two appeals filed by Nyesom Wike, the Governor of Rivers State, challenging the decision of the Court of Appeal, upturning the dismissal of a petition filed by the African Action Congress and Festus Awara its candidate in the last governorship election. Justice Ejembi Eko, in delivering the lead judgment, upheld the two appeals …