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Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Ambassador to South Africa, Ahmed Ibeto, has resigned. He has also renounced his membership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, and had crossed over to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Ibeto was reported to have arrived Nigeria from Pretoria on Sunday and on Monday morning, he handed over his letter of resignation at …

WASHINGTON — The United Nations Command with support from U.S. Forces Korea today repatriated 55 cases of remains of fallen U.S. service members returned by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea, according to a news release. A U.S. cargo aircraft flew to Wonson, North Korea, to receive the remains and returned promptly to Osan Air …

… as govt, EU, IOM, others dig deep for solutions to menace The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has vowed that his administration, in collaboration with stakeholders in the fight against human trafficking and illegal migration, will ensure the ugly trend is reduced to the barest minimum, declaring that there is no hiding place for traffickers in the state. …

Edo State Government will strengthen existing partnership with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to drive its reforms in education and health sectors for the benefit of the people living in rural areas of the state, Governor Godwin Obaseki said on Monday. Obaseki disclosed this when he received the new state Coordinator of the NYSC in the state, Mr. Adebayo …

…As varsity lauds developmental strides in Osun Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has congratulated his Osun State counterpart, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on the honourary doctorate degree (PhD), Honoris Causa, in Public Administration, conferred on him by the Samuel Adegboyega University, in Edo State. In his remark at the Special Convocation Ceremony of the university, in Ogwa, Esan West Local …

… New officers will monitor and mentor teachers Efforts to strengthen the primary education sub-sector for quality learning experience in Edo State have yielded another positive outcome with the completion of the training programme for teachers who volunteered to be Quality Assurance Officers, and Learning and Development Officers. Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Basic Education and Acting Chairman, …

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has described the purported service of impeachment notice on Benue Governor, Dr Samuel Ortom, by eight members of the House of Assembly as “awkward political development’’. Abubakar said that any attempt to disregard the rule of law and the Constitution in the impeachment of a governor was a recipe for anarchy and officially-sanctioned lawlessness. He …

The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has been impeached. He was impeached this morning by eight lawmakers of the Benue state House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress, APC. The lawmakers served the governor an impeachment notice this morning after a meeting at the state Assembly complex on Monday, 30th July, 2018. Ortom’s aide, Tahav Agerzua who confirmed the …

A Nigerian senator who was feared kidnapped earlier this week has provided a blow-by-blow account of his unpleasant experience to PREMIUM TIMES. Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, was widely assumed to have been abducted after his associates claimed he ran into unknown assailants as he travelled towards Kogi State. One of his Senate colleagues, Ben Murray-Bruce, who alerted …

Anti-corruption group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has urged the United Nations to prevail upon the National Assembly to drop its press council bill, which it described as a major threat to media independence and diversity in the country. In a statement on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Timothy Adewale, SERAP noted that the bill had passed second reading at …