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…harps on robust engagement between govt., academia Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has made a strong case for strengthened partnership between the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, (IITA), and the state government to increase agribusiness investments in the state and revamp the state-run colleges of agriculture. The governor said this at the International Workshop on Water-Energy-Food Systems in Sub-Saharan …

Saturday’s mass killing of at least 86 people who were attending a funeral event in Plateau state was an act of revenge following an earlier attack, the cattle rearers’ group, Miyetti Allah, has said. Police said 86 people were killed in several villages while six persons were injured in the attack that lasted between 1p.m. and 8p.m. But residents said …

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to direct his security chiefs to immediately produce quick-response measures aimed at tackling the spate of killings in Nigeria. Saraki, while responding to the killings in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area in which scores of people were murdered in attacks on some villages, according to a statement by his …

The head of the National Human Rights Commission, Mr. Tony Ojukwu, said on Monday that the unabated killings in some parts of the country particularly in Benue and Plateau States could be the handiwork of Boko Haram and not herdsmen as being speculated. While advocating the establishment of state police in the country, the Executive Secretary of NHRC also said …

…says politicians taking advantage of nationwide killings President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday lamented that human life was increasingly becoming cheap in Nigeria. He however heaped the blame on some unnamed politicians who he accused of taking advantage of the killings associated with herdsmen/farmers clashes in parts of the country. He said some “desperate people” have continued to pursue their quest …

Edo Sate Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the election of his predecessor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaking after Oshiomhole was announced the elected National chairman of the APC at the party’s National Convention in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Saturday, Obaseki noted that “the former governor’s emergence is an …

The national convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has changed its slogan from ‘Change’ to ‘Progress’ following an announcement by one of the Master of Ceremonies that the delegates should no longer chorus ‘change’ anytime the name of the party is chanted. “I want to announce that when shout APC, the appropriate response should now be Progress and …

The new national chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has said the other candidates withdrew themselves “unconditionally’’. He made the statement on Saturday in Abuja at the party’s national convention, adding that it was as a result of the trust his other colleagues had for him that led to him emerging unopposed. Mr Oshiomhole was unopposed …

The All Progressives Congress has confirmed former Edo governor, Adams Oshiomhole, as its national chairman. Mr Oshiomhole was returned unopposed after a voice affirmation by party members. The party said 18 positions were unopposed, and all were affirmed on Saturday. The announcement was made by the chairman of the 2018 convention committee and governor of Jigawa State, Mohammed Badaru. Mr. …

All appears set for a fierce contest between incumbent National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mai Mala Buni, and his main challenger, Kashim Imam, at today’s (Saturday) national convention of the party. We gathered that the party’s governors had yet to agree on a consensus candidate for the position of the national secretary as of the time of sending …