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At least six people have been killed and 10 others taken to hospital after a pedestrian bridge collapsed on to a highway in Miami, police have said, as state and federal investigators worked to determine how and why the structure failed while under construction. “This has turned from a rescue to a recovery operation,” said Det Alvaro Zabaleta of Miami-Dade …

…‘Benin Monarch’s curses, final blow to traffickers’ Wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, has reiterated the need for collaboration among relevant stakeholders to ensure that the incidence of human trafficking comes to a stop in Edo State. Receiving the Face of Oba Ewuare II Foundation, and the Secretaries to the Oba of Benin and the Benin Traditional Council …

… Gelegele Seaport to boost export receipts – Obaseki Governor Godwin Obaseki’s effort to industrialize Edo state has received a new boost as a Nigeria Government banking institution, the Nigerian Export-Import (NEXIM) Bank has thrown its weight behind the project with three funding windows running into N553 billion for the park’s development and building of local capacity to meet export …

The Senate on Thursday decried spate of violence in the country and urged the Federal Government to deploy security agencies to Kogi to forestall alleged killing of people by suspected herdsmen. Specifically, the upper chamber said that the security machinery should be sent to Omale and Dekina Local Government Areas in the state. The resolution followed the adoption of a …

Federal Government has announced that plans to evacuate stranded 2,000 megawatts were in top gear as an agreement on the tariffs that will be paid by eligible customer will soon be reached. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who disclosed this at the just concluded 25th Power Sector meeting in Uyo, said the efforts had been so …

Senate resolved Thursday to write the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen to caution his judges and ask them to respect the principle of separation of powers. According to the Senate, Onnogen must caution his judicial officers of the need to defend the institutions and democracy. The resolution of the Senate was sequel to a point of Order raised …

The Igbo socio-cultural organisations, Ohanaeze Ndigbo warned Biafra agitators on Thursday that their dream would not be achieved by fighting, noise making, name calling and insults. The President-General of Ohanaeze, Chief John Nwodo, stated this at a lecture organised by the Student Affairs Department of the University of Nigeria (UNN), College of Medicine, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu. According to him, Biafra can …

Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja has lambasted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its display of gross misconduct in the prosecution of an alleged N3.1 billion corruption case by the anti-graft agency. The judge who accused the EFCC of frustrating proceedings in the trial and attempting to take over control of his court …

A bus assigned to the Press Unit of the Edo State Government House was involved in an accident on its way from an official assignment on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. A number of people in the bus and three other vehicles that were involved in the accident, including a medical doctor and a mother and child, sustained varied degrees of …

Great Benin King, Oba Ewuare II’s stern actions against human trafficking, including placing curses on perpetrators of the illicit trade continue to draw support from Edo people and groups in Nigeria and around the globe. Recently, Edo Gobal Organization, a frontline pan-Edo cultural group, with members spread across various countries of the world joined the increasing number of people and …