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A national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has accused the national chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, of sabotage. Tinubu made the allegation in a letter written to the president, vice-president, senate president and speaker of the house of representatives and dated February 21, 2018, reports online news platform, TheCable. President Muhammadu Buhari had appointed …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has called on linguists, communicators and other stakeholders to devise viable approaches for preserving Nigeria’s indigenous languages to engender social integration and allow for members of different ethnic groups have solid claims to their unique identities. Governor Obaseki made the call on the occasion of the commemoration of the International Mother Language Day marked …

No Lassa Fever death has been recorded in the past two weeks at the Institute of Lassa Fever Control and Research domiciled at the Irrua Specialist Hospital, since equipment purchased by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration were deployed to the Institute, the Edo State government has said. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor …

Edo State branch of the Peoples Democratic (PDP) has again hammered the All Progressives Congress government, accusing it of large scale fraud in the heartbeat of the nation. PDP’s accusation centers on some key areas, including the Central Hospital project in Benin, whose budgeted sum of money, it alleged was diverted to Specialist Hospital, Iyamoh, the country home of former …

Donald Trump has said he will consider a proposal to arm school teachers in an attempt to prevent mass shootings, a move certain to prove fiercely divisive. The US president, holding a listening session at the White House with survivors of last week’s Florida school shooting and others affected by gun violence, claimed that allowing airline pilots to carry and …

Some huddled in small groups, comforting each other through their tears and clutching pillows they had brought for the long journey ahead. Others were angry and defiant, shouting their demands for gun reform as they boarded the buses. But as a vanguard of about 100 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school prepared to take their fast-growing #NeverAgain campaign from …

Hard time awaits perpetrators of any form of violence against children in Edo State as the State Government is set to launch a policy document that stipulates jail terms for offenders. Speaking during a rally organised by the state government to raise public awareness and curry supports to end all forms of violence against children, wife of the Edo State …

Edo State, Lagos, Kaduna and eight other states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are the only states that are fully implementing the contributory pension scheme, the federal government of Nigeria has said. A publication by the nation’s apex pension regulator, the National Pension Commission (PenCom), listed the other states as, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Ondo, Delta, Anambra, Rivers, …

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) circular on dividend payout by commercial banks and discount houses has been analysed based on the performances and balance sheet positions of all lenders. A report released yesterday by Afrinvest West Africa, an investment and research firm, showed that only six banks – Access Bank, First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Guaranty Trust Bank, United …

Joint Action Committee, the body overseeing the ongoing strike by non-academic unions in Federal universities across Nigeria has scheduled an important meeting to review their decision to down tools. The striking unions made up of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) announced the …