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The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Audu Ogbeh, says 130, 000 graduate youth have been employed to offer extension services to farmers across the country. The minister disclosed this at the 24th Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria (AESON) Annual National Conference in Abuja on Monday. Mr Ogbeh, represented by Mrs Karima Babangida, the Director of Extension Service Department in …

Edo State Government is ready to commence demolition of illegal structures, following the expiration of notices earlier served on illegal developers for contravening the state’s extant town planning laws. Such violation includes erecting unapproved structures and buildings on moats and river banks. In a statement issued in Benin on Tuesday, Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Erimona Oye Edorodion …

Berlin, Germany – Conference Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue 2019 on Monday opened with the theme: The energy transition is the future, in Germany and in the world. Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and Minister of Economic Affairs Peter Altmaier jointly opened the fifth Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue (BETD) at the Federal Foreign Office, according to a press release by the German Embassy in …

The Police in Ebonyi State has confirmed the killing of eight persons, including a three-month baby in the resumed boundary dispute between two communities in the state. While six of the victims, five from the same family, were burnt to death in a bus they were travelling in; the others were shot dead. The attacks happened along the Alex Ekwueme …

A part of the Sam Mbakwe International Cargo Airport, Owerri, Imo State, was on Monday gutted by fire. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the fire incident occurred around 2 p.m. The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as at press time Monday evening. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria in its reaction said the fire was “curtailed swiftly …

Edo State Acting Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, has disbursed N21.5 million to eight families of deceased civil servants who are covered by the Group Life Insurance Policy and died while in active service. Presenting the cheques to the families, Shaibu said the event was the third time cheques will be presented to families of deceased civil servants. He …

His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpokpolo, Oba Ewuare II has expressed appreciation to Edo people and political leaders for heeding the call for peaceful conduct in the state during the general elections. In a statement signed by Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Frank Irabor, Oba Ewuare said prior to the election, he held meetings with stakeholders …

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on world leaders to come up with proposals to create a digital world that is accessible, inclusive and safe to all. Mr Buhari decried the use of the cyberspace to manipulate elections. He said Nigeria has taken the lead in cyber policing in West Africa, working with regional and global partners. In his keynote speech …

ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party PDP, has accused Ministers of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi and his Justice counterpart, Abubakar Malami of plot to influence Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Mohammed to cause a constitutional crisis in Rivers state. This is as the party said it has been informed of how the All Progressives Congress, APC stalwarts are bent on …

ABUJA-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday in Abuja asked Nigerian media to adopt the instrumentality of investigative journalism to hold the government accountable to the people. This came as the Director-General of the Voice of Nigeria, VON, Mr. Osita Okechukwu; his counter-part in the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, BON, Godfrey Ohuabunwa, Chairman, Daily Trust Foundation, Mallam Wada Maida; Mr. Femi …