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Every tricycle rider and road user plying the Addo-Badore road, knows a middle-aged man, who constantly appears on the road with a shovel – from the Market Bus Stop to the end of the road in Badore – filling potholes, directing traffic and packing sand from the drainage beside the road to give way to a free flow of water …

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, has revealed for the first time the response of President Muhammadu Buhari to the controversial memo on the Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru. It would be recalled that the minister’s memo raised issues over the conduct of the NNPC GMD on contracts and appointments. …

The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, on Thursday 12th October, 2017 inaugurated the Benin Taditional Council Customary Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee (BTCCADRC), to arbitrate in disputes between individuals and communities in the Kingdom for a tenure of 18 months. The eight-member Committee, made up of mostly retired Justices​, were inaugurated at the Oba Palace grounds, in Benin. The Oba of …

United States Department of Defense announced on Friday that Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed Haza al-Darbi was sentenced to 13 years in confinement for conspiracy, attacking civilian objects, hazarding a vessel, terrorism, attempts, and aiding the enemy. The sentencing hearing took place today in a military commission courtroom at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. During his Feb. 20, 2014, …

WASHINGTON — United States Defense Department is releasing two policies that will affect foreign nationals entering the military or who are already in the military, Stephanie Miller, DoD’s chief of accessions, said on Friday. The changes will affect the MAVNI pilot program — the acronym stands for Military Accessions Vital to National Interest — and green card holders seeking to …

Former Secretary General of the Common Wealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, says that Nigeria will fare better if the on-going call to restructure the country into regions is adhered to. Anyaoku gave this view on Thursday, shortly after paying a courtesy visit to Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House, Benin City. He said that Nigeria’s economy was …

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, has assured the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria of his administration’s drive to improve basic, vocational and technical education, social welfare and healthcare service delivery in the state. The governor said this when he hosted Bishops from the Catholic Bishop Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), led by their President, the Archbishop of Jos, Most Reverend Ignatius …

Edo State Government has approved the downward review of the 2017 budget from the initial ₦153.187bn to ₦127.921billion, representing a 16.49% reduction. In a statement issued after an emergency Executive Council (EXCO) meeting held at Government House in Benin City, Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Rt. Hon. Paul Ohonbamu, said the downward review was occasioned by the sub-optimal performance of …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo Thursday broke his silence on the allegation of illegal award of joint financing contracts by the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, against the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, admitting that he approved the contracts in accordance with laid down procedure. The vice-president’s admittance however was in …

Nearly five years to the day after they were captured by militants linked to the Taliban, an American woman, her Canadian husband and their three children – all of whom were born in captivity – have been rescued, bringing an end to an ordeal the couple described as a “Kafkaesque nightmare.” Pakistani troops, operating on intelligence provided by the United …