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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 …

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has appointed the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, to chair the newly inaugurated Kano Investment Advisory Committee. The committee is saddled with the task of identifying strategies for making the state economically viable. The governor hinted that the overall wisdom behind the committee was to take advantage of the personality of the emir, …

Edo State Government has described as premature, the Bill for a law to prohibit open rearing and grazing of livestock, sent to the Edo State House of Assembly by the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, commended the Edo PDP for heeding the counsel of the …

By Osehobo Ofure Rival Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State declared on Tuesday that about 52 persons were killed while over 150 men, women and children have suffered assorted injuries as a result of Herdsmen attacks on arable farmers in different parts of Edo state. The State chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih who disclosed this while briefing …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the Nigerian Navy has provided tremendous backing for the actualisation of the Gelegele Seaport project in the state, as its men are providing support to its foreign partners, China Harbour Engineering Company Limited (CHEC), who are currently conducting feasibility study for the project. Obaseki also thanked the Navy for its swift …

Edo State branch of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it has sent a bill on the prohibition of open grazing to the Edo State House of Assembly for consideration and passage into law. Mr. Chris Nehikhare, its spokesman, disclosed this in Benin City in a press release on Tuesday. Nehikhare said that the need for a law to prohibit …

After over two years of what seemed like a cold war between former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and Goodluck Jonathan, the two Nigerian leaders on Sunday in Otuoke, Jonathan’s village, publicly reconciled and harped on the virtues of forgiveness and national unity. Obasanjo who was also treated to a luncheon in Jonathan’s country home in Ogbia maintained that without reconciliation, peace …