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Edo State Executive Council on Wednesday approved the bill for the Edo State Health Law 2017, from the Ministry of Health, seeking to domesticate the National Health Act of 2014. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Mr. Paul Ohonbamu, who addressed journalists after the weekly meeting, said that: The immediate benefits of the bill includes the remodeling and standardization of …

Ministers at the commencement of the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday offered special prayers, thanking God for sparing the life of President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari was meeting the whole members of the cabinet for the first time since his return to Abuja on Aug. 19 after a medical vacation in London. The prayer session was led by the Minister …

The three men drove through the night from Louisiana hauling three boats, ready for whatever the storm would throw at them. Brad Johns and his dad Wayne, and their friend John Utesch, helped save lives during Hurricane Katrina and planned to do the same in Houston as part of a volunteer rescue force, paying their own way. The challenge was …

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s controversial memorandum on trangender persons serving in the United States Military is being subjected to a review by a panel of experts serving within the the Departments of Defence and Homeland Security. Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis, made this known yesterday in a statement. The Defense Chief dislosed that his Department has received the President’s memorandum addressing …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has made a case for a global digital database that will have the information of victims of enforced disappearances across the globe. Obaseki made the recommendation on the occasion of the United Nations International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, observed on August 30, each year. He noted that “over the years, the …

Nairobi – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled by reports that a South Sudanese army spokesman today denied that U.S. freelance reporter and photographer Christopher Allen, who was killed covering conflict there on August 26, was deserving of civilian status. CPJ called for an independent investigation into the circumstances surrounding Allen’s death, and urged authorities to respect all …

The Vice president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has inaugurated the Edo Fertilizer Plant and Chemical Company Limited, a public, private venture which has the capacity to produce about 60,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer per annum. The Vice president who was accompanied by the ministers of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh; and Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, commended …

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, were absent at a meeting called at the instance of the Federal Government over the lingering industrial action in universities. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, had called for a meeting in Abuja with ASUU leaders, Minister of Education, among others on effort at revolving the lingering …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday inaugurated the Bua’s Obu green field three million metric tonnes per annum cement plant at Okpella, in Edo. Osinbajo, who also performed the symbolic ground breaking of the Obu second line three million metric tonnes per annum, pledged that the federal government would remove all human inhibitions to encourage investors. While commending management of …

Abuja – Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, has condoled with Nigerians and other victims of the recent Hurricane Harvey in Houston, U.S. In a statement by her Media Aide, Abdurrahman Balogun on Tuesday in Abuja, Dabiri-Erewa expressed concern about the damage done to the homes of those living in that …