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…Pedophile father to spend 14 years in jail for defiling, impregnating daughter   Six people, accused of child sexual molestation have been sentenced to various jail terms by Evbuoriaria Magistrate Court in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. The Chief Magistrate, J. O. Ejale, sentenced Friday Moses, a commercial motorcycle operator, to 14 years in prison with hard labor, without …

Residents of Edo State have applauded Governor Godwin Obaseki’s approval for the deployment of tech-based revenue collection scheme to automate and boost Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the state. The residents including traders, commercial vehicle operators, business owners, among others, who spoke to journalists said that the use of technology-based revenue collection scheme will ease payment of taxes, levies and …

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Sunday, faulted the manner in which some of the primaries of the ruling All Progressives Congress were conducted. She particularly took a swipe at the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, who she accused of allowing impunity under his watch. Mrs Buhari made her position known in a series of tweets she posted …

The Federal Government on Sunday said it would soon address the agitation for the upward review of the national minimum wage in a manner that will make workers and all Nigerians smile. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, made the promise in his remarks at the 22nd Choir Anniversary of the Christ Apostolic Church, Living …

After one week of political horse-trading, the immediate past chief of staff to the governor of Imo State, Uche Nwosu, has been declared the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state. His father-in-law and incumbent Governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha, was also elected as the party’s senatorial candidate for Imo West Senatorial District. This is …

After the emergence of a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, as the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, said it would still have to sit down and decide who it would support for the presidential election. The group, which had earlier hosted Atiku in Akure, the Ondo State capital, had promised to support any …

The Convener of Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Sunday congratulated Atiku Abubakar on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate. According to Bakare, Atiku’s victory would make the 2019 election keen and interesting. Bakare, Senior Pastor, Latter Rain Assembly, spoke to newsmen in Ikeja after making a speech on Nigeria’s 58th Independence anniversary in his church. …

…Receives President and members of the Catholic Women Organization …Urges them to pray for peace and progress in the Kingdom   The joy of every parent usually knows no bound when their children begin to excel in every field of human endeavor. That was the case when the oldest daughter of His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II, Princess (Mrs.) Ikuoyemwen …

Former Aide to Ex-Governor of Edo State Adams Oshiomhole, Comrade Erasmus Ikhide has emerged winner of the Action Democratic Partys’ primary election for Edo North Senatorial seat conducted on Saturday in Benin City. Ikhide who was unanimously endorsed by the party having satisfied the electoral obligations to contest the election within the ambience of ADP, will have to slog it …

…As Reno calls on Aisha Buhari to decamp to PDP   Following Atiku Abubakar’s victory at the elective convention held by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, many Nigerians, especially PDP supporters, have continued to congratulate the former vice president of Nigeria for clinching the party’s ticket to contest against Buhari come 2019 election. Atiku emerged the candidate of the …