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Represented by his Deputy, Hon. Philip Shaibu, Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, on Wednesday visited the scene of the fatal accident that claimed the lives of nine persons on Upper Sokponba Road in Benin City, as well as the family of one of the victims. The family visited was that of late Mrs. Osemwonyenmwen Moses, at number 20 Osemwingie …

· Set to unveil new traffic wardens, policy Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has expressed his sympathy for the victims and families of those who were involved in the auto crash that claimed nine lives on Tuesday, along Upper Sokponba Road in Benin City, Edo State. Obaseki, who received the news with sadness and great distress, said: “particularly painful …

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis met with Jordan’s top officials in Amman on Monday to discuss the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, the defeat-ISIS coalition and security in the Middle East. In a news conference after his meetings, the secretary, joined by Brett McGurk, special presidential envoy for the global coalition to defeat ISIS, discussed …

The very misleading report by Urhokpota Reporters that Governor Obaseki walked out on the Chairman of the APC, Edo State, Barr. Anselm Ojezua at a meeting to address the recent misunderstanding in Edo State House of Assembly could not have been further from the truth. Remarkably, the story had no byline and was not credited to anyone but if your …

Secret service agents are resigning and others might have to go without pay after more than 1,000 agents protecting the Trump family hit salary and overtime caps, the head of the US Secret Service said. With more than four months to go before the end of the year, director Randolph “Tex” Alles told USA Today the Secret Service can no …

United State reinforcements could start arriving in Afghanistan within days, a US commander in the region said in the wake of Donald Trump’s decision to raise the US stakes once more in the 16-year war. In a televised address to troops at Fort Myer in Virginia on Monday night, Trump did not say how many more soldiers he was willing …

The Lagos State Government is set to begin the sales of LAKE Rice in preparation for the forthcoming Eid-El-Kabir celebration. The sales of rice will begin on Thursday, 24 August 2017 in various centres across the state. The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Oluwatoyin Suarau said that the present administration, has since inception, embarked on agricultural policies and programmes that …

President Muhammadu Buhari will work from home after rodents damaged his official office during a more than 100-day overseas medical absence, a presidential spokesman told AFP Tuesday. The animals damaged furniture and air conditioning fittings in the president’s official Abuja office while he was in London receiving treatment, his media adviser Garba Shehu confirmed. “These are also general works and …

Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin, has revealed that the issues of the alleged Secret Service of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Boko Haram menace and the various security threats plaguing the country were among what was discussed at the closed-door meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Service Chiefs. He said President Buhari has given some directives including …

Shauna Barry-Scott remembers the moment she felt the American fever for mass incarceration break. It was an August morning in 2013, and she was in a federal prison in the mountains of West Virginia. She remembers crowding into the TV room with the other women in their khaki uniforms. Everyone who could get out of their work shifts was there, …