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Edo State of Nigeria has built formidable structures and systems to receive and re-integrate victims of human trafficking and illegal migration who are indigenes of the state, the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki said during the week. Obaseki was Speaking at the International Conference on Women Empowerment and the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons: Partnership Between Nigeria and Italy, organized …

Donald Trump has sustained more than his fair share of political losses during the first 10 months of his presidency, mostly at the hands of the federal courts. It was the federal courts that struck down his “Muslim travel ban” on three separate occasions, that blocked his ban on trans people in the military and that did the same to …

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — The Navy has deployed unmanned underwater vehicles to join in the search for the Argentine navy submarine A.R.A. San Juan, which is missing in South Atlantic waters. The equipment consists of one Bluefin-12D (Deep) UUV and three Iver 580 UUVs, which are operated by the Navy’s recently established Unmanned Undersea Vehicle Squadron 1, based in …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said that grooming Nigerian children to compete with their counterparts across the globe, especially arming them with skills and knowledge to meet the peculiar demands of a globalised society would be the best legacy the country can bequeath her children. Governor Obaseki said this in commemoration of Universal Children’s Day, marked every November …

Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe with immediate effect after 37 years in power, ushering in a new era for a country as uncertain as it is hopeful. The man who ruled with an autocrat’s grip for so many years finally caved to popular and political pressure, hours after parliament launched proceedings to impeach him. He had refused …

The Presidency says the Federal Government is concluding plans, latest by December, with the Switzerland Government for the repatriation of $321m looted from Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria reported on Monday that the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Justice Reforms, Mrs. Juliet Ibekaku, made the disclosure at the Conversation on Anti-corruption Campaign organised by the Centre …

…unruly officer will be duly sanctioned – Police CP Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, and the Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie Esq., have condemned the manhandling of officials of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency (EDSTMA), by a police officer while on duty on Sapele Road, in Benin City. Obaseki said it is barbaric for a police …

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday promised to give Nigeria free and fair elections, no matter which way the results swing. Buhari made the promise in his reaction to the Saturday governorship election in Anambra State which was won by the state governor, Willie Obiano. Obiano sought and won his re-election on the platform of …

Eweka Grammar School in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State is one of the several others in the state with dilapidated infrastructural facilities.

The Igbo socio-political and Cultural Organisation, the Ohanaeze has described the former Vice President, Dr Alex Ekwueme, as an outstanding patriot whose contributions to the country’s socio-political evolution would be indelible. The President General of Ohanaeze, Chief John Nwodo, said in a statement in Abuja on Monday that with the demise of the first elected Vice President of Nigeria, the …