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…Urges community leaders to embrace peace Following an earlier meeting between the governments of Edo and sister state, Delta, Chairman of the Edo State Boundary Committee and Deputy Governor of the state, Rt. Hon Philip Shaibu, has held a meeting with representatives of some Edo communities to resolve the lingering disputes over boundaries. According to Shaibu, the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led …

… As NGO arrives Benin City for skills training, stakes N50,000 grant for each trainee Efforts by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, to rehabilitate and reintegrate victims of human trafficking and irregular migration have attracted support from indigenes of the state in the Diaspora, who are now committed to advancing the governor’s campaign and supporting the reintegration of …

As at April this year, a national newspaper had put the number of deaths in the hands of the herdsmen murderers at well over 900. Everyone has since lost count of the casualty figures and the end is not in sight. Yet, the Buhari administration remains clueless. We are facing the moral equivalent of war. This worse-than-cancer epidemic before us …

The Ekiti State Governor-elect, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday, received his Certificate of Return from the Independent National Electoral Commission. The National Commissioner in charge of Oyo, Ekiti and Osun states, Prince Adedeji Soyebi, presented the certificate to him at a ceremony held at the state’s INEC office in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital. Fayemi of the All Progressives Congress won …

…tasks Boundary Commission to expedite action on demarcation Edo and Delta state governments have called on border communities in both states to sheath their swords and live harmoniously pending the determination of boundaries by the National Boundary Commission. The advice was contained in a communique issued after a joint inter-state boundary meeting between Edo and Delta states at the Government …

Former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki (retd) is to regain his freedom in any moment as a Federal High Court Judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu formally endorsed the bail application granted him on July 2, 2018. Former NSA Dasuki has been in detention camp of Department of State Service (DSS) since December 29, 2015 when he was rearrested by security …

The President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Bobboi Kaigama, announced on Wednesday that a new amount agreed on by the Federal Government and labour to serve as Nigeria’s new minimum wage would be announced next month. Bobboi, who made the disclosure in an interview with the labour correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos, said …

Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have condemned and rejected the result of last Saturday governorship election as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission. The assembly also adjourned sitting till October 8, 2018, due to alleged harassment of members by security agents. The adjournment followed a motion moved by the Leader of Business, Akinyele Olatunji. Speaking at …

Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika on Wednesday unveiled the name of Nigeria’s national carrier, as well as the logo at the Farnborough International Airshow in London. Sirika said the national carrier is Nigeria Air. During the unveiling, the minister said, “this will be a National Carrier that is Private sector-led and driven. It is a business, not a …

…Demand immediate payment of their salaries and reinstatement …Call on Gov. Obaseki, Edo State House of Assembly for help …Allege retaliation due to union activism   At least 5 workers with the Edo Line Transportation Services have died since the salary of some of them was stopped in June 2015 by the State Ministry of transport. The dead are among …