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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday received the new Commissioner of Police for the state, Mr. Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, at the Government House in Benin City. Governor Obaseki welcomed the new police chief with an assurance that he would work with him to enforce a new security architecture in the state. He further pledged his administration’s support for …

WASHINGTON — More than 47 years after his heroic actions in Laos during the Vietnam War, Army Capt. Gary Michael Rose was recognized with the Medal of Honor on Monday. “This will enshrine him into the history of our nation,” said President Donald J. Trump, during the Medal of Honor ceremony yesterday at the White House. Rose served as a …

Edo State Government, during the week, unveiled a three month-time limit period for processing and issuing building plan approvals to prospective land developers. The plan which was rolled out by the State Ministry of Physical Panning and Urban Development, is part of the Obaseki administration’s efforts to unlock the socio-economic benefits in the housing sector. According to the Commissioner for …

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va — Nearly 40 Oklahoma Air and Army National Guard women gathered here Oct. 21 with hundreds of active duty, retired and reserve service members from all branches of the military to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial. Honoring U.S. Military Women The memorial honors all women …

The Senate Tuesday mandated its joint committee on Public Service, Anti-Corruption, Interior and Judiciary to investigate the circumstances surrounding the controversial return of former Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina to the country. The committee is also to determine how Maina was reinstated into the civil service and handed enhanced promotion to the position of director. The …

Another round of strike action is looming in the nation’s Universities as academic staff counts down to the deadline for the implementation of agreements reached with the government which led to the conditional suspension of its indefinite strike action in September. The government had signed an agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities as a result of the strike …

The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, yesterday, reacted to the new policy of the Federal Government banning medical doctors in public health institutions from engaging in private practice during working hours, describing it as illegal. The association also asked the Federal Government to define what it meant by “working hours. According to NMA, doctors in public hospitals are already working more …

For the first time in 12 years, Governors of the Southern States of Nigeria on Monday met in Lagos, where they unanimously reiterated the call for true federalism and devolution of powers to States. The Governors, in a communique at the end of the meeting read by the host Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, also resolved to collaborate …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered President Goodluck Jonathan to appear before it to testify as a witness in defence of a former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh. A court official confided in our correspondent that Metuh’s legal team filed the draft subpoena before Justice Okon Abang shortly after the Monday’s …

Indications emerged on Monday that a former head of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on corruption charges, was reinstated based on the advice of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN). This is contained in two separate letters by the …