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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the payment of N600million counterpart fund for the Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) programme implemented in some local government areas across the state by the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the European Union (EU). Obaseki disclosed this when he received the Chief of WASH programme, UNICEF Nigeria, Zaid Jurji during …

Edo State-ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the government have been warned not to remove Afuze as administrative headquarters of Owan East Local Government. The state Chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Osi Orbih gave the warning on Wednesday in Afuze at the 5th stop of the Meet the People Tour 2018 of Owan East Local …

She remembers first crossing the bridge as a girl in the 1950s. “My mother was scared to death because they had little metal balustrades you could see right through and it looked like you could crash over the edge,” Maria Estevez says. “They were scary. My mum would close her eyes when we crossed the bridge.” Today the metal fencing …

Imagine a word in which Michelle Alexander never wrote The New Jim Crow and Ava DuVernay never produced 13th. A world in which Barack Obama never made criminal justice reform a part of his second-term agenda, creating the largest clemency project in recent US history. It would be a world in which bipartisan consensus never coalesced around the idea that …

Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Orbih has challenged the governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki and his ruling party to make a bold statement on cattle colonies as proposed by the Federal Government across the states. Chief Orbih gave the charge in Igarra, the administrative headquarters of Akoko Edo Local Government Area, as …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Benin City, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment & Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has hailed the return of $73million (about N21.1billion) of the Malabu Funds to Nigeria by the United Kingdom. The organization also expressed a desire that Civil Society Organization (CSOs) should participate in the monitoring of the use of the funds, in the spirit of …

The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has described as outright falsehood, the claim by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, that the Edo State government has approved land for the establishment of a cattle colony in the state. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, said in a statement issued …

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, said on Monday he would not stop talking on the killing of harmless farmers by Fulani herdsmen until perpetrators of the act are arrested and brought to justice. Receiving a delegation of Nigeria Peace Ambassador who was on a fact- finding mission to the state, the governor said the only way the Federal Government can …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the naming of President Muhammed Buhari as African Union (AU) anti-corruption champion as laughable, and described the honour as Africa’s joke of the year. The party said leaders of the African Union were not well briefed on happenings in Nigeria, including the series of corrupt activities recorded in the two and a half …

Anambra State government has declared Thursday this week a work free day in honour of the late second republic vice president, Dr. Alex Ekwueme. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Professor Solo Chukwudebelu said it was to enable Anambra people to participate effectively in the programme planned for the day by the state government in honour …