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Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Monday said his administration was committed to strengthening the state judicial system for optimal service delivery and sustenance of the democratic process. He said this while swearing in two new justices of the state high court at the Government House, Benin. They are; Mrs Orobosa Omotoso and Mr Terry Momodu. The governor said, “We …

The Federal Government has charged Benin people to advance its science and technology skills bequeathed on the Kingdom by their ancestors. The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu who made the call weekend in Benin City, noted that Benin Kingdom was already advanced in science and technology even before the creation of Nigeria in the area of bronze …

Former Military President and chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, General Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, yesterday shocked many when he openly declared support for the Social Democratic Party, SDP, led by former Secretary to Government of the Federation, SGF, Chief Olu Falae. Speaking in Minna over the weekend when the national leadership of the party visited him at his hill-top mansion …

As an interim measure to forestall further killings and destruction of property, Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has placed a 90-day total ban on grazing in Odighi, Odiguetue communities and environs. Obaseki announced the ban during a meeting with members of Odighi, Owan and Odigwuetue communities at the palace of the Enogie of Odighi Community in Ovia North East …

President Donald Trump declared “mission accomplished” in Friday night’s strike on three Syria targets and argued that it “could not have had a better result.” “A perfectly executed strike last night,” Trump tweeted Saturday. “Thank you to France and the United Kingdom for their wisdom and the power of their fine Military. Could not have had a better result. Mission …

The US, UK and France launched strikes against targets at three sites in Syria in the early hours of Saturday morning, following a week of threats of retaliation for an alleged chemical weapons attack on civilians in the Damascus enclave of Douma. “I ordered the United States armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapon …

Ahmad Salkida, a journalist known to have access to the leadership of the Boko Haram, says only 15 out of the remaining 113 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls with Abubakar Shekau insurgents group are alive. Salkida made this known in a series of tweet on his official twitter handle, revealing that 98 of the 113 remaining abducted schoolgirls had died as a …

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara has expressed regrets that many of the over 200 Chibok school girls in Borno State were still in captivity 4 years after their abduction by notorious Boko Haram sect. The Speaker made the remarks in commemoration of the 4th year of the girls abduction in Abuja on Saturday. While urging intensified …

Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Basic Education and Acting Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, has said that teachers in selected public schools in Benin metropolis will commence teaching with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools from April 23, 2018. Oviawe disclosed this to journalists during the training of teachers at the Samuel …

WASHINGTON — U.S., French and British forces have struck targets in Syria as punishment for Syrian leader Bashar Assad using chemical weapons against his own people. President Donald J. Trump announced the combined force launched precision strikes against the chemical weapons capabilities. The strike against the capabilities is designed to stop Assad from using the banned weapons. This is the …