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Edo State Government will today conduct elections into the 18 local government councils in the state. It would be the first local elections to be conducted by Governor Godwin Obaseki. The last time local elections was held in the state was in 2013 and it was won by the ruling All Progressive Congress. About 10 political parties are participating in …

Another Boko Haram mass kidnapping has cast doubts on Nigeria’s claims to have virtually defeated the jihadists, putting the government under scrutiny as elections approach next year. Heavily armed Islamist militants abducted 110 girls from their school in Dapchi, in Yobe state, on February 19. Parallels were immediately drawn to the abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls in Chibok in …

A human rights activist, Mrs. Aisha Wakil, has said that the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls are safe with Habib, whom she called her son, and his friends; and that Nigerians have nothing to fear concerning the overall wellbeing of the pupils. Wakil, also fondly called Mama Boko Haram, revealed that a faction of Boko Haram had contacted her, confirming to her …

Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking has stormed Iguemokhua town with messages of the dangers posed by the menace. Wife of the Governor, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, represented by the chairperson, Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking, Prof. Yinka Omorogbe led the campaign train to Iguemokhua town in Orhionmwon Local Government Area of the state, impressing on the people that it …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON BENIN CITY – Three cousins, each said to be first son of their respective parents have been found dead shortly after they left a birthday party in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. The three cousins were identified as Michael Osula, Igie Edosomwan and Kelvin Idemudia, aged between 18 and 20. A girlfriend to another member of …

Vladimir Putin has announced that Russia has developed and is testing a new line of strategic, nuclear-capable weapons that would be able to outmanoeuvre US defences, suggesting a new arms race between Moscow and the west. Speaking in a nationally televised address to the country’s political elite weeks before a presidential election, the president showed video and animations of ICBMs, …

The Edo State Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) has said that N2.8 billion accrued to the 18 local government councils in the state from the Federation Account in January and disbursed in February. Head, Local Government Administration, Esan South East Local Government, Macaulay Ehonor, disclosed this at the end of JAAC meeting held at Government House, in Benin City …

Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, has received over 10,000 decampees from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as it wraps campaign for the upcoming local government elections slated for March 3, in the state. National Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, received the decampees during a Mega Rally organised to wrap campaigns for the local government elections …

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has lauded the General Superintendent and members of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry for its contributions towards community development and improvement of the quality of life of the people of the State. Governor Ambode who spoke at the commissioning of multiple projects executed by the Church in the Gbagada area of Lagos, commended Deeper Life …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said the state government will reposition the state-owned broadcast outfits, Edo Broadcasting Service (EBS) Radio and Television, as it prepares for the digital switch-over. Obaseki said this during the courtesy visit by the management team of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), to the Government House, in Benin City, Edo State. He noted, “The …