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The number of patients reported to be receiving treatment for the communicable monkey pox, which broke out in Yenagoa, has risen from 11 to 13, newsmen report. The 13 patients, including a medical doctor and a 17-year-old boy suspected to be infected with the monkeypox virus currently isolated at the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital (NDUTH), are responding to treatment …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said the state will not be forced by criminal elements and organised crime overlords to the negotiation table, stressing that law and order, as well as the liberty of the ordinary law-abiding Edo citizens and residents, are not for sale. Obaseki, who called on Edo people to remain calm but vigilant, noted that an …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said on Thursday in Calabar that Nigeria was gradually moving toward technological independence The minister stated this when he inaugurated the ultra-modern Digital Set Top Box manufacturing plant, owned by the Gospell Digital Technology and located at Calabar Export Free Zone. The plant, regarded as one of the country’s largest electronic …

…accommodation arrangement for players, officials finalized As the much awaited female soccer fiesta, Women Professional Football League Super (NWPL) four begins on Monday, in Benin City, Edo State capital, several partners willing to latch on to the tournament are in a frenzy. The Samuel Osaigbovo Ogbemudia Stadium is wearing a new look and hotel reservations for players and officials of …

Benin City, Nigeria – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has called on the National Assembly to, as a matter of urgency pass the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill. The rights group believes that if passed, the bill will nip in the bud further confusion generated by the rift between the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu …

To assuage the suffering of pensioners in the state and clear up a backlog of arrears that accrued over two decades, the Edo State Government has released about N430 million through the Joint Account and Allocation Committee (JAAC) in the last two months. In a statement during the week, the state government said the sum was released as part of …

WASHINGTON — Three U.S. service members and one partner nation member were killed, and two U.S. service members wounded while conducting an advise and assist mission in Niger on Wednesday, Pentagon officials announced in a news conference on Thursday. The operation was being conducted in support of Nigerien security forces in the southwestern portion of the country, said chief Pentagon …

The Senate wednesday constituted a seven-man ad hoc committee to investigate allegations of massive corruption and misappropriation of budgeted funds, levelled against the Inspector General of Police (IG), Mr. Ibrahim Idris. The decision followed a point of order raised by Senator Isah Hamman Misau (Bauchi Central) who accused the police IG of corruption, running a ‘bribe for promotion and for …

Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday fixed Nov. 16 to hear the N2bn Fundamental Rights suit brought against the EFCC by Mrs Patience Jonathan. The wife of the former president Goodluck Jonathan had filed the suit in June to challenge her alleged incessant harassment by the anti-graft commission. At the resumed hearing, Mr Ifedayo …

Fear has gripped the residents of Bayelsa State as a deadly viral epidemic known as “monkeypox” has broken out in the state. According to the World Health Organisation, monkeypox is a rare disease that occurs primarily in remote parts of Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests. “The monkeypox virus can cause a fatal illness in humans and, although it …