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By Alltimepost.com Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has inaugurated a committee to work out modalities for the implementation of the federal government Social Investment Program in the state. The committee, which will be chaired by the governor, has his Deputy, Hon Philip Shaibu as Vice Chairman, while his Chief of Staff, Mr. Taiwo Akerele will head other sub-committees. The …

By Alltimepost.com Benin City, Nigeria – Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said that a female law graduate at the Internally Displayed Persons (IDP) camp in the state would be considered for employment. Obaseki stated this while receiving members of the Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows Alumni Association of Nigeria at The Government House in Benin on Monday. The governor, …

By Cotton Puryear – Virginia National Guard SANDSTON, Va., March 14, 2017 — The Virginia National Guardas nearly 200 personnel staged and ready for duty today at key locations across Northern Virginia to assist with the state’s multi-agency response to possible heavy snow. And, nearly 1,700 National Guardsmen are deployed in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, according to the …

By Alltimepost.com Benin City, Nigeria – Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his Delta State counterpart, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa have said that the Late Dr Samuel Ogbemudia would be remembered for his numerous contributions to the development of defunct Bendel state. This was as the governors, receiving the remains of late Ogbemudia, a two-time governor of old Bendel State …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received a briefing from the Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele. The briefing took place behind closed doors inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It was the first of such briefing since Buhari returned to the country on Friday after his 49-day medical vacation in London, United Kingdom. Emefiele, it was expected, would …

The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday released the Consumer Price Index which measures inflation rate with the index dropping year-on-year from 18.72 percent in January to 17.78 percent in February. Apart from the inflation report, the NBS also released four other reports. They are Cooking gas price watch, Premium Motor Spirit price watch, Kerosene price watch and diesel price …

The US has declared it will permanently station missile-capable drones in South Korea in the latest round of military escalation in north-eastern Asia. The drone deployment comes a week after North Korea carried out a test salvo of four missiles that landed off the coast of Japan, and a day before the US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, embarks on …

‎The remains of a former Governor of the defunct Mid-West region and old Bendel State, late Dr Samuel Ogbemudia, have arrived Benin, the Edo State capital. The deceased elder statesman died last Thursday at a Lagos hospital at the age of 84. His body arrived at the Benin Airport, from the Muritala Mohammed Airport in Lagos, on a Nigerian Air …

By Alltimepost.com Benin City, Nigeria – Edo Civil Society Organizations have chastised the State House of Assembly Committee on Energy and Water Resources, led by Hon. Ezehi Igbas for the alleged shabby way it has handled their petition against the Benin Electricity Distribution Company. They accused the committee of refusal/neglect to address the remote cause of their agitation/protest, and that …