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Some stakeholders in the tourism sector on Sunday advised the Federal and Lagos State Governments to dissuade Pastor Temitope Joshua, popularly known as, TB Joshua, from relocating the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) to Israel from Nigeria or risk losing billions. They told newsmen that Nigeria would lose billions of naira to religious tourism if Temitope Joshua and SCOAN …

Edo State Government has revealed its intention to roll out a world class traffic management system across the state, adding that the process had already commenced with the implementation of the ‘Edo Clean-up Project’. In a statement from the Office of the Chief Press Secretary (interim) to the Edo State Governor, Mr. John Mayaki explained that Edo State would have …

Okpekpe village in Etsako East local government area was agog as It played host to international athletes and sports lovers from over twelve countries, including local athletes from different parts of Nigeria in the fift edition of the Bronze label and IAAF certified 10 km road race,boosting the economic activities of the area. This, the Observer sports believed prompted the …

Michelle Obama has made her strongest political intervention since leaving the White House, stating bluntly at a health conference: “Think about why someone is OK with your kids eating crap.” One of the former first lady’s signature legacies was an effort to reduce childhood obesity. Earlier this month, Donald Trump’s administration froze regulations that would cut sodium and increase whole …

As interior secretary Ryan Zinke arrived in Bears Ears national monument in southeastern Utah earlier this week to calm fears over proposals to reduce or redesignate 27 national monuments across 11 states, Taos Pueblo warchief Curtis Sandoval issued a stern warning: “If they allow drilling in the canyons, they’ll set off the volcanoes.” Sandoval was referring to the volcanic cones …

The Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Saturday, blamed use of obsolete maps for the tragic bombing of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Rann village of Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno State by the military. A fighter jet involved in the counter-terrorist operation in the North-East mistakenly bombed aid providers, soldiers and displaced persons in error, killing about 100 …

The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II has warned against illegal extortion under the guise of palace authorisation. The monarch in a statement issued on Saturday in Benin by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Desmond Agbama, alleged that some groups were extorting using the name of the palace. He said that a group, Association of Sand Quarry Owners, was hiding under …

The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Thursday inaugurated an Election Project Plan Committee, charged with the responsibility of planning for the 2019 general elections. The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by Prince Adedeji Soyebi , INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, after its weekly meeting in Abuja on Thursday. The statement also disclosed that …

A Nigerian was on Thursday, appointed as the Acting President to preside over the 81st Plenary Meeting of UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters. The Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, presided over the 193-member body. Bande’s presidency at the Plenary Meeting happened just nine days after he presented his credentials to the UN Secretary-General, António …

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’ Oba Ewuare II has ordered the former Community Association Chairman for Egba community in Uhunmwode local government area of Edo state, Pastor Blessed Ighiwi to return all the money and properties belonging to the community which he allegedly coverted to his use during his tenure as chairman of the outlawed association. The Benin Monarch …