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By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City – Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has emphasized the need for an action plan to guide the resuscitation of Benin Technical College in order to elevate it to international standard. He made the disclosure when members of the Old Students Association led by its, President (Mrs.) Debby Odejimi paid him a visit at the …

Senator Buruji Kashamu on Sunday explained why his political party, the Peoples Democratic Party, lost the Saturday’s Ondo State governorship election to the All Progressives Congress. The senator also crticised the Senator Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee of the party over the statement credited to its spokesman, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, where he threatened to sanction those in the camp of …

Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Monday sent congratulatory message to the state’s Governor-elect, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Eni Akinsola, made available in Akure, Mimiko said “it behoves on me as Governor of Ondo State to congratulate the Governor-elect, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) and wish him success in the challenging task …

The 450 ex-Biafran policemen, who were pardoned in 2000 by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, would soon get their pension and gratuities. The former Biafran policemen will get pension 46 years after the civil war ended in January 1970. The arrested Biafra Zionists Federation, BZF, members on parade. The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) which begins pensioners’ verification in northeast on Monday, …

Against the challenges in moving crude oil from South-South Nigeria to Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC), the Presidency has turned to Niger Republic for supply of the commodities to bring KRPC into full operation. Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, weekend disclosed ongoing plans by the Federal Government to construct about 1, 000 kilometer …

(CNN) A suspect attacked several people with a knife at Ohio State University on Monday, sending eight people to hospitals and prompting a campus-wide lockdown, authorities said. The suspect is dead, and authorities on the ground believe the threat is contained, said a law enforcement official briefed on the latest information. The eight people hospitalized have non-life-threatening injuries, according to …

Ex-Deputy Governor in Ondo State, Alhaji Ali Olanusi, has said the All Progressives Congress won the Saturday’s governorship election in the state through the immense assistance of the former chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party who defected to the APC. The Independent National Electoral Commission declared a former President of the Nigeria Bar Association, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu(SAN), the winner of …

There is protest from the the agent of the Peoples Democratic Party at the declaration of the final result of the Ondo State governorship election’ Mr. Ayo Fadaka, had protested the result of the Saturday election which was won by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu. The Returning Officer, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, who is the …

Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, has retired from partisan politics, saying he has no point to prove any longer. Anenih, 83, who announced his retirement from active politics, yesterday, at the presentation of his autobiography: “My Life and Nigerian Politics,’’ also stressed the need for Nigerians, irrespective of …

Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has replied Jimoh Ibrahim in a tweet on his handle. Jimoh Ibrahim on his twitter handle said that he had no doubt that Jegede would lose the Ondo governorship election and that if he wants to win any election, he should pay Femi Fani-Kayode not to support him. Fan-Kayode tweet read thus, “The biggest Judas in Nigerian …