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‎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 …

Alltimepost.com The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, will commence the sale of its 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations admission forms on March 20. The Registrar/Chief Executive of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made the announcement monday in Abuja. According to him, the sale of forms and registration for the UTME would commence on Monday March 20 till Wednesday April 19 2017. …

By Alltimepost.com Benin City, Nigeria – Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday swore in the new Chairman and members of the board of the Edo Internal Revenue Service (EIRS) at The Government House in Benin City. Governor Obaseki congratulated and charged them to be professional and meet up with budgeted revenue targets. He said that one of the …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has disclosed that part of his administration’s strategic plan was to ensure that Edo State becomes an economic hub through agricultural and industrial activities. Obaseki made the disclosure while playing host to the American Ambassador to Nigeria, Stuart Symington and his team in Government House, Benin City on Monday during a working …

(CNN)  The First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, said she would lay the groundwork for a split from the UK as the British government prepared to press ahead with the formal process of leaving the European Union. Sturgeon said it was clear that the UK was heading for a “bad deal” on Brexit, and planned to seek the legal authority …

(CNN)  Health care costs won’t decrease right away if a Republican plan to replace Obamacare is passed, President Donald Trump warned Monday. Trump told a White House gathering of Americans who say they’ve been negatively affected by the Affordable Care Act that it could take several years before a drop in prices. “More competition and less regulation will finally bring …

(CNN) More Syrian children were killed in 2016 than in any other year of the six-year conflict, making last year the worst on record for children in the war-torn nation, according to children’s charity UNICEF. At least 652 children died in the last 12 months, a 20% increase on 2015, the organization said in a damning new report published Monday. …

The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi has offered to resign his position and called on the party’s National Chairman, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff to also resign. Makarfi said he was ready to resign, in line with the directive by former President Goodluck Jonathan asking him and Sheriff to step aside to …

A socio-cultural group under the aegis of Benin Solidarity Movement (BSM) has raised the alarm over alleged plot by Ijaw and Itsekiri people to take over Gelegele Community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State. The group, while protesting to the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Edo State Council, on Monday, displayed placards with various …