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The United States has ceased issuing passports with a gender-neutral “X” option, the State Department said, following President Donald Trump’s order limiting government recognition of transgender identity. The move rolls back the option first introduced under former president Joe Biden’s administration and leaves an unknown number of people awaiting further guidance on the fate of their pending applications and already …

Bartholomew Okoudo is the Conference of Non-governmental Organisations president in Edo State, South-south Nigeria. He speaks with PREMIUM TIMES about his expectations of Governor Monday Okpebholo’s administration in Edo. PT: What is your expectation of the new government? OKOUDO: He (Governor Okpebholo) should improve on the achievements of his predecessor. He should improve on the ones that are people-oriented and …

Edo State has recorded 56 Lassa fever cases and eight deaths between 30 December 2024 and January 2025, says the state Commissioner for Health, Cyril Oshiomhole. Mr Oshiomhole disclosed this on Friday in Benin while speaking of Lassa fever in the state. “The 2025 epidemic year began on 30 December 2024. Since then, 336 suspected cases have been reported, with …

Retired military generals are allegedly behind illegal mining activities in Nigeria, according to Senator Adams Oshiomhole, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior. Oshiomhole made the assertion during the submission of the 2025 budget report by Senator Sampson Ekong, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, before the Senate Committee on Appropriations. He expressed concerns that the illegal …

The rising issue of insecurity and purported fears of plots to burn down the building housing the tribunal may have been responsible for the relocation of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal from Benin City to Abuja where it would resume sitting on Tuesday. Though this reason was not adduced in the terse statement by the Secretary of the …

By Eben Enasco The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, CFR, has taken a strong stance against the misuse of Benin customs and traditions, specifically banning the indiscriminate use of Coral Beads, Headgear worn by Queens, and the symbol of authority known as EBEN. The Osuma of Benin, Chief Norense Ozigbo-Esere, represented the Benin Monarch on behalf of the Benin Traditional …

SaharaReporters reported that the police force had launched a manhunt for Sowore following the video which he posted on social media platforms The Nigeria Police Force has invited the convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, for questioning over a video he recorded during an altercation with police officers on the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Access Road in Lagos. This is …

Minister of Women Affairs, Hon. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has set another milestone with the inauguration of the Committee for the Review of the National Child Policy 2007. This, according to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Minister on Media and Publicity, Mr Jonathan Eze on Friday, marks not only a critical step in her commitment to the well-being …

NRC, NBTI get new MD, DG respectively .Ganduje, Akinyemi, Abe, Afikuyomi, Meseko, Ajibola, Kekemeke, Duru, Opeifa, Gumel, Nwakpa make list .Appoints Abdulmalik secretary to board of civil defence, immigration and prisons services .Charges boards’ non-executive chairmen not to interfere with management of organisations. President Bola Tinubu has appointed board chairpersons for 42 federal agencies and parastatals and a secretary to …

The Senate has raised the alarm that some unnamed retired military generals were behind the numerous illegal mining activities across the country. Speaking yesterday in Abuja, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, Senator Sampson Ekong, PDP, Akwa-Ibom South, submitted his report before the Senate Committee on Appropriation. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Senator Adams …