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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency said Monday it is repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas and announced it is taking a separate but related step to prevent future administrations from regulating climate pollution from power plants. The rule change, first proposed last year, represents a fundamental shift …

Police commands and fomations were instructed to increase surveillance, patrols, stop-and-search operations, access control and rapid-response capabilities around vulnerable locations. The Nigeria Police Force has alerted commands and formations across the country to intelligence indicating possible coordinated attacks by terrorist groups on places of worship, schools, National Youth Services Corps (NYSC) orientation camps and other locations, according to Sahara Reporters. …

Edo State Government has distributed school bags, books, shoes and other educational materials to pupils across the state’s 18 Local Government Areas. Officials say the intervention, recently implemented through the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), is aimed at improving access to learning materials and raising the standard of basic education in the state. At the flag-off ceremony, SUBEB Chairman, …

  “No life is a waste,” declares Edo Commissioner for Education, as stakeholders call for stronger support for inmates’ reintegration into society. The event, themed “Rehabilitation Through Sports Education and Social Reintegration,” featured football, athletics, table tennis, and tug-of-war competitions among inmate teams.  Benin City — The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Edo State Command, in partnership with the Civil Rights …

A Russian drone has hit a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and top European security officials had passed through. No casualties were reported after the strike at Yahodyn, which hit the train’s engine. All the passengers had been evacuated, Ukrainian authorities said. Johnson and other European national security advisers, including the UK’s …

Many filling stations across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The latest adjustment followed an N85 increase in Dangote Petroleum Refinery’s gantry price, from N1,265 to N1,350 per litre, amid a surge in global crude oil prices. This represents a 6.7 per cent increase and …

National Rescue Movement (NRM) Presidential Candidate, Dr Esther Okereke, has condemned the Tuesday blockade of Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi’s motorcade in Benue, describing it as violation of the recently signed political Peace Accord. Okereke, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja, said the incident was totally against the …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo says it is ready for the 2027 general elections, with its Oredo chapter resolving internal differences ahead of the polls. Mr Lawrence Okha, State APC Secretary, disclosed this on Friday in Benin after a closed-door meeting with ward leaders from Oredo Local Government Area, elected and appointed party officials. Okha said the meeting …

For decades, sickle cell patients have been rushed to hospitals when pain becomes unbearable and complications threaten their lives. But the discoverer of a new oxygen-based treatment, a US-based anesthesiologist and pain-medicine specialist, Dr. Sota Omoigui believes the battle should be won before the hospital doors are reached. He therefore called for a paradigm shift in sickle cell management, advocating …

CAIRO (AP) — An Iranian cargo vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran plans to brief countries in the region on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic there. The attack, which the reports said killed one and wounded four, drew attention back to the strait …