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WASHINGTON — Democrats had plenty of good news to celebrate in Tuesday’s off-year elections and more evidence that they can win races centered on the national debate over abortion. Abortion rights supporters won an Ohio ballot measure and the Democratic governor of beet-red Kentucky held onto his office by campaigning on reproductive rights and painting his opponent as extremist. A Democrat won an …

Ohio will become the latest state to enshrine reproductive rights in its state constitution, CNN projects, continuing a winning trend for abortion rights advocates since the overturning of Roe v. Wade. With the passage of the ballot measure Issue 1, Ohio will be prevented from restricting abortion access before fetal viability, which doctors believe to be around 22 to 24 …

Twelve first class graduating students of the Edo State University, Uzairue have been offered automatic employment by the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki The governor, at the school’s fifth convocation ceremony in Etsako West Local Government Area of the State, reaffirmed his government’s commitment to building quality manpower to sustain the ongoing reforms in the State’s civil and public …

United States said it fully joins in and supports the decision of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Allied States Parties to the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) to suspend all of their obligations under the Treaty. Earlier today, the North Atlantic Council issued a statement announcing the decision of NATO Allied States Parties to the Treaty …

All is set for the successful hosting of the 2023 Alaghodaro Summit scheduled to begin tomorrow, November 8, 2023, with the Edo Women Conference. The Summit is organised yearly by the Edo State Government, in partnership with the private sector, to mark the anniversary of Governor Godwin Obaseki in office and showcase the progress being recorded in transforming the State …

With the prevailing economic challenges in Nigeria, the Federal Government, which is growing weaker, must renegotiate with States for solutions to current economic woes, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said. The governor said this recently when he received 21 first-class graduates who were recently employed into the civil and public service in the State, at the Government House in …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has asked youths to reject the toga of leaders of tomorrow, saying the youths are already the leaders of today. Obasanjo made this call at a Presidential Youth Retreat,  themed “Contributing to the Green Economy,” held at the Youth Development Centre in Abeokuta on Monday. He asked youths to go all out to remove any barrier …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has said the Supreme Court judgement that affirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory contradicted the “overwhelming evidence of rigging and false claims of technical glitch” among others presented before the court. Mr Obi stated this in Abuja on Monday while addressing a press conference on the recent …

• Woos foreign investors, research institutions for innovations The Federal Government has reiterated its commitment to enunciate policies and programmes that would further strengthen the industry, trade and investment sector in order to address the nation’s economic challenges. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, made this promise at the opening ceremony of the 15th meeting of …

A Pan Yoruba association under the auspices of Yoruba Welfare Group (YWG), said it is ready to come up with an operation to end the bloody cultism and money ritual bedeviling the South Western region of Nigeria, stressing that the social vices pose serious dangers to the future of Yoruba nation and Nigeria. It therefore called for collaboration with states …