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…Says it is stalling desired transformation of education sector …Says Edo closing 50% gap in education via reforms, programmes Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has identified one of Nigeria’s biggest challenges as its dysfunctional educational system, noting that the State has set up parameters to play its part in closing the 50 percent education gap in the country. Obaseki, …

Some politicians, who think that their closeness to President Bola Tinubu, will fetch them ministerial positions are in for a shock, an investigation by Sunday PUNCH has revealed. It was gathered that the President might rely on security reports on individuals whose names were already sent to security agencies for screening ahead of the submission of the ministerial list to the Senate …

• Panels of enquiries ineffective, curfews incapable of stopping killings in Plateau’• Community policing is vital to ending insecurity — stakeholders• Southeast leaders urged to look inwards for Home-grown security initiatives• Service Chiefs must revamp security architecture, change strategy, say Esangbedo, Lakanu Worried by the pervasive insecurity across the country, with fresh incidences of wanton killings and destruction engulfing parts …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 19-year-old student, Benjamin Nnamadi Daberechi, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja, for attempting to export 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in crayfish to Europe where he was going for undergraduate studies. He was intercepted on Wednesday, July 12, by operatives of the agency during an outward clearance of …

Amidst rising food prices, President Bola Tinubu last week declared an immediate “State of Emergency” on food insecurity in the country. The move is seen as part of an aggressive push to boost agricultural productivity and reduce the high prices of major staple foods in Nigeria. The development is in line with the government’s short, medium and long-term strategies towards addressing the …

Over six weeks after assuming office, President Bola Tinubu has yet to occupy his official residence at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. While the President has been actively using his private conference room, office space, and Aso Chambers for crucial meetings with local and international guests, his official residence east of the office remains unoccupied. In the afternoon of …

Russia has a stockpile of cluster munitions and will consider using them against Ukraine “if they are used against us,” President Vladimir Putin said. Putin’s comments come just days after Ukraine received a delivery of American-made cluster munitions, though a top Ukrainian military official told CNN they had not yet been used. “Russia has a sufficient supply of various types of cluster …

*Describes Him as a Lackey of the PDP Led Government in Edo State *Says the Lion Bar is Now the Pussycat Bar A Group of Edo State Youth-based Professionals in Nigeria and in the Diaspora-Edo Youth Vanguard (EYV), has called for the resignation of the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Benin Branch, Nosa Edo-Osagie Esq, describing him as a …

*As Glaxo Smikline (GSK)’s oldest Nigerian shareholder resigns in protest *Group urges Federal Government to stem GSK UK’s plans to unfairly shut down company The National Movement for the Actualization of Good Governance (NAMAGG) has called on Nigerian Regulators to save Nigerian Patients, Shareholders and Employees of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer PLC ‘s from the plans of GSK UK to unfairly …

The Health of Motherland Foundation, HOMEF, has condemned the recent destruction of a vessel loaded with 800,000 barrels of stolen crude oil by a Nigerian military helicopter after the vessel was seized and the crew detained, describing the act as “unacceptable environmental pollution.” HOMEF Executive Director, Ninmong Bassey while reacting to the manner the vessel was burnt in a statement …