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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON An Edo State indigene and daughter of a renowned preacher Archbishop Margaret Benson Idahosa of Church of God Mission International has bagged a special Award for Anti-Human Trafficking Campaign in the United States of America. The award recipient Ruth Evon Benson-Idahosa is among the distinguished 2023 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report heroes released by the United States …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – Comrade Austin Nosakhare Uhumwangho, Chairman, Edo Tipper Drivers Association of Nigeria, has stated that the conducts of his members are guided by their constitution and not allegations that are being raised by some individuals. He added that the current leadership of the association has raised the bar of discipline of his members …

Mr Ribadu says the enormous task of securing the country is that of all Nigerians and all friends of Nigeria. Retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police Nuhu Ribadu, on Monday, officially assumed duties as Nigeria’s National Security Adviser (NSA) with a pledge to subdue insecurity and stabilise the world’s most populous black nation. Mr Ribadu took over from former NSA Babagana Monguno, …

Former President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday broke his silence on the petrol subsidy removal ‘challenge’ that he left for his successor, Bola Tinubu, saying that had the policy been implemented, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Tinubu would have lost the last general polls. Speaking through his erstwhile spokesman, Garba Shehu, via a statement, the ex-president however, commended the steps taken …

The pilgrims will be staying at Mina in their state of Ihram. They will proceed to Mount Arafat on Tuesday and subsequently move to Muzadalifah where they will spend the night in the open.The pilgrims will be staying at Mina in their state of Ihram. They will proceed to Mount Arafat on Tuesday and subsequently move to Muzadalifah where they …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has offered the record-setting First Class Law graduate from the Lagos State University (LASU), Aminat Imoitesemeh Yusuf, an automatic employment. Obaseki last week congratulated and praised Yusuf who hails from Edo State for emerging as the best ever graduate at LASU with a 5.0 Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) in the institution’s Law Degree Programme. …

The renaming of the airports was announced in a memo released by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations on Monday. The statement noted that the President renamed the airports “as part of reforms of the Aviation sector.” The Maiduguri Airport was renamed after the immediate …

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, June 28 and Thursday, June 29, 2023 as Public Holidays. Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja said the declaration is in commemoration of this year’s Eid-el-Kabir celebration. “In the spirit of this special occasion, during which we commemorate the great …

A lecturer at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Prof. Samuel Oluwalana, has said Nigeria is losing a huge amount of money for its failure to export human faeces, cockroaches, as well as, scorpions to foreign countries. The lecturer noted that the American government gets $3.5 billion every year because it is used to protect astronauts in space, the PUNCH …

Edo State Government has said the newly revamped Edo State College of Education will boost the capacity of teachers in the State to sustain the gains recorded in the education sector over the past six years by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration. The Acting Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr. Osamuyimen Ekhosuehi, said this during a 3-day onboarding programme for staff of the College with the theme, “Building an effective team for …