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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his government has in the past seven years invested in revamping the State’s healthcare system to meet global standards, focusing on primary healthcare to ensure an affordable, quality and efficient healthcare delivery to Edo people. Speaking to journalists in Benin City, the governor said his administration prioritized the decentralization of the healthcare …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON While his victim is still reeling from the pains and agony he caused him, a 23-year-old man, arrested for kidnapping in Edo State has said that he regretted that the baby cow he bought with proceeds of the crime died while he was trying to hide it from his father. The suspect who identified himself simply as …

 President Bola Tinubu and some Nigerian political leaders were among world leaders who attended the opening of the General Debate of the 78th session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters on Tuesday in New York. The UN correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tinubu was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Yusuf …

The terrorist said the communities must pay N3 million or face his wrath. Three communities in Shinkafi Local Government, Zamfara State have been forced to pay N3 million to a notorious banditry kingpin, who is known by the alias, Dan Bokolo, to avoid being attacked, PREMIUM TIMES has learned. The terrorist is believed to be angry with residents of the …

Unidentified gunmen, on Tuesday, attacked and allegedly killed no fewer than eight security operatives, and also set ablaze two vehicles in Imo state. An eyewitness told newsmen that the incident happened at about 11:30am in Oriagu, around the Aba branch in Ehime Mbano council area of Imo state. The security agents affected were soldiers, policemen and men of Nigeria Security …

The Senate President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio says the 10th National Assembly will not review the social media regulation bill since there are laws already guiding the use of the media. Akpabio was represented by the Senate Committee Chairman on ICT, Sen. Shuiab Salisu, at the Parliamentarian Symposium of Africa Internet Governance Forum (AIGF), hosted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) …

Dangote Refinery is set to begin refining petrol by November 30, 2023, and diesel and jet fuel operations by October 2023, the group’s executive director Devakumar Edwin says.  In an interview with S&P Global Commodity Insights on Monday, Edwin added that the refinery would receive its first crude cargo in two weeks’ time and would begin producing up to 370,000 …

Candidate of the Labour Party, Presidential Election Petition Court, r. Peter Obi, has filed 51 grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court to invalidate the election of President Bola Tinubu. Obi, in his appeal, maintained that the Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, erred in law and thereby reached a wrong conclusion when it dismissed the petition he lodged to challenge …

“Nigeria has never been more ready for business than it is now,” he said. President Bola Tinubu has said Nigeria is no longer settling for crumbs and leftovers on the investment agenda of the world’s most prolific energy conglomerates. Mr Tinubu stated this when he played host to a delegation consisting of the global leadership of an Oil & Gas transnational …

Determined to nullify the election of President Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, lodged 35 grounds of appeal before the Supreme Court. Atiku, through his team of lawyers led by Chief Chris Uche, SAN, is praying the Apex court to set aside the judgement the Court of Appeal delivered on …