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At least 48,063 people from 121 countries, including Nigeria have signed a petition calling for action to protect disability rights ahead of the 2023 United Nations summit on the Sustainable Development Goals. The call follows a new UN report which shows that the SDGs cannot be achieved unless urgent action is taken to include marginalised groups, including people with disabilities, …

Tribute By Ikhide Erasmus To Mum It is with deep sense of reflection and missed feelings that my mother, the late Mrs Ikhide Hannah Ukotemi (Nee Omole), daughter of the Most High God, returned to her maker, where she should never had left in the first instance. Late Mrs Ikhide’s absolute calmness, angelic kindness, human gaiety, hard work, devotion to …

…Says partnership ‘ll stem protein shortfall in Nigeria Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has initiated talks with the Namibian Government to explore trade and investment opportunities in livestock production, technology, and management services, among others between the Country and Edo State. The governor disclosed this when he played host to the Namibia Ambassador to Nigeria, Humphrey Geiseb, and his …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, met with private school operators in the State to rally their support for the government’s efforts at enhancing the quality of education and improving learning outcomes across schools in the State. The governor, at a closed-door meeting with the private school operators, at the Government House, in Benin City, reaffirmed his government’s …

•Giving a bag of rice to 12 people, N100m to each lawmaker insulting – Labour •Govt has absconded from negotiation table, fails to meet workers’ demands, says NLC Barely one week after leading a two-day nationwide warning strike,  the organised labour on Tuesday threatened to begin an indefinite strike should the Federal Government fail to meet its demands at the …

• Process heats up financial system• Top CBN officials, bankers attempt to induce members• Buhari men in ‘subtle move’ to restrict scope• ‘Investigators not backing out, accountable to Nigerians, President’    Nigerians may be close to witnessing the unveiling of the biggest financial fraud in the history of the country in the coming months as the team of special investigators set up …

•We’ve ended infamous sit-at-home order in S-East —Army chief •Says more special forces units established to tackle emerging security threat President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the immediate payment of all Group Life Assurance benefits owed families of departed officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army who paid the supreme price in battles to safeguard the country from terrorists, bandits …

The Edo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Philip Shaibu, yesterday officially resumed at his new office outside the state Government House in Benin-city. On a visit to the facility situated at No 7 Dennis Osadebey Avenue close to the emergency gate of the Government House in Benin-city, the security man at the gate denied journalists entry as he claimed they did …

Five former Memphis police officers involved in the deadly police beating of Tyre Nichols have been indicted by a federal grand jury, according to court filings.  From top left, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., Demetrius Haley. From bottom left, Justin Smith and Tadarrius Bean.Shelby County Criminal Justice SystemCNN —  The five officers – Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond …

***As Army establishes special forces to tackle insecurity The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the sit-at-home order enforced by the Indigenous People of Biafra across the South-East states has ended. IPOB in August 2021 commenced the sit-at-home order to demand the release of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from prison. The order impacted the economy in …