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Edo State has recorded ten more cases of Lassa fever, raising the total number of confirmed persons in the state to 81, with eight deaths. Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, told journalists in Benin City at the weekend, that the ten new cases were confirmed in five local councils in the state namely, Etsako West, Esan North …

Loto Oil Nigeria Ltd has appointed Dr. Kingsley Okundaye, a United States of America-based business entrepreneur and corporate enabler, as its Chairman. The announcement was contained in a statement released by the company’s General Manager, Finance & Administration, Isaac Arokun at the weekend. According to the statement, Chief Loto Amehinola remains the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the …

Edo State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Oluwole Iyamu (SAN), has been appointed to the Governing Board of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria by President Muhammadu Buhari. Conveying the appointment in a letter with Reference Number SGF/PS/LAC/28, dated January 19th, 2023, the Solicitor General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Justice, Mrs. B. E. Jedy-Agba …

Edo State Government has urged community leaders, health workers, partners and key stakeholders to intensify efforts in raising awareness on the importance of the Second Phase Outbreak Response (OBR 2) to circulating variant polio virus type 2 (cVPV2) campaign. The call was made by the Executive Secretary, Edo State Primary Health Care Development Agency (EDSPHCDA), Dr. Omosigho Izedonmwen, during a …

Kindly share this story: *Let bygones be bygones, says Abdulsalami Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress has said he cannot politically agree with his counterpart in the Action Alliance and former Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (retd.). Sowore said his disagreement with Al-Mustapha is political, saying it came from the …

…Says her values and beliefs no longer aligned with party politics …Party platforms are “robes that politicians wear to serve their personal needs and interests.” Kindly share this story: Naja’atu Muhammad, a director in the presidential campaign team of Bola Tinubu, has resigned. She was the Director of Civil Society in the Presidential Campaign Council of the ruling All Progressives …

Mr Keyamo had days ago issued a 72-hour ultimatum to EFCC, ICPC and CCP to arrest Atiku over corruption allegations. The spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, Festus Keyamo, has sued the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, over a new corruption allegation against him. Mr Keyamo had on 16 January issued a 72-hour ultimatum to …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Friday said Nigeria needed a leader that would stop wastage and rebuild a new country which would result in citizens’ loyalty. Obi stated that the only accusation against him was that he was stingy, but added that Nigeria needed a stingy leader with a culture of saving. This was as …

…engages 77,400 youth volunteers for 3 months The Minister of Water of Resources, Engr Adamu Suleiman, Thursday, disclosed the Federal Ministry of Water Resources giving N370 million support to the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on improving water production. This was made known by Suleiman in his keynote address delivered at the opening ceremony of the 29th …

BERLIN — Germany has become one of Ukraine’s leading weapons suppliers in the 11 months since Russia’s invasion, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz also has gained a reputation for hesitating to take each new step — generating impatience among allies. Berlin’s perceived foot-dragging, most recently on the Leopard 2 battle tanks that Kyiv has long sought, is rooted at least partly …