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By Eben Enasco  Member Representing Ovia North East Constituency one at the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon Charity Aiguobarueghian is the Majority Leader of the State 8th Assembly. His new task as a principal officer was announced by the Speaker, Rt Hon Blessing Agbebaku during Plenary on Tuesday, on the floor of the House. The Member Representing Egor Constituency, …

•Retirement gale to hit Army, Air Force, Navy, Course 37, others may be affected •Shettima decorates acting IG Egbetokun as Baba backs successor to succeed About 100 top officers, including generals, brigadiers-general, air vice marshals, and admirals in the Nigerian Army, Air Force, and Nigerian Navy may proceed on compulsory retirement following the appointment of new service chiefs on Monday …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – Investigators at the zone 5 police headquarters said they have traced the stolen corpse of an octogenarian landlord, Pa Anthony Edebiri to his only younger brother, in Benin City, more than two years after search for the stolen body began. Police gave the identity of the suspect, Mr. Obakpolor Edebiri, younger brother …

Washington (AP) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter will plead guilty to federal tax offenses but avoid full prosecution on a separate gun charge in a deal with the Justice Department that likely spares him time behind bars. According to report by Associated Press, Hunter Biden, 53, will plead guilty to the misdemeanor tax offenses as part of an agreement …

Stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in the north, under the aegis of Northern Progressives Union, NPU, have asked President Bola Tinubu to resist the temptation of appointing any of the immediate past northern governor as a minister in his cabinet. They particularly zeroed in on the former Jigawa State governor, Mohammed Badaru.  The stakeholders in a statement signed …

President Bola Tinubu’s directive to dissolve the apex decision-making organs of the establishments falls within the ambit “of his Constitutional Powers and in the Public interest,” a statement said. The boards of at least 14 agencies pulled through Monday’s sweeping shake-up aborting the tenure of the top hierarchies of the Nigerian Government’s agencies, parastatals, institutions and state-owned companies. President Bola Tinubu ‘s …

…Constitute Presidential Committee to work on demands, Reconvenes next Monday Organised labour and the Federal Government yesterday agreed on an eight-week deadline to thrash out all contentious issues and implement the resolutions arising from the demands of labour. Recall that immediately after President Bola Tinubu announced the removal of the fuel subsidy on May 29, organised labour threatened to go …

A visit of America’s top diplomat to China this week ended with both Washington and Beijing expressing hope that this was a key first step to getting their broken relationship back on track. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on June 19, 2023.Leah Millis/ReutersHong KongCNN —  …

Edo State Government has completed the recruitment of a new batch of 270 healthcare professionals who are being deployed to the Edo State Primary Healthcare Development Agency to complement the government’s efforts at improving access to quality healthcare services to Edo people. The State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki disclosed this on Monday, while addressing the newly recruited medical staff at …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Monday, decorated 54 newly promoted security officers in the State, including police officers and officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), with their new ranks. The decoration followed recent promotions approved by the Police Service Commission (PSC) for deserving officers with the requisite experience, years of dedicated service, and academic records. The …