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…As Obaseki distribute 7million Textbooks To Pupil Across Edo State BENIN CITY – Edo State Government has enrolled 860 primary schools in to the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EDOBEST) Programme since the establishment of the programme in 2018. The Chairman of Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SBEB) Joan …

…70% of illegal weapons in West Africa domicile in the country – UN ABUJA – The Senate on Monday cried out that Nigeria is presently under serious siege from murderous non – state actors, whose activities are threatening the continued existence of the country. This alarming scenario was further hightened …

PORT HARCOURT – Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, says the judiciary enjoys full financial autonomy in the State, hence, the industrial action embarked upon by members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) is not necessary in the State. Governor Wike said it is unfortunate that judiciary workers …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has made the case for diversification of the country’s revenue base away from crude oil. The governor, while speaking to journalists in Benin City, called for a quick diversification of the nation’s economy to increase non-oil revenue. Obaseki said: “Before …

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has stressed the need for a strong maintenance culture to preserve the quality of public infrastructure, reassuring that his government has put in place structures to ensure the sustenance of the newly rebuilt Government Science Technical College (GSTC) and other …

…collects over 260 samples, records zero new case in 72 hrs BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government has vaccinated over 33,700 persons across the state with the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine, as part of intensified efforts to contain the second wave of the pandemic and ensure the safety of residents. …

AUCHI – The Dean of students affairs, Federal polytechnic, Auchi Edo State, Dr Shola Eshiobo, was found dead in his office, weekend. According to his wife “ I started calling him at about 9pm, when he was not back home, but he was not picking and he did not return …

UROMI – The Uromi Justice Development Peace and Caritas Initiatives (Uromi JDPCI) has presented Start-Up materials and equipments to 30 beneficiaries of the Sustainable Measure Against Trafficking in Person (SMAT-P) project. The beneficiaries which include those who were trained in Tailoring, Hair Dressing, Welding, ICT, Carpentry, Diesel Mechanic, Machine Mechanic, …

LAGOS – More evidences have started to emerge on how soldiers and Police shot protesters at Lekki Tollgate during the last year ENDSARS protests as one of the coordinators, Serah Ibrahim submitted items to the Lagos Panel investigating the alleged shooting. During the presentation of the evidences, Sarah claimed that …

LAGOS – Barely two weeks after a Madrid, Spain-bound trafficker, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry, excreted 113 wraps of Cocaine after his arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, two others nabbed by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the same airport have excreted a total …