Edo State has recorded 30 new cases and two more deaths from coronavirus (COVID-19), with 632 active cases as the state government intensifies measures to curtail the spread of the second wave of the pandemic. The Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Health, Dr Osamwonyi Irowa, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Benin City, the […]

*Sympathizes with victims By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–THE Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, has directed the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, to assess the extent of damage at the Tipper Garage Market fire outbreak, in Gwarimpa, Abuja with a view to immediately providing relief materials to victims. The minister […]

Say current configuration of 119,973 Polling Units was established by the defunct NECON in 1996 during Abacha Figures produced in 1996 used for the 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019 General Elections Identify Violence, Congestion, Insufficiency, Voter Apathy, Hijack of Units by Politicians, others as Reasons Say New Polling Units not Constituency Projects to […]

The preponderance of sexual harassment in higher institutions in Nigeria and the alleged cases of negotiation of marks have necessitated legislative efforts at returning sanity to the Nigerian higher institutions.

By Egufe Yafugborhi GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike says the failure of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to tackle insecurity and corruption will compel Nigerians to vote out the party in 2023. Wike in Adamawa State on Thursday at the instance of Governor of Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, said with the current economic woe in the country and […]

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has stated that the All Progressives Congress, APC, Federal Government was running a vindictive administration, adding that the government only go after leaders who are not APC member.

By Ozioruva Aliu For the fourth day running, academic activities in Edo State primary schools remained paralysed as a result of the ongoing strike by the state’s chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT). They continued the strike despite a restraining order granted by the Benin division of the National Industrial Court, NIC last […]

U.S. President Joe Biden will visit the State Department on Thursday and deliver his first foreign policy speech as president. Biden has had an intense interest in U.S. foreign policy since he became a ranking member on the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee in the late 1990s. READ ALSO:Oba of Benin suspends Holy Arousa Cathedral priest […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Thursday, said that the National Identification Number (NIN) was a prerequisite for the issuance and renewal of a driver’s licence.

By Ozioruva Aliu THE Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has suspended Mr. Harrison Okao as Ohenosa of Holy Arousa Cathedral over alleged unauthorised ministration. A statement by the Secretary, Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Frank Irabor said the suspension is based on recommendation from the Joint Elders Committee of the Cathedral […]