…Says lack of funds hindering war. Buratai to remain in North-east till Boko Haram is defeated. Northern governors dodging responsibilities towards almajirai. Chairman of the Senate Committee on the Army, Mohammed Ali Ndume, has lamented how dearth of operational funds is slowing down the war against insurgency in the North-east. Ndume also disclosed that the…
Eid-el-Fitr Celebration: Okowa, Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu Greet Muslims, Urge Spirit of Love, Sacrifice, Unity to Continue
As Nigerian Muslims join their counterparts all over the world to celebrate Eid-el-Fitr, some political leaders have in their messages of felicitation underscored the need to continue in the spirit of sacrifice, peace, love and unity which they exhibited during the period of the 30-day Ramadan fast. Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, urged Muslim faithful in…
Gbajabiamila’s ‘DISEASED’ INFECTIOUS DISEASES CONTROL BILL
Ordinarily, it would have been thumbs up for Femi Gbajabiamila, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and two others – Pascal Obi, Chairman, House Committee on Health Institutions, and Tanko Sununu, Chairman of the Committee on Health Services – who co-sponsored the now contentious Infectious Diseases Control Bill for their initiative and thoughtfulness. Their intentions…
I will resist imposition of candidate says Imasuangbon, first Edo guber aspirant to pick nomination form
Kenneth Imasuangbon, lawyer and educationist, has emerged the first aspirant in Edo State to pick a governorship nomination form to contest for the number one elective office in the state. Imasuangbon, an aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who would be slugging it out with four other aspirants who have openly…
Edo 2020: Oshiomhole’s APC Faction Alerts INEC of Alleged Plot by Obaseki to Manipulate COVID-19 Figures to Frustrate Party Primary
The faction of Edo State Chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, loyal to the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, has alerted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of a sinister plot by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki to scuttle the party’s primary election scheduled for June 22, 2020, with inflated cases…
COVID-19: Reject Direct Primary Election, Concerned Edo Citizens Warn Political Parties
The direct mode of primary election adopted by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, to select its candidate for the September 19, 2020 governorship election in Edo State is ruffling feathers in the polity in the state. The APC had fixed June 22 for its primary election in which incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, and six…
COVID-19: Ooni of Ife Donates Two Motorised Modular Fumigators to Edo Govt
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has donated two motorised modular fumigators to the Edo State Government in support of the government’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the state. The Elejesi of Ife land, Oba Babatunde Awosunle, who led other members of the Ooni’s COVID-19 team, to the Government…
Edo 2020: PDP Youths, Traders Mobilise Funds for Nomination Form for Imasuangbon
…Say he’s best candidate to defeat incumbent governor. With the major opposition party in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP scheduling its primary election for between June 23 and 24, 2020 to select a candidate for the September 19 governorship election in the state, some youths in the party are rooting for Kenneth Imasuangbon,…
COVID-19: Ehanire Blames Rising Deaths on Home Care by Rich Nigerians as Fatalities Hit 191, 6,175 Confirmed Cases Nationwide
As the number of lives lost to COVID-19 in Nigeria rose to 191 on Tuesday, the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 is worried at the new trend in the increasing number of deaths. Osagie Ehanire, minster for health and a member of the PTF blamed the soaring national figure on the decision by some…
Edo Serial Kidnap Saga: Abducted Former LG Chairman, Another Killed…Medical Doctor, Lawyer Still Missing
Two days after he was abducted from his farm house in Utese, Okada in Ovia North-east local government area of Edo State, the corpse of Presley Egbe Ediagbonya, former local government chairman, and erstwhile commissioner for sports and youth development in the state has been found on another farm where it was dumped by his…
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