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Edo State has continued to record a steady rise in the number of confirmed cases and fatalities from Lassa fever with the government calling for the cooperation and support of residents to stop the spread of the disease.Speaking to journalists in Benin City, the Edo State Commissioner for Health, Professor Akoria Obehi, said the state has recorded eight new cases of Lassa fever in the last 24 hours, with one new death.She said the new cases were recorded in...

Edo State Government has approved the sum of 1.509 billion naira for the payment of all outstanding pension arrears to the affected 1,559 local government pensioners for the period of 1986 to 2021. This is contained in a statement issued by permanent secretary and chairman, Local Government Pension Bureau, Washington Osaro in Benin City.The affected pensioners are requested to make themselves available to the Local Government Pension Bureau with their ...

Workers of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc (NAHCO), have called off the industrial strike they embarked upon in the early hours of Monday.This follows a communique signed by management of the company, unions’ representatives and regulatory agencies, in which it was resolved that the workers call off the action and resume work immediately.The management of NAHCO, at the meeting, held at NAHCO Aviance House, Ikeja, agreed to withdraw the suit...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it has registered 92, 490 candidates to sit the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.This was made known in a breakdown of registered candidates published in the board’s weekly bulletin and made available to newsmen by the Director of Publicity, JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja.The board also noted that 67,328 candidates had so far registered to sit its mock examination since registration ...

The Department of State Services has commenced training for its officers in the area of public relations ahead of the 2023 general election.According to the spokesperson for the agency, Dr Peter Afunanya, the DSS had between January 18 and 21, 2023, at its National Headquarters, Abuja, held a four-day Strategic Workshop for its State Directors of Security and Heads of Institutions.He said the workshop was part of the Service’s preparedness for the gen...

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Election Monitoring and Support Centre (EMSC) Committee, says the commission is at the advanced stage of preparations for the general elections.The EMSC Chairman Mohammad Kuna, revealed this at the EMSC Amber Zone National Level Implementers’ Workshop in Lagos.Kuna said organising a general election in a country of the size of Nigeria required careful planning, coordination, monitoring and i...

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the Lekki Deep Sea Port, Imota Rice Mill, and Bestaf Lubricant all located in Lagos State.The projects are part of a series of facilities being commissioned by Buhari during a two-day visit to the state.In a statement by Buhari’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President led Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, the Minister of Transportation, Muazu Sambo among others to witnes...

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Nigeria’s Under17 squad, Golden Eaglets will begin their preparations for this year’s Africa Under17 Cup of Nations on Monday, after Head Coach Nduka Ugbade called 48 players to camp in Nigeria’s federal capital.The invitees, which include most of the bunch that won the WAFU B Under17 Championship in the Ghanaian city of Cape Coast last summer, have been told to report to Abuja on Friday, 20th January 2023.The Africa Under17 Cup of Nations...

The National Judicial Council (NJC) has slammed state governments over the non-payment of retirement benefits including severance pay/gratuity and pensions.The NJC said the “worrisome” action by the state governments contravened Section six of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999.The NJC, under the Chairmanship of the Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, stated this at its 100th Meeting held on...