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Governor Hyacinth Alia has officially dissolved the Benue State Executive Council and appointed former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Moses Atagher, as the new Chief of Staff, effective immediately.  A seasoned administrator and former acting Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank, Atagher brings extensive experience to his new...

The Federal Government has announced a significant 50 percent increase in scholarship grants across all academic levels as part of a comprehensive reform aimed at expanding educational opportunities and addressing rising costs.Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, revealed that PhD students will now receive N750,000 annually, up from N500,000; M...

By Faith AiraodionThe Edo State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress has faulted the People Democratic Party’s call for the redeployment of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Anugbum Onuaha, ahead of the August 16 by-elections....

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By Destiny AihieluThe Minister of Labour, Muhammadu Dingyadi, has appealed to the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives to suspend their ongoing strike, saying that it is not the best solution to industrial disputes....

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has called for stronger collaboration from Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professionals, DNFBPs with the EFCC against money laundering and in tackling the vulnerability of major economic sectors of the country to the crime.He made the call at the on...

Judges and legal practitioners in Edo State have thrown their weight behind Governor Monday Okpebholo’s intensified campaign against cultism and kidnapping, declaring their full support for the administration’s ongoing security reforms.The endorsement came during a high-level meeting held on Tuesday at the Government...

Judges and legal practitioners in Edo State have thrown their weight behind Governor Monday Okpebholo’s intensified campaign against cultism and kidnapping, declaring their full support for the administration’s ongoing security reforms.The endorsement came during a high-level meeting held on Tuesday at the Government...

Judges and legal practitioners in Edo State have thrown their weight behind Governor Monday Okpebholo’s intensified campaign against cultism and kidnapping, declaring their full support for the administration’s ongoing security reforms.The endorsement came during a high-level meeting held on Tuesday at the Government...

The Edo State Police Command has said it had begun an investigation into the alleged assault of an activist, Okhai Okhani, by armed vigilantes in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area, of the state.Okhani, who is also the coordinator of Edo North Unity Worldwide, was on Saturday brutalised at the venue of a stakeholders&rsquo...