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Edo Govt will deploy interlocking blocks technology for road projects, says Obaseki
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has assured members of the Interlocking Engineers Association, that interlocking block technology would be deployed in some road projects undertaken by the Edo State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) programme. The governor gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by members of the association led by the Chairman, Ernest Omozee, to the...
Governors looting LG funds will face trial after tenure – Presidency
The Presidency has warned governors hijacking local government funds that they will face trial when their immunity elapses at the end of their tenure. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, made this known in a statement by his spokesman, Edet Etuk. The statement said Sen. Enang spoke on a radio programme where he...
ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday. The aid workers were seized along with other passengers in two separate incidents in December when fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) disguised as soldiers intercepted vehicles on highways outside the Borno state capital...
Benue State approves new minimum wage
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has approved the implementation of the new minimum wage for workers in the state. Special Adviser to the governor on labour, Ode Enyi, said the approval was arrived at at the meeting on the new minimum wage and adjustment of salaries held in Makurdi by the negotiation committee. He said that the labour and the government...
Lassa fever outbreak: Enugu govt warn residents against bush burning
The Enugu State Government has cautioned the residents of the state of uncontrolled bush burning, saying the fleeing rodents may cause the spread of Lassa fever disease in homes. Dr Boniface Okolo, the Director of Public Health, Enugu State Ministry of Health, made this known in Enugu on Thursday, explaining that fleeing rodents from burning bushes were likely to run into...
Edo Govt will deploy interlocking blocks technology for road projects, says Obaseki
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has assured members of the Interlocking Engineers Association, that interlocking block technology would be deployed in some road projects undertaken by the Edo State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) programme. The governor gave the assurance during a courtesy visit by members of the association led by the Chairman, Ernest Omozee, to the...
ISWAP release five kidnapped aid workers
Islamic State-aligned jihadists have released five local aid workers abducted last month in Borno State, security sources and one of those freed said Thursday. The aid workers were seized along with other passengers in two separate incidents in December when fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) disguised as soldiers intercepted vehicles on highways outside the Borno state capital...
2020 National Sports Festival: Edo holds state championship, as Obaseki lights up unity torch
The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has lit the unity torch for the state’s sporting championships with athletes drawn from the 18 local government areas of the state, ahead of the National Sports Festival (NSF) scheduled for the first quarter of the year. The unity torch was presented to the governor by Vice Chairman, Team Edo, Mrs Anehita Emeya,...
BREAKING: Fire Guts MOUAU IBB Hostel (Photos+Video)
Resident male students of Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (IBB) hostel at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), are currently scampering for safety, as their hostel is reported to be burning fiercely, ABN TV reports. According to numerous eyewitnesses, the cause of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained but the major problem faced was that there were no...
Finance Bill: “Implementation date will be announced soon” – FG
The Ministry of Finance on Tuesday said that the take-off date for the implementation of the newly signed Finance Law would be announced in due course. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, said this in a statement issued by her Media Adviser, Yunusa Abdullahi. Abdullahi in the statement said that a large sum of money realised...
