The Edo State Commissioner for Education, Joan Oviawe has ruled out attempts by the Economic and Financial Commission (EFCC) to either interrogate or jail her in connection with $75m World Bank grant meant to reform Education policy during Governor Godwin Obaseki administration. TheNewspad recalls that Oviawe and some other appointees accused of official corruption, had...
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Oba of Benin leads climate change debate in Borno
Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku, Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of Benin has sympathized with Maiduguri flood victims through His Royal Highness, Abubakar Garbai Al-Amin Elkanemi, the Shehu of Borno in Borno State, where he echoed debate on climate change. Oba Ewuare made the remarks on Sunday at Shehu of Borno Palace in Borno...
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Abducted ASUU leader escapes from kidnappers
The kidnapped Benin Zonal Coordinator of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Monday Igbafe has reportedly escaped from kidnappers den at an undisclosed location. A former official, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo State Council, announced Professor Igbafen’s escape on Monday September 30th 2024, via a Whatsapp message that was seen by TheNewspad on...
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Police avert potential clash in Edo govt house
Operatives of the Nigeria police have sealed-off Edo deputy governor’s office in Government House, Benin City, the State Capital in a bid to avert a potential clash that result in bloodshed. This comes barely 48 hours after Governor Godwin Obaseki formally notified the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, accusing the reinstated deputy Governor, Philip...
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Strike looms over ASUU zonal chairman’s kidnap
Impending strike is looming at federal and State Universities over the alleged kidnap of Benin Zonal Coordinator of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Monday Igbafe by gunmen. Report says the varsity don, who is a lecturer in Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, was allegedly whisked away at about 9.PM on Saturday when armed men...
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20 bank accounts trace to arrested drug kingpin
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has traced 20 bank accounts to a wanted suspected drug kingpin, Ajiboye Damilare Samuel also known as ‘Na God’ after 12 months the suspect evaded arrest by men of the anti-narcotic agency. His arrest, followed the raid of his warehouse in Akala, Mushin area of Lagos, where a total...
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Outrage as lion kills Obasanjo zoo keeper
Visitors have been temporarily restricted from Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, Ogun State where 35-year-old lion zoo keeper was mauled to death last Saturday morning. The tragedy occurred when Babaji Daule, the trained handler of the male lion at the Zoological Garden “carelessly neglected to secure the locks and barricade of the...
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Organized baby’s murder draws media attention
Report of unnamed father who ignored safety concerns and declined giving his consent to an unbudgeted Cesarian section for his wife, resulting in stillbirth, has attracted the attention of netizens social media. A viral video that captured the incident, trended last week Wednesday on Facebook, with netizens asking who will chose death over Cesarian as...
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Lagosians protest cost of stable electricity supply
Residents of Akinola and Aburo Communities in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State have protested against forceful migration from Band A to Band B electricity tariff by Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC). On a daily basis, Band A customers gets 20 power supply for a minimum of 20 hours at N227 per kilowatt of...
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Obaseki sidesteps disorder, says govt on course
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has sidestepped disorder across key sectors of governance, assuring that the government is very much on course. The Governor spokesman, Crusoe Osagie on Saturday in a statement, urge the public to disregard fake news regarding purported shutdown of Government House. He said, “As against the false insinuations in the...