Tag: Edo
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Nigeria records 24 new cases of monkeypox in 7 days
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has reported 24 additional monkeypox cases in seven days from across 12 states in the country. The NCDC reported the cases via its official website. It stated that a total of 157 positive infections of monkeypox were confirmed between January 1 and July 31. The News Agency of…
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Senate adjourns plenary over Edo lawmaker’s death
The Senate suspended legislative activities on Tuesday and adjourned it till Wednesday in honour of a member of the House of Representatives, Jude Ise-Idehen, who died recently. The Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege, who stood in for the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, called for the motion for adjournment. At plenary, the Leader of the Senate,…
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Disco vows to resist takeover by Fidelity Bank
The Benin Electricity Distribution Company has said that there is no legal basis for the takeover of the company following the purported activation of the call on its collateralised shares by Fidelity Bank. The company disclosed that all matters relating to the BEDC and Fidelity Bank were subjects for litigation before a competent court, adding…
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Edo NDLEA destroys 17 cannabis farms in three months –Official
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it destroyed 17 suspected cannabis Sativa farms measuring over 15 hectares in the state. Edo State Commander of the agency, Mr. Buba Wakawa, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, Benin, on Tuesday. Wakawa explained that the farms were…
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Assault video:Edo suspends principal, housemaster, to prosecute abusers
The Edo State Government, has suspended the Principal and House Master of the Akenzua Hall, Edo College, Benin, over a disturbing video that surfaced online, where some senior students were seen mercilessly assaulting a junior student, who was stripped naked. In a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, the government expressed shock at…