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Obaseki made this known during the formal signing of a partnership agreement between the Government and Zinox.

Obaseki stated this on Monday at a stakeholders Town-Hall meeting on the proposed Anti-open Grazing Law.

The victims were said to have been travelling from one of the eastern states to Abuja when a group of hoodlums suspected to be kidnappers stopped them and took them to a bush in the Okpella area of Edo State.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Secretary to the Edo Government, Osarodion Ogie, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday, in Benin.

The hint was contained in a statement by the Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki, Osaigbovo Iyoha.

Edo government carried out its threat on September 13 to stop civil servants and other citizens without proof of vaccination into public institutions.

The head of the state’s Coronavirus Case Management, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie, disclosed this on Wednesday in Benin, at the daily press briefing on the pandemic.

Imasogie, who is also the leader of the party in Edo South Senatorial District, was reportedly whisked away from his farm in Obada

The State Police Command, through its Public Relations Officer, Bello Kantongs, has confirmed the development.

The suspect was involved in a case of burglary and was arrested by vigilantes in Agbor road, Benin City, on September 3 and handed over to Esigie Division for discreet investigation and possible prosecution – before he escaped.

The NMA made the appeal in a communique at the end of its National Executive Council meeting held in Edo State.

This is contained in a statement issued by Josephine Ademu, Head, Press and Public Relations of the ministry, on Tuesday in Abuja.

The victim spoke in an interview on Monday, three days after the incident in which five others were kidnapped.

Olajide was killed on Saturday in Okada, Edo State.

The State Head of COVID-19 response team, Dr. Ebomwonyi Osagie, disclosed this during the daily press briefing.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the state government had announced plans to make it compulsory for residents to take COVID-19 vaccine and present proof before accessing public places from second week of September.

His son, Goodman Osarentin Uwaifo, who spoke in the company of his sister, Evelyn Oghonmwen, revealed this.

Construction of roads of such inferior and substandard quality has cast Nigeria in bad light in the eyes of the world as a country of anything goes.

The coach accused the NFF of always giving preferential treatment to foreign coaches, especially in the area of welfare.

The group expressed its concern over the “frightening spate of insecurity” in Edo State, particularly along the busy Auchi-Benin road; kidnapping as well as other criminal activities, and wants government and security agencies to brace up to tackle the menace.