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Accra, Ghana, (NAN) The ECOWAS Parliament has called for urgent action to stem the tide of climate change and its ravaging effects across the West African sub-region. Speaker Mémounatou Ibrahima made the appeal at the Parliament’s 2026 Second Extraordinary Session Seminar on Monday in Accra, Ghana. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the […]

Edo State is advancing into a new phase of industrial and economic growth as the administration of Governor Monday Okpebholo deepens efforts to build an investment-friendly environment anchored on security, infrastructure and reliable electricity supply. At Ologbo in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, the ongoing 100-megawatt power project and industrial park being developed by CCETC are […]

ABUJA – The Federal Government has ordered the immediate deployment of major contractors to all three sections of the Benin-Asaba Federal Road to restore damaged portions of the highway after the road’s concessionaire declined to allow government intervention. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, gave the directive after the worsening condition of the strategic highway […]

Paul Onuachu marked his first goals of the season with a brace as Trabzonspor claimed a dominant 5-0 victory over Gençlerbirliği on Sunday. The Nigerian striker, who finished as joint-top scorer in the Süper Lig last season, had struggled for form early in the campaign, drawing a blank in his first five appearances across all […]

Former Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) Ethics Committee member Ambassador Fanny Amun (MON) has called for fundamental reforms to the federation’s statutes, urging the opening of the system to credible, experienced and knowledgeable football stakeholders to restore confidence in Nigerian football. Amun made the call in Abuja on Monday while briefing journalists following the submission of […]

When Governor Monday Okpebholo took office in November 2024, his inaugural messaging centered on five pillars: Security, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Natural Resources and Agriculture, and Education. To those familiar with Edo’s history, this framing carried particular significance. It was not a vague promise to “transform” the state through undefined initiatives. Rather, it represented a systematic acknowledgment […]

In 1991 General Ibrahim Babangida regime, carved Edo State out of the old Bendel state and that was beginning its peculiar journey — neither entirely in the southwest’s sophisticated political machinery, nor quite aligned with the midwestern traditions that once defined the region. Thirty-five years later, has it truly progressed? To understand the present, one […]

Factional National Chairman of Accord, Prof. Chris Imumolen, has raised concerns over his personal safety and that of his family, urging law enforcement agencies to intervene. Imumolen, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said his attention had been drawn to developments and circumstances that had caused him serious concern about his personal safety and […]