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  I have presented a N153.4 billion budget proposal to the Edo State House of Assembly, for the 2021 fiscal year, representing a 9.7% increase from the revised 2020 budget and comprising N94.8 billion for recurrent expenditure and N58.6 billion for capital expenditure. The budget document, christened, ‘Making Edo Great Again (MEGA) Budget', is exclusively pinned on robustly responding to the dislocations caused by the coronavirus pandemic, whilst building a workforce of the future. The proposed 2021 budget would address challenges in critical sectors of the economy, with increased targeted investments on the state’s most valued resource – its people. With the collaboration of the Honourable house, we have designed a unique instrument through which the state government can also attract private sector funding targeted at key development projects. Receiving the 2021 budget proposal, Speaker of the Assembly, Rt. Hon. Marcus Onobun, commended my prioritizing the welfare of Edo people an...

  152 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria ; Lagos-93 FCT-21 Oyo-15 Rivers-11 Bauchi-7 Kwara-2 Bayelsa-1 Edo-1 Plateau-1 64,336 confirmed 60,333 discharged 1,160 deaths For a breakdown of cases by state visit: covid19.ncdc.gov.ng

  This afternoon, we inaugurated the Oyo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry into Police Brutality, Violation of Rights of Citizens and Unlawful Killings. The panel is made up of eleven (11) members led by Justice Badejoko Adeniji (retired), as Chairman of the Panel. Members of the panel are drawn from the legal community, the National Human Rights Commission, the Department of Public Prosecution (DPP), the National Youth Council of Nigeria, youth representatives of End SARS protesters and the community. This panel was constituted pursuant to Section 2 (1) of the Oyo State Commission of Inquiry Law Cap 32 of the Laws of Oyo State 2000 which empowers the Governor to set up a commission of inquiry. However, as the scope is beyond Oyo State, we are collaborating with the Federal Government. I encouraged anyone who has faced human rights abuse in the hands of any of the security forces to use this opportunity to seek justice. I also stated that those responsible for the deaths of Isiaka Ji...

  A Nigerian father of two, Maduakor Wiseman Jesus said that the best way for men to punish their wives if they provoke them is by cheating with their relatives. "If your wife provokes you and you want to punish her cheat with her sister or relative and make her to find out, there is nothing more painful to them like cheating with their blood, they may not care if you cheat outside," he wrote. According to him, his wife left him and their infant baby after he cheated on her with her younger sister. "I don't post what does not work for me. She will be pained all the days of her life. In fact I have been cheating on my wife, if she find out I apologize. Immediately I found this strategy, I cheated with her junior sis and she left a breastfeeding baby for me and leave. she never returned, we separate. That's why I know it Pained them. Just want to make common sense. #WISEMAN " he added.

  It was a sad day in Enugu state today November 9, as the state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, joined the Catholic faithful and families of eight pupils of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, Awgu, who died in a recent fatal road accident in Awgu Local Government Area of the state, to celebrate a Requiem Mass for them at the school premises, in Awgu town. The accident happened on October 28. Gov. Ugwuanyi who described the eight pupils as “angles” bade farewell to them, their late teacher, Emmanuella Chukwugbo and the school bus driver, Chukwu Basil, as well as other victims. “Our children; our angels; had gone too soon and too suddenly; for no fault of their own. They were too innocent to have offended anyone; too young to have known sin; they only attended the day’s school; to acquire knowledge and high moral values; Yes, they were on their way home; to unite, as usual, with their beloved parents and siblings; a journey home that was never completed; what a tragedy! As Christi...

  By Assistant Corps Marshal Bisi Kazeem, fsi When Dr Boboye Oyeyemi was appointed Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) six years ago, precisely on 24th July 2014, by President Goodluck Jonathan, he attested to his qualitative contributions to the development of the Corps which was established 26 years earlier as the nation’s road safety lead agency. Reputed as the last man standing out of the pioneering staff that oversaw the foundation of the FRSC, Oyeyemi had served in all the major departments and Zonal Commands of the Corps prior to his appointment into the exalted office. From whatever perspective you choose to look at him, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi is a voyage in the transportation industry with a touch of class. One of the most outstanding professionals whose efficiency, knowledge, diligence and professionalism have become another definition of standard in transport. Men of unique achievement are celebrated anywhere in the world, and when their values are apprecia...