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A mobile court sitting in Benin City, headed by Chief Magistrate Bright Eraze Oniha, on Tuesday, convicted 11 persons for disobeying the directive of the Edo State government on compulsory use of face masks and the restriction of movement. The convicted persons, who were arrested at various locations in the state capital, pleaded guilty to the offence and asked for leniency from the Chief Magistrate. x The court ordered the convicted persons to carry out thre...

Buhari admits COVID-19 exposed Nigeria’s technology deficit Olalekan Adetayo, Adeyinka Adedipe and Tony Okafor The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday said the COVID-19   pandemic exposed the technology   and   innovation gap between Nigeria and   the developed world. He however said the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure was strategically positioned to fill the gap. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicit...