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Edo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, insisted that the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration must account for the missing 4,781 bags of rice of the 6,822 approved for the Internally Displaced Persons Camp at Uhogwa in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state by the Federal Government. Edo State chairman of the PDP, Chief Dan Orbih while receiving defectors from All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and Freedom Foundation Movement, FFM, into the party, described the rice scandal as unbelievable, insisting that the governor must account for the missing bags of rice. However, in its reaction, the state government said that all the bags of rice and other items like shoes, apart from the ones that were DAMAGED in storage before they were allocated, were distributed to the Internally Displaced Persons camp and other orphanage homes within the state. Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Cr...

Williams made the announcement Wednesday during a live broadcast of her hit talk show “The Wendy Williams Show.” Reps for Wendy said, “yesterday, Wendy’s doctor prescribed a necessary three weeks of rest to get her levels and medication in sync. The show will be on repeats during this period. A live show was produced today so that Wendy could explain her condition directly to her fans.” Last week Wendy was visibly a bit shaky during a broadcast and then, for the first time ever, took a few days off. Wendy is known for basically pushing through anything and everything to make sure she never misses a day of work. The Blast 

REUTERS FILE PHOTO: Texas Department of Criminal Justice photo of Thomas Whitaker But in each state there are reasons why the executions could be halted, including an unprecedented clemency recommendation in Texas, where all three of this year's U.S. executions have been carried out. In Florida, questions were raised about holding an execution based on a majority, not unanimous, jury decision. In Alabama, lawyers have said the death row inmate is too ill to be executed. Alabama plans to execute Doyle Hamm, 61, at 6 p.m. local time for the 1987 murder of motel clerk Patrick Cunningham. Hamm's  lawyers have said he has terminal cancer, adding years of intravenous drug use, hepatitis C, and untreated lymphoma have made his veins unstable for a lethal injection. However, a court-appointed doctor examined Hamm on Feb. 15 and found he had "numerous accessible and usable veins in both his upper and lower extremities," according to court filings. Texas plans to ...