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The Edo State Police Command has arrested 30 suspects over cult-related killings in the state. In a statement on Friday by the Command Deputy Spokesperson, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, the command swung into action after reported killings in different parts of the state. According to her, those arrested are David Ebube, Chiedu Rex, Samuel Ebi, Charles Eke, Monday Work of God, …

Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO) and the Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA) have held a strategic meeting with distributors of building materials in the state to promote local content use among builders. According to Managing Director, Edo State Investment Promotion Office (ESIPO), Mr. Kelvin Uwaibi, the purpose is to strengthen collaboration among stakeholders in the state’s construction industry. …

*Kano, Enugu, Zamfara Get New Commissioners By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered the posting of CP Abubakar Lawal, to the Kano State Police Command as the new Commissioner of Police in charge of the State. The IGP also ordered the posting of CP Kolo Yusuf, and CP Ahmed Ammani, to …

• 27 Firearms, 633 Live Ammunition, 4 Cutlasses Recovered By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau and Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT) have successfully brought to a close, an alleged case of murder which seemed unsolved, with the arrest of some notorious suspects involved in criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide, and kidnapping in June 2022. The …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (ROLAC) has donated a standard Statement Taking Room (STR) to Edo State Police Command. ROLAC in synergy with the British Council and European Union built, equipped and donated the Statement Taking Room. The body also trained 50 personnel of the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), to man the …

Two elders of Ikhuen Oboh community, Mr. Efosa Aigbobahi and Mr. Peter Omorowa, have called on the Inspector General of Police, IGP. Alakli Baba, to ensure a thorough investigation into the alleged killing of one Mr. Frank Eferi, by a person they identified as Mr. Clement Guobadia. The elders alleged that there is a plot by some senior police personnel …

The Federal Government, yesterday, launched Nigeria’s Energy Transition Plan to tackle the chalenges of energy poverty, climate change and employment. Speaking at a virtual global meeting, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, said  among other things, the Plan would lift 100 million people out of poverty, reduce Nigeria’s carbon footprint, drive economic growth and create jobs.  He said it was time Nigeria and the African …

After a glittering 27-year professional career in which she became one of the greatest players of all time, Serena Williams is preparing to bid farewell to tennis at the major where it all began. The 40-year-old sporting icon ended the guessing game surrounding her future earlier this month by revealing that the “countdown” to her retirement had started, with her …

SSANU President, Muhammed Ibrahim, disclosed this on Wednesday when he featured on PREMIUM TIMES’ weekly Twitter Spaces. The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has revealed that more than 300 of its members lost their lives to depression, among other health challenges during the five-month prolonged strike that was just suspended. SSANU President, Muhammed Ibrahim, disclosed this on Wednesday when …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday in Abuja unveiled the first phase of 160 high-tech digital radios to facilitate more effective communications among its team of players. The agency noted that the four categories of radios acquired-PNC370, PNC380, PNC550 and PDC550-are to create better interface between its operational and tactical actors. The Director-General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, in …