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Mr Hassan, who spoke in the Hausa language, urged the federal government to discuss with the bandits. The released Managing Director of the Nigerian Bank of Agriculture, Alwan Hassan, has said he was released by bandits due to his age. In a one-minute twenty-one seconds video clip obtained by Premium Times, Mr Hassan was seen standing in front of a damaged …

The Senator representing Edo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, on Wednesday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had demonstrated incompetence in tackling insecurity in Nigeria. The Senator, who represented his constituency in the 8th and 9th Senate, made the statement while talking to journalists in Benin City, Edo State. He said, “Let me …

Until his appointment, Mohammed Abdullahi was the Honourable Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation. President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate re-deployment of Mohammed H. Abdullahi as the new Honourable Minister of Environment with effect from 6th April, 2022. Until his appointment, Mohammed Abdullahi was the Honourable Minister of State for Science, Technology and Innovation. Mohammed H. Abdullahi as …

…Tasks APC on the micro-zoning presidency to S’East Omeiza Ajayi, Abuja Senator representing Imo West and Presidential aspirant in the ruling All Progressives Congress APC, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has fired back at Lagos-based cleric, Pastor Tunde Bakare for declaring that the Igbos cannot rule Nigeria for now, because they are under a curse. Rather than liabilities, Okorocha said the Igbos …

By Okhide Em’ya David Abuja High Court on Wednesday nullified the e-registration exercise conducted by the Edo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a ruling that also invalidated the disputed 500,000 membership drive claimed by the embattled Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. The verdict was delivered in the suit between Umoru Vincent, the Chairman of …

 By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku Abuja, Nigeria – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has emphasized that the Nigeria Police Force has a policy for identifying, recruiting, and training gifted sportsmen to achieve excellence in the world of sports both nationally and internationally. He said this while receiving the police team who emerged champions and gold medalists in the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, received the new Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 5 Command Headquarters, Benin, AIG Lawan Tanko Jimeta, charging him to collaborate with the state government to resolve communal clashes and land disputes in the State. The governor while receiving the visitor at the Government House, Benin City, said the new AIG is not …

By Okhide Em’ya David Over Ten trucks loaded with illegal petroleum products have been impounded by the Commandant-General’s special intelligence team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Edo State Command in Ahor Community near Benin City in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria. The NSCDC team stormed Ahor Community in the early hours of today …

Edo State has recorded 176 cases of Lassa fever since the outbreak of the disease in the state, with the government stepping up efforts to contain the epidemic. The Edo Commissioner of Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, disclosed this while briefing journalists after the weekly Edo State Executive Council (EXCO) meeting chaired by Governor Godwin Obaseki, at the Government House, in …

Anti-abortion activists said Tuesday that they obtained 115 aborted babies from a driver for a medical waste company in late March, with the intention of giving the unborn children a dignified funeral and burial.  Five of those babies that appear to be of late-term gestation are now in the possession of Washington, D.C. Metro Police, which retrieved the remains Friday from an …