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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – In what looks like a drastic house-cleaning measure, Edo State Police Command said it has arrested seven policemen and set up an Ad-hoc committee to investigate allegations of official corruption levelled against its personnel across the state. The command also stated that the seven arrested and detained personnel are under investigation in connection …

Edo State Government has extended the deadline for the enforcement of the use of state colour code by commercial drivers in the state. In a statement, the Commissioner for Transportation, Engr. Osasere M. Evbuomwan, said the state government is not insensitive to the plight and requests of the drivers concerning the regulation of the State Transport Policy. He noted, “Edo …

The industrial dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities may worsen following the insistence of the Federal Ministry of Education that its proposed agreement with the union will not be binding on state universities. The spokesman for the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong , in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja …

Ekweremadu and his accountant wife, Beatrice, 55, are standing trial at the Central Criminal Court, London, for alleged organ harvesting They were arrested by the Metropolitan police on June 21, at Heathrow Airport, after arriving on a flight from Turkey. The couple were accused of plotting to traffic 21-year-old Ukpo Uwamini David from Nigeria to the United Kingdom, to transplant …

For approving the purchase of 10 Toyota Land Cruiser V8 sport utility vans (SUVs) worth N1.145 billion for the Niger Republic to tackle insecurity at a time the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is on a protracted strike, the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP), Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) have …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday, said Nigeria would continue to grapple with its current challenges unless it was restructured. Atiku stated this at the 64th Annual Bible Study Conference of the National Council of Anglican Youth Fellowship (AYF) of Nigeria held at the Ekiti Diocesan Camp Ground, Iyin-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Represented by his running mate …

Theepicentre of terrorism in Kaduna State, Birnin Gwari, is beginning to witness mass exodus following intensified attempts by warring factions to seize control of the territory. It will be recalled that after  the Ansaru terrorists, a faction of Boko Haram, annexed the area and instituted a kind of local authority, the locals had some relief going by report that the …

His Highness, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, CON, Mohammadu Sanusi II, the Khalifa of the Tijanniyah Sufi Order of Nigeria, yesterday, expressed his angst at the current situation Nigeria has found herself, insisting that the country is in a deeper hole and a bigger mess now, than it was in 2015. He also warned that 2023 will be worse, compared to what …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has issued a 30-day ultimatum to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State to stop its Salary Subvention Policy in the state-owned polytechnics. The union gave the order, yesterday, at a news conference organised by its local chapter at the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku. ASUP Zonal Coordinator (South-South and South-East), Precious Nwakodo, said the …

The problem between the two camps started after Atiku defeated Mr Wike to emerge the party’s flagbearer. As part of the process of reconciling aggrieved party members, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, met with Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State governor. The meeting which held behind closed doors, took place at the Abuja …