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• No big deal, Buhari visited Imo three times under my watch, says Okorocha• HURIWA reacts as govt reopens banks after shutdown over Monday’s sit-at-home When President Muhammadu Buhari eventually visits Owerri, Imo State capital, today, the exclusion of Ndigbo from heads of security agencies, continuous agitation by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) that has almost paralysed the Southeast …

…Govt inoculates over 53,914 persons with Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines Four more persons who were unvaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccines have died in Edo State, raising the total number of confirmed COVID-19-related deaths in the third wave of the pandemic in the state to 30. Authorities have warned that the death of persons who are unvaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccines is …

Investigation by Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, Alltimepost.com Special Correspondent in Nigeria This investigation reveals discrepancies and inconsistencies with the award of many contracts in Edo state, highlighting flagrant disregard for Procurement laws, leading to issues of accountability and transparency, poor information management and outright dishonesty in the conduct of governance in Edo State. According to documents obtained from the website of …

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Government does not owe the striking members of the Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors or other health workers in the country. He stated that only “illegally recruited” doctors are not being paid because they were neither captured by the Office of the Head of Service of the …

The Super Eagles continued their 100 per cent record against Cape Verde in their second match of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers on Tuesday. The Nigerian team won the game 2-1 after staging a comeback. A 75th-minute own goal by Cape Verde earned Nigeria a 2-1 win in their qualifying clash in Mindelo on Tuesday, a result that stabilized the …

The Lagos State House of Assembly says the Prohibition of Open Cattle Grazing Bill, when passed will ensure harmonious relationships between herders and farmers in the state. The assembly made this known after the bill was read on the floor of the house for the second time, by the Acting Clerk, Olalekan Onafeko, at plenary on Monday. It said the bill would …

The Lagos State Police Command has told a Judicial Panel of Inquiry that several police stations were burnt across the state and many officers killed because there was no executive approval by the government to allow the police to use force in securing their facilities. Oludotun Odubona, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of operations, said this on Tuesday while …

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total 65,145 suspected cases of cholera, including 2,141 deaths, representing a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 3.3 percent reported from 23 states and the FCT, as of Sept. 2, 2021. The NCDC disclosed this on its Cholera Situation weekly epidemiological report pasted on its official website, on Monday. The News Agency of …

Masari has noted that it is wrong for herders to graze their cattle on other people’s land Governor of Katsina State, Bello Masari has described open grazing as un-Islamic, noting that it is wrong for herders to graze their cattle on other people’s land. The governor stated this while speaking in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, on Wednesday, …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Assailants have murdered a businessman in Ogida Police Barracks in Benin City, Edo state capital. The victim, Mr. James Otobo Macaulay, 46, was hacked to death inside his shop 26 at the Police Wives Association (POWA) wing of Ogida Police Barracks about 7am on Sunday, September 5, 2021. Meanwhile, the Edo State Police Command has vowed to …