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Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to consult widely with knowledgeable Nigerians on ways and means of frontally tackling the security and economic challenges facing the country. He urged the President to adopt the same strategy he deployed when he consulted with selected Nigerians who advised him to decline assent to the amended Electoral Act …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has assured leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state that he will not negotiate behind them as the 2023 general elections draw near. Obaseki gave the assurance during a get-together for party leaders in Benin City, Edo State. He said, “Politics will soon start again as we are heading towards the …

By Okhide Em’ya David Edo State Police Command says it has commenced a manhunt for a man identified as Osas over the alleged gruesome murder of his girlfriend, a twenty nine year-old lady, Elohor Oniorosa at an apartment rented by the suspect. The suspected ritualist, said to be a Ghana-based Nigerian Yahoo Boy, allegedly killed Elohor Oniorosa for money ritual. …

Special on-the-spot-report By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, our Abuja Correspondent From the charred remains from the inferno that scorched NEXT nearly to cinders, are varying kinds of accounts of what really happened. When Alltimepost.com visited NEXT today December 27, 2021, explosions from burning items could still be heard, and smoke still billowed from the building. Julius Berger ambulances said to have …

Abubakar Malami, the Nigerian Minister of Justice, has said the new electoral law was miffed by a lot of issues instead of taking care of the interests of Nigerians and therefore,President Muhammadu Buhari would not sign it. Malami spoke on a Radio Kano programme  monitored by journalists in Kaduna. He maintained that the new electoral law has high-cost implications. “It’s discriminatory, …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Sunday denied being infected with COVID-19. The minister spoke via a statement by his spokesperson in reaction to reports Saturday that he was among top government and presidency officials who recently contracted the virus, unsettling the nation’s seat of power. Some of the presidential aides who tested positive for the virus …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki yesterday said the state government has engaged ex-servicemen in all the local government areas of the state to help coordinate the activities of vigilante groups and collaborating with security agencies in the state to boost the capacity of their personnel as part of efforts to strengthen the security of lives and property.  He …

An arrowhead of Yoruba Nation agitation, Prof Banji Akintoye, has unveiled a mobile application, Pajawiri, designed to track kidnappers and kidnap victims in the South-West zone of Nigeria. The historian and leader of the umbrella body of Yoruba self-determination group, Ilana Omo Oodua, made this known at an event in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to him, the application will expose …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Nigeria – Zone 5 police command, including Edo and Delta States will henceforth enjoy unperturbed security as the newly deployed Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Ahmad Abdurrahman vows to cleanse the zone of criminals and their allies. The commissioners of police and personnel in the two states are closely to be supervised by the …

BY BOB MAJIRI-OGHENE ETEMIKU, OUR ABUJA CORRESPONDENT Popular Superstore (NEXT), located in Jahi, a district in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja has gone in flames. Alltimepost.com has been unable to verify suspicions or gotten word from the police that arsonists are involved in the incident which took place today (Boxing Day). Videos from eyewitnesses reveal that there is next to …