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Police have arrested and detained four of its personnel in Kogi over alleged extortion of N25,000 from a traveler and physical assault on another in a trending video. Commissioner of Police, Idrisu Dauda Dabban, disclosed this in a statement signed by the police command’s image maker, DSP William Aya, on Sunday in Lokoja, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. …

Kogi government had kicked against the withdrawal by the EFCC,  charging the anti-graft body to make its findings on the fund public. Kogi Government has   dared the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to make public,  report of its investigations on the purported N20 billion bailout fund fraud. The EFCC in August, alleged that the N19.3 billion Kogi bailout fund domiciled …

Edo State government re-enacted the State Audit Law to deepen accountability and transparency and make government agencies accountable for public resources, Governor Godwin Obaseki said at the weekend. The Governor  who spoke at the inauguration of a five-man Audit Service Commission, in Government House, Benin City, said the audit laws in the state in the past did not achieve the …

Edo State Polytechnic, Usen will confer honorary fellowship awards on four Nigerians for their contributions to the development of the state and the country at its forthcoming 3rd and 4th convocation ceremony. Rector, Edo State Polytechnic, Prof. Abiodun Falodun, said at the weekend that the convocation ceremony would hold from October 26 to 28, at the institution’s main auditorium in …

Edo State Government in partnership with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Red Cross Society has intensified sensitization on fire disaster management. Addressing journalists after a road show to mark the 2021 World Disaster Risk Reduction Day, with the theme, “Fire Outbreak and Mitigation Response Sensitization,” in Benin City, the Functioning Director, Edo State Emergency Management Agency …

Sir David Amess, the British lawmaker who died on Friday after suffering multiple stab wounds at a Methodist church in southeast England was Catholic, pro-life, and reportedly a strong supporter of Catholic education and animal welfare, according to the Catholic News Agency. Amess, 69, was a Member of Parliament since 1983 and a member of the Conservative party who was …

*As his body  laid to rest Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has immortalised the late Sir Victor Uwaifo, naming the Edo Creative Hub after the late music maestro. In his tribute at the lying-in-state for late Uwaifo, held in Benin City, the governor described the passing of the music legend as the end of an era. Other dignitaries at …

Kogi State Government on Friday has demanded an apology from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for “embarrassing” the state by dragging it to court over a N20 billion bail-out fund. Recall, the commission had on Friday told the court that it was no longer interested in pursuing the case after the state government had given its commitment to …

In clear contravention of extant laws, Dapo Abiodun, the executive governor of Ogun State, is director of at least two offshore companies while also operating a foreign account. An investigation by PREMIUM TIMES and its partners showed that the governor is also the ultimate beneficial owner of the companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands. We were also able to determine …

Conservative British lawmaker David Amess was killed on Friday after being stabbed “multiple times” during an event in his local constituency in southeast England, in the second death of a UK politician while meeting voters since 2016. Local police did not name Amess but said a man had been arrested “on suspicion (of) murder” after the stabbing in Leigh-on-Sea. “We …