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Delta Police Command has confirmed the recovery of an articulated vehicle laden with 900 bags of cement which was allegedly stolen last Tuesday by robbers at Okpella in Edo. Command spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe said in a statement on Thursday in Asaba that the vehicle was recovered and the suspects arrested at Aniegele village, near Illah, after vigilantes gave the …

Edo State Government has said it will continue to partner with relevant stakeholders to strengthen advocacy in order to check the incidence of illegal migration and human trafficking in the state. Speaking after unveiling billboards in select parts of the state, Secretary, Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking, Itohan Okungbowa, commended the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for …

*African cross-border informal trade worth about $93b annually *VP off to Tanzania today While the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) offers limitless opportunities for the industrialization of Africa, authorities across the continent must take the right policy actions, including infrastructural development to actualize them, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Thursday. He stated that such actions include the protection …

Edo State Government has instructed its Lawyers to vigorously pursue and challenge all court orders preventing it from implementing the compulsory COVID-19 vaccination order recently issued in the state, Governor Godwin Obaseki said on Wednesday. Obaseki who spoke at a press conference at the state house, said the government owes a sacred duty to the populace to take all actions …

• Oyo anti-open grazing law not effective two years after• Enugu residents seek enactment of anti-open grazing law• Katsina bans inter-state transport of cattle• Niger suspends cattle markets over insecurity• Afenifere raises concerns over alleged deployment of Northern youths Less than 24 hours after Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu suspended all activities in Ondo State forest reserves, he, yesterday, signed into law …

Customs makes N1tr, CBN denies alleged financial breach Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has said the Federal Government will sustain subsidisation of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly known as petrol) till 2022. Speaking at a stakeholders’ hearing organised by the Senate Joint Committees on Finance, National Planning, Foreign and Local Debts, Banking, Insurance …

Group Managing Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, has said the Federal Government will sustain subsidisation of Premium Motor Spirit (popularly known as petrol) till 2022. Speaking at a stakeholders’ hearing organised by the Senate Joint Committees on Finance, National Planning, Foreign and Local Debts, Banking, Insurance and other financial institutions and Petroleum Resources on …

The embattled national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, has reacted to his purported suspension by the ward 5 of the Andoni local government in Rivers state, stating that it is only the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party that can suspend him as a national officer. A statement by his media aide, Ike Abonyi, said …

In the last couple of weeks, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, and President Muhammadu Buhari have been embroiled in a war of words. At issue is the security of lives and property of Nigerians, the primary responsibility of government, and who to blame for the worthlessness of human life in Nigeria today. An utterly exasperated Ortom, who has buried, perhaps, …

On August 21, 2019, Sabo Nanono, the now former minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, assumed duty at the ministry of agriculture after a shoddy ratification procedure at the Senate ministerial screening session. Mr Nanono was asked by the senators to “take a bow and go” because of his affiliation with some lawmakers, under the claim of having wide experience …