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A Lagos landlord, Alhaji Ahmed Olorunnimbe, has slammed a N5million suit against the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and three others for allegedly breaching his fundamental rights.  The businessman is also asking the court to make an order of perpetual injunction restraining the respondents from further threatening, intimidating, arresting and detaining him for no cause.  Joined as IGP’s co-respondents in the suit marked …

Alltimepost.com Exclusive, By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku, Special Correspondent There cannot be another ‘coronation’ on Benin soil, because the Omo N’Oba Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II is the only and rightful King of Benin Kingdom, the Secretary to the Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Mr. Frank Irabor declared on Thursday. Irabor made the declaration in an exclusive interview with Alltimepost.com at the …

Edo State has recorded 36 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), as the government intensifies efforts to contain the third wave of the pandemic and protect citizens. The State COVID-19 Incident Manager, Dr. Andrew Obi, disclosed this after the daily virtual meeting of the State COVID-19 Taskforce, chaired by the State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki. Obi said all is set for …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to sports development in order to positively engage youths in the state. Obaseki gave the assurance when he received the Chairman, Edo Cricket Association, Mr. Uyi Akpata, who led the National Female Cricket Team, on a courtesy visit at the Government House, Benin City. The governor reassured that his …

…assures of decisive action, calls for calm Edo State Government has condemned, in strong terms, the planned coronation of Idriss Addano as the ‘Sultan of Shuwa Arab of Edo State’, describing the purported move as sacrilegious and a threat to peace and security in the state. In a statement, Secretary to the Edo State Government, Osarodion Ogie, Esq., assured citizens …

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State, weekend, expressed concern that his state was in a very difficult situation over the ongoing surrender by repentant insurgents. He said: “We have to critically look between two extreme conditions and decide our future. We have to choose between an endless war or to cautiously accept the surrendered terrorists which is really painful and …

Ahead of  coronation of  the Olu-designate, Omoba Tsola Emiko, as the 21st Olu of Warri Kingdom, Delta State,  on Saturday, Delta State Police Commissioner, Mohammed Ali, has said 1,000 policemen and two squads of anti-bomb unit would be deployed to enhance security in the oil-rich city and Ode-Itsekiri, ancestral home of Itsekiri nation in Warri South Local Government Area of …

…Says judge available to release activist’s associates The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, debunked media reports that no judge was available to sign the warrant for the release of 12 persons arrested at the residence of Yoruba nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, fondly called Sunday Igboho, after they perfected all their bail conditions. Igboho’s associates are yet to …

As the ongoing strike by a section of Nigerian doctors under the umbrella of National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) entered its third week on Monday, senior medical officials including consultants, and others who are engaged on temporary basis by some of the affected tertiary hospitals, are lamenting heavy workload. This is as a few patients with critical conditions who …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says Nigeria is not a failed state and cannot go the way of Afghanistan where the Taliban has taken the rein of power. The minister stated this in Washington DC during his engagements with international media organisations including the BBC Radio and Television, Bloomberg and Politico. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports …