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Great Benin King, Oba Ewuare II has resoundingly maintained that looted Benin Artifacts are not the property of Edo state government or any private corporate entity that is not a creation of the Benin Kingdom and that they must be returned to the Benin Royal Palace, their original place of abode. The Benin Monarch made the declaration today during his …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost Nigeria Bureau Chief The recent capture and incarceration of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB), a group fighting to secede from the Federal Republic of Nigeria, by the Federal Government of Nigeria, is nothing but a catalyst that will lead to the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra. This …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reassured that the government will sustain collaboration with the military, the Nigeria Police Force, members of the Edo State Community Vigilante Security Network and other security outfits in the state to tackle insecurity on the Benin-Auchi Expressway. The governor gave the assurance when he received Student Union Government (SUG) leadership of the Ambrose …

The Edo State Government has called for increased citizens’ participation in governance and decision making, urging for the support of all Edo people in the realization of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration’s Making Edo Great Again (MEGA) Agenda. Chief of Staff to the Governor, Hon. Osaigbovo Iyoha, gave the charge when he received the executives and members of the Immaculate …

A digital hospitality platform would not only provide a major avenue for other small businesses in the value chain to grow, but would help revive Nigeria’s hospitality industry in general, especially in the aftermath of the COVID-19 global pandemic.  This was the summation of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Thursday night in Abuja where he was special guest of …

Nigeria’s Federal Government, Edo State Government and the Benin Royal Family have concluded meeting in Germany towards the return of stolen Benin artefacts to Edo State. The meeting in Berlin was attended by the German Minister of State for Culture, Prof. Monika Grutters, and Foreign Minister, Mr. Heiko Maas, while the Nigerian delegation include the Minister of Information and Culture, …

The parents and management of the Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Rido, Kaduna State, have raised money to buy foodstuffs being demanded by abductors of the 121 students of the school. Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai A father of one of the abductees, who spoke to one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity on Thursday, said the school asked …

The re-arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPoB, and the recent attack on Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, are expected to top the agenda, as 17 Southern governors meet in Lagos State today. The meeting, which is a follow-up to the last one held in Asaba, Delta State, on May 11, will …

…Threatens to punish him over attacks on Kwara gov The national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has summoned the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed over his recent outbursts against the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The decision was taken at Tuesday’s meeting of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the …

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party National Assembly caucus have thrown their weight behind the resolution of the southern governors on burning national issues. The governors met in Lagos on Monday and demanded the inclusion of the electronic transfer of results in the 2010 Electoral Act amendment Bill 2021 and the inclusion of the state police in the ongoing 1999 …