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Nigerians on social media have decried the alarming rate of violent killings being perpetrated in Benue State by suspected herders. Trending the hashtag #BenueUnderAttack on Friday, Nigerian Twitter users called the attention of authorities to gory images as evidence of mass killings. Over 200 people have been reportedly killed in the last month in Benue. Earlier in the week, PREMIUM …

Major General Faruk Yahaya was born on 5 January 1966 in Sifawa and hails from Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State. He was granted Regular Combatant Commission as a member of 37 Regular Course on 22 September 1990 in the rank of Second Lieutenant with seniority in the same rank effective 27 September 1985. He is of the Nigerian …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, met with a delegation of the United Nations to bolster the government’s efforts at containing the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and further reduce the menace of irregular migration. The delegation, headed by the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Edward Kallon, was received at Government House in Benin City. Receiving the visitors on behalf …

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, on Thursday, tackled the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for appointing a northerner as the Chief of Army Staff yet again. National Coordinator of HURIWA, Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement said the President’s refusal to appoint a COAS from the South-Eastern zone of the country shows that he does …

…Slams appellant with 1.2m fine By Okhide Em’ya David The Court of Appeal, sitting in Benin, on Wednesday, upheld the ruling of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal against the Action Democratic Party (ADP), reaffirming the victory of Governor Godwin Obaseki at the 2020 governorship election.The Judgement comes barely two months after the Elections Petitions Tribunal struck out the …

Findings by the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Special Visitation Panel have revealed how the immediate past Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Ignatius Akhakhia Onimawo, wrongfully appointed and promoted his wife, Mrs. Janet Onimawo and other cronies, against the rules of the University. The panel noted that due process was not observed in the conversion and appointment of Mrs. Janet …

President Muhammad Buhari has appointed Farouk Yahaya, a major general, as the new chief of army staff. This was contained in a statement by the acting Director of Defence Information, Onyema Nwachukwu. Mr Yahaya replaces Ibrahim Attahiru, a lieutenant general, who died in an air crash alongside 10 other officers and men of the army, last week. Until his appointment, the …

•Akeredolu seeks return to 1963 constitution•Okowa demands new document, not amendment•Lagos wants special status•NLC, NULGE seek retention of minimum wage, LG autonomy The process for reviewing the 1999 Constitution as altered gathered momentum yesterday with clamours for creation of state police, devolution of powers to the states, creation of more states, restructuring and fiscal federalism featuring prominently in presentations made …

Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar and Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye yesterday urged the Federal Government to alter their strategies to halt the worsening security situation. They said it was impossible to continue doing things the same way and expect a different result. To the Sultan, it is time to talk less and more. They spoke at the commencement …

The Presidency has explained why President Muhammadu Buhari did not attend the funeral of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other military officers who died in an air crash in Kaduna. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who spoke on Arise TV programme monitored in Lagos, hinted that the President …