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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said the state government has concluded plans to launch an operation to comb forests in the state for killer herdsmen, as the state government intensifies efforts to flush out criminals from the state. The governor disclosed this when he led heads of security agencies in the state on a fact-finding tour in Ugo community, …

Washington (CNN) A prosecutor in Fulton County, Georgia, has opened a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump for his “attempts to influence the administration of the 2020 Georgia general election.” In a letter sent Wednesday to numerous Georgia state election officials, including Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis requested that they preserve documents related to Trump’s phone …

The U.S. Senate is hearing arguments for and against convicting former President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. WASHINGTON, DC — Day Two of the second impeachment trial for former President Donald Trump is underway, as the U.S. Senate continues to hear arguments for and against convicting Trump for his role in the deadly Jan. …

Self-acclaimed freedom fighter, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, on Tuesday, accused the Federal Government of freezing his bank accounts, following the notice to quit he gave killer-herdsmen in Oyo State. Igboho, who spoke to Vanguard, confirmed that all his bank accounts have been frozen by the Federal Government because some people were collecting donations. However, Igboho said …

A member of the Senate representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Tolulope Odebiyi, has urged the President, Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to take an immediate action against killer herdsmen in the country. Odebiyi made this known during plenary on Wednesday while lamenting the influx of criminal herdsmen into Nigeria from neighbouring countries. The senator said, “It is an indictment on our leadership …

The initial court order freezing the accounts of the activists was widely condemned as an attack on democracy. The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the accounts of 20 #EndSARS campaigners targeted by the apex bank after last year’s anti-police brutality demonstrations. PREMIUM TIMES reported on Sunday how the accounts of the …

The Nigerian police still routinely interfere in civil cases despite rebukes by the courts and clear provisions of the law. Early 2019, two months after he sold 2,000 fingerlings, the buyer returned to complain that all the fish had died and to demand either a refund of her money or replacement of the fish. “I told her there was no …

The plan to #OccupyLekkiTollGate came barely a day after the controversial ruling of the Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry to reopen the Lekki Tollgate. To counter the planned February 13 #OccupyLekkiTollGate protest at the tollgate plaza, some youth have announced a #DefendLagos rally to hold at the same venue. The plan to #OccupyLekkiTollGate came barely a day after the controversial …

Some of the country’s most notable diplomats, lawyers and teachers of diplomacy have asked the Senate to reject the nomination of the service chiefs as ambassador. Foreign affairs experts, including a former ambassador, academic and lawyers have called on the national assembly and even countries where they will be posted to reject President Muhammadu Buhari’s nomination of the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors. …

*VP says the people are the party at APC membership & revalidation exercise in Ikenne *Adds: State Police will improve security We must resist any attempt to destroy the unity of this country. Our people have lived and worked together for decades, even centuries, Nigeria’s Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday. He added: “While we must attend to the cries …