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By Okhide Em’ya David Hardened suspected kidnapper who operates in Police Uniform, was among 41 suspected hardened criminals, paraded by the Edo State Police Command on Friday. During the operation 8 members of the suspected criminal gang were killed. The new Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Phillip Aliyu Ogbadu, while briefing the Media on his exploits in Benin during the …

Article 29 of the Vienna Convention protects diplomats from arrest and detention and grants them immunity from civil or criminal prosecution. President Muhammadu Buhari’s surprise nomination on Thursday of his immediate past service chiefs as non-career ambassadors may have been to shield them from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for atrocities and rights abuses committed by the Nigerian …

South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee withdrew her bid to lead the World Trade Organisation, leaving former Nigerian Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the only remaining candidate for the job, Bloomberg reports Friday. Yoo was said made the decision after discussions with the United States and other major nations, and took various issues into account “comprehensively” including the need to …

By Okhide  Em’ya David Thursday   February 4, 2021 scheduled continuous hearing in the Case of murder of Okaighele of Kolokolo Community in Ologbo Dukedom, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria, Mr. Sunny Etchie and two other Youth Leaders, Okuomuose  Omorodion and  Genesis Orji was stalled by the absence of a Senior State Counsel , Mrs Osasu O Ewemade. The case was brought …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has nominated all the service chiefs who were changed last week as non-career ambassadors. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday titled “President Buhari nominates Olonisakin, Buratai, Ibas, Abubakar, Usman as non-career ambassadors.” Adesina said their names have been sent to …

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Ebun Adegboruwa, has faulted the extension of the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police for three months. The PUNCH had reported that the Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, on Thursday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), extended Adamu’s tenure. He said the extension was necessary to give room for the proper selection of …

A renowned Islamic Scholar Sheikh Dr Ahmed Mahmoud Gummi has said that “what is currently happening in Zamfara is insurgency and not banditry”. Gummi who was briefing Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State at Government House today said the bandits have completely turned into insurgents following the bad treatment from the people of the state. “In most of the bandits …

Minister of Police Affairs, Mohammad Dingyadi, on Thursday, said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), has extended the tenure of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police for three months. The minister disclosed this in an interview with State House correspondents at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said the extension was necessary to give room for the proper selection of …

Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have written their branches to commence strike from tomorrow (Friday). A copy of the notice signed by SSANU National President, Mohammed Ibrahim, and NASU General Secretary, Peters Adeyemi, was obtained by our correspondent on Thursday. The PUNCH reports that the non-teaching staff in the universities had …

The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II has suspended Mr. Harrison Okao as Ohenosa of Holy Arousa Cathedral over alleged unauthorised ministration. A statement by the Secretary, Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Frank Irabor said the suspension is based on recommendation from the Joint Elders Committee of the Cathedral and some senior chiefs of the Benin palace. …