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Telegram and Signal continue to surge following WhatsApp’s privacy backlash—tens of millions of you are now using these messengers for the first time. But, just like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal have critical settings you must change before you start using the apps. Here’s what you need to do now. GETTY Both Signal and Telegram come with default settings you absolutely need to change—you …

By Okhide Em’ya David Edo state chapter of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) has petitioned the National Secretariat of the party to reverse the appointment of Senator Domingo Obende as Chairman, Niger State Registration committee because “he is not a member of the APC.” In a statement signed by Col David Imuse, Rtd, who is the Chairman, Caretaker Committee of …

Amid worsening insecurity in Edo State, Governor Godwin Obaseki has expressed dismay that no reasonable progress has been made in the investigations into the jailbreaks that greeted the #EndSARS protests in the state last year. Obaseki, therefore tasked the Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu to ensure that the state is free of crime, noting that government will work closely with …

By Okhide Em’ya David Edo State Government has been asked to engage all stakeholders, including Youths and Heads of Communities whose forests the Kidnappers host their victims, as well as Security Agencies including Local Vigilante Groups, Hunters, Civil Societies and the Media to tackle worsening insecurity across the length and breadth of the State. Stakeholders made the  Executive Policy recommendations  …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON AND OKHIDE EM’YA DAVID Unknown gunmen have abducted the Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Benin City. Sources revealed that the NIS spokeswoman Mrs. Bridget Esene was waylaid and whisked away by the gun wielding gang while on her way to church at Ikhueniro area of the state …

According to the Presidency, the IGP has ordered the arrest of Igboho over the incident that transpired in Ibarapa last Friday. If there is anything that is a consensus in Nigeria today, it is the security challenges rocking every part of the nation. People wake up every day doubting their existence for another 24 hours because of insecurity perpetrated by …

In this interview with a popular broadcaster, Kola Olootu, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, speaks on why he gave a quit order to killer herdsmen in the Ibarapa area of Oke Ogun, Oyo State. WALE OYEWALE, who monitored the interview online, brings the excerpts We heard that you have been arrested, is that true? God forbid. You were seen …

(CNN) Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87. King hosted “Larry King Live” on CNN for over 25 years, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie stars and everyday people. He retired in 2010 after taping more than 6,000 episodes of the show. …

Edo State Government and the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) have concluded plans for the procurement and installation of Hydromet Flood Early Warning System, Automatic and Manual Weather Stations and DCP-Data Collection Platform for River Gauging in Edo State. Edo State Project Coordinator of NEWMAP, Dr. Tom Obaseki, in a publication for bid made available to journalists in Benin City, noted that …

Edo State Skills Development Agency (EdoJobs) in partnership with Azura Power Plc has trained youths in the state on welding, cassava production, ruminant animal rearing, fashion design and phone repairs and maintenance to equip the youths with trade skills for self-reliance and improve their livelihood. Managing Director of EdoJobs, Ukinebo Dare, during the flag-off of the training session, said that …