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Edo State Government has launched a vigilante network to strengthen the state’s security architecture to deal with rising insecurity. The vigilante network, an initiative of Governor Godwin Obaseki, is a community-led effort to galvanise local communities to partner with government security agencies to provide security and protect lives and property in the state. A lead expert on the vigilante scheme, Mr. …

*VP pays tribute to Nigeria’s military heroes and heroines Nigeria is stronger together than apart, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) said on Sunday, calling on Nigerians of all generations and from all walks of life to to commit to ensuring the nation’s unity.Osinbajo made the call against the backdrop of differences in religion, ethnicity, political affiliations, or other diversities in the …

…Police say he is on wanted list By Okhide Em’ya David Efforts by the Edo State Police command and local Vigilante to address worsening insecurity has paid off as a notorious kidnapping suspect who has been on the police wanted list for the past months has been arrested by men of the police command. Investigation revealed that the  suspected hardened …

Concerned Edo Citizens Forum (CECF)  has  called on the Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin  Obaseki to  use his  victory  at an Abuja federal high Court  to reward Edo people with  massive people-oriented infrastructural and Human Capital  development projects to justify the huge confidence reposed on him. The Diaspora Coordinator of the organization, Mr. Fatai Efehi Mustapha, and Convener of …

By Okhide Em’ya David Ruling People’s Democratic Party in Edo State says Governor Obaseki’s victory at the Federal High Court in Abuja clearly demonstrates that information and stories put out by the state All Progressives Congress (APC) were built on falsehood, social greed, intellectual imbecility and pathological irresponsibility. Edo PDP noted: “However, if each and every one of them own …

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has condemned the insecurity across Nigeria, saying the nation’s sovereignty has been taken over by armed groups. He also said President Muhammadu Buhari needs to do more to stop Boko Haram terrorists, bandits and other criminal elements who threaten Nigeria’s security. Mr Soyinka said these during an interview on Arise Television programme on Saturday. “From a self-protective point …

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said Nigerians would require a National Identity Number (NIN) before they can register their vehicles from the second quarter of 2021. In a statement on Saturday, the spokesperson FRSC, Bisi Kazeem, said the decision is in compliance with a presidential directive. “Beginning from the second quarter of this year (2021), If you want to register …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of failing to keep promises it made to the country. Wike insisted that unlike the APC, the PDP had the best interests of the people at heart with its commitment to fulfill all promises. The governor in a statement signed by his Special Assistant, Media, Kelvin Ebiri, spoke …

…says ruling ‘victory for truth, rule of law’ Triumphant Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on the certificate forgery case brought against him by the All Progressives Congress (APC). The governor, in a statement today, said the judgement is a triumph of the rule of law and a testament to …

…says Plaintiffs failed to prove their allegations The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Saturday, dismissed the certificate forgery case the All Progressives Congress, APC, and one of its members, Mr. Williams Edobor, instituted against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. The court, in a judgement that was delivered by Justice Ahmed Mohammed, held that the Plaintiffs, failed to by …