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…Reveals Edo’s community policing model Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has reiterated the call for the restructuring of the Nigeria Police Force, to make room for community-driven policing, urging for better funding for security to secure the lives and property of Nigerians. The governor, who said this at the South South Nigeria Police Force Regional Security Summit 2019 themed, Strategic …

…Tasks Law Reforms Commission to compile new Edo laws within 12 months Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday inaugurated the Law Reforms and Local Government Service Commissions, charging members of both bodies  to support his administration’s zero-tolerance for corruption. Obaseki, who noted that institutional reform is pivotal in the agenda of his administration, urged the newly inaugurated commissions …

Comrade Festus Alenkhe has been re-elected Chairman of the Nigerian Red Cross Socifestusety, Edo State branch.  The election which saw 13 positions occupied was conducted at the end of the 2019 annual general meeting (AGM) of the branch, with the National President of the Nigerian Red Cross Society, Elder Chief Bolaji Anani Akpan in attendance. Speaking with newsmen after the …

The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has disclosed that the 2020 budget proposal of the federal government will be passed next week. Lawan, who spoke at plenary on Tuesday, said the budget estimate, which would have been passed this week by the upper chamber, will be passed before the end of next week. He emphasised that the Senate will by …

The Senate on Tuesday canvassed for the upgrading of Ibadan airport to international standard like those in Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja. It also tasked the federal government on the need to complete the abandoned multi-million naira Ajaokuta-Oturkpo railway project. The upper legislative chamber at plenary urged the Federal Ministry of Aviation and other relevant authorities to upgrade the Ibadan …

Barely 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the police to arrest the killer of the Women Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Ochadamu, Ofu Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State, Mrs. Salome Abu, the state Police Command has announced the arrest of six suspects in connection with the murder. Abu was killed by thugs suspected to …

Members of Catholic Diocese of Warri, Delta state have embarked on a march against ritual killings, internet fraud by Yahoo Boys, pleading that they could still make it in life if they embraced hard work. Led by Reverend Father Emmanuel Obadjere, Director Justice Development and Peace Commission, JDPC of the Diocese and the Priest in charge of St Williams Catholic …

A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, further adjourned trial until Dec. 2, of a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenandi Usman, and others, over N4.6 billion Money laundering charges. Usman is standing trial alongside a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, Yusuf Danjuma, a former Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), and a …

Says ‘Presidents are not kings’ Washington (CNN) – A federal judge decided Monday that President Donald Trump’s former White House counsel Don McGahn must testify to the House of Representatives in its impeachment probe. “However busy or essential a presidential aide might be, and whatever their proximity to sensitive domestic and national-security projects, the President does not have the power …

Washington (CNN) – The House of Representatives will not get President Donald Trump’s financial records for now, the Supreme Court said on Monday. The ruling is a win for Trump, who is fighting on several fronts to shield the records from becoming public.In a brief order, the court granted the President’s emergency request to block a subpoena from House Democrats …