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By Femi Adesina Love in Tokyo is the title of a 1966 film that became a hit at the box office. Since then, when men and women, boys and girls show affection to one another publicly, you often hear “love in Tokyo.” But we only landed in Tokyo, and took a 30 minutes drive to Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city. …

In actualisation of its determination to weed out unqualified graduates from its mobilisation process and ensure more credibility, the National Youth Service Corps has uncovered six persons who attempted to register with fake certificates during registration in its Orientation Camps. Three of the culprits who were apprehended in Taraba State Orientation Camp claimed to have graduated from Istop University, Cotonou …

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and US President Donald Trump speak during a bilateral meeting on the third day of the annual G7 Summit in Biarritz, south-west France, August 26, 2019. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that the G7 group had made a “big step forward” in talks with Iran at a summit in southwestern France. “It’s …

The Presidency has denied several stories and visuals circulating in the social media about the purported harassment of President Muhammadu Buhari by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra in Japan. It said on Monday that Buhari had had nothing to do with IPOB since arriving in Yokohama, Japan. The President had jetted out of the country on Sunday …

The immediate-past Minister of Communication, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, said he was shocked when his name was not included on the ministerial list. Shittu, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said although he did not expect that he would not be reappointed, as a Muslim, he took it as his fate. The ex-minister said, …

…wants joint action to check capital flight over medical tourism Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has commended the efforts of researchers who have made remarkable impact in the use of African traditional medicine in the cure of several ailments. Obaseki gave the commendation in Benin City, on the occasion of the celebration of African Traditional Medicine Week by the …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Three police officers of Edo State Police Command attached to “Operation Wabaizigan” have been dismissed and docked at a Benin High Court for alleged conspiracy and stealing of two AK 47 rifles belonging to the Nigeria Police Force. In a charge dated August 2, 2019, the prosecution counsel SP. Peter Ugbumba identified the defendants as Uzor Emmanuel, …

A former senator, Shehu Sani has said that the controversy surrounding the arrest and re-arrest of kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala aka Wadume proves Theophilus Danjuma, a former minister of defence, right about his comment in 2018 that the armed forces collude in the killing of Nigerians. Danajuma, while speaking at the maiden convocation of Taraba State University in 2018, called …

•I’m a political thug, not a kidnapper•I made N6m from a sitting governor•How I escaped from soldiers who wanted to kill me•Slain policemen identified themselves before soldiers killed them•Wadume’s uncle, brother, cousin reveal their roles Suspected kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Balla, a.k.a Wadume, who has been in the middle of the raging storm between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved wide-ranging reforms in the broadcasting industry, including the licensing of online radio and television stations. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this in Abuja on Friday when members of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria visited his officce. “I just want to use this opportunity to inform you that Mr President has actually already approved …