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By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Police in Benin have arrested a 54-year-old woman popularly known as ‘Area Mama’ with four other armed robbery suspects in connection with the robbery of two Reverend Fathers. The woman, Hannah Ibadin with four other male suspects were alleged to have robbed their victims (names withheld) both of Saint Augustine’s Catholic Church, Benin City Edo State of …

To reinvest proceeds in Benin Industrial Park. Divestment valued at N2.1bn In its determination to explore financial instruments to fast-track the development of the Benin Enterprise and Industrial Park project, the Edo State Government has concluded plans to divest 50 per cent of its equity stake in the Edo Azura Power Project valued at N2.1billion for onward investment in the …

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last general election, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has concluded plans to file an appeal tomorrow challenging the outcome of the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal (PEPT). THISDAY gathered that ahead of Wednesday’s deadline for an appeal against the tribunal’s judgement, Atiku had put together 70 points as grounds for the …

Nobel laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, says the Muhammadu Buhari administration has attained an “unprecedented level of paranoia” following the charges of treason filed against the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. In a statement on Saturday, Soyinka said the nation had failed to learn from past experiences. He said, “This is utterly depressing news. So, the Sowore affair has moved beyond …

Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, has applauded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Office of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIO) for bold steps at stamping out sharp practices in the disbursement of the $322.5 m Abacha loot currently being disbursed to Nigerians under the Conditional Cash Transfer Program. Rev David Ugolor, ANEEJ Executive …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Forty four year-old suspect has confessed to the gruesome murder of a woman, her daughter a nursing mother, and her six months old baby boy at Iguadolor Community in Ovia North East local government area of Edo State on Wednesday, September 11, 2019. The man, Mr. Edoghogho Omoregbe was arrested by police following a tip-off on Tuesday, …

All indications to this point are that Iran is in some way responsible for the Sept. 14 attack on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, a senior Defense Department official said. At a Pentagon news conference today, Jonathan Rath Hoffman, assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs, said the attack on two civilian facilities has had a dramatic impact …

The harmattan is coming early for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In one week alone, the party lost at the presidential election tribunal, and also left daggers in the backs of two of its contestants in governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa, only a few months away to the polls. As if that was not enough, one of the party’s …

The Federal government says it has begun several entrepreneurship skill programs to stem the tide of unemployment in the country. Minister of State for Science and Technology, Barrister Mohammed Abdullahi disclosed this on Thursday when the delegates of the Nassarawa State All Progressive Congress (APC) Committee paid him a working courtesy visit in his office in Abuja. He said such …

Officials of the Edo State Government and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) have visited victims of Wednesday flooding in the state to take stock of the damage, assuring those adversely affected of relief materials to cushion the impact of the natural disaster. Speaking to journalists after inspection of the affected areas, Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duties, Hon. …