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The Senate on Tuesday summoned the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola to appear before its committees on Interior, Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters to explain the reason for the recently introduced free visa entry policy. Also summoned by the Senate is the Comptroller – General of Nigerian Immigration Service ( NIC) Mohammad Babandede Resolutions of the Senate was …

An enraged US President Donald Trump said he was being subjected to an “attempted coup” and a witch trial as Democrats set a historic impeachment vote for Wednesday. In an extraordinarily angry six-page letter, Trump on Tuesday told Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the Democratic-led House of Representatives, that “history will judge you harshly.” Referring to a famous miscarriage of justice …

FG is universities’ workers’ employer, says UNNNo pay, no work, Ibadan varsity lecturers tell FG There were indications on Tuesday that  university lecturers, who failed to register for the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, might face a bleak Christmas as the Federal Government insisted on a directive of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on the payroll system. …

(CNN)Former Pakistan President and military ruler Pervez Musharraf has been sentenced to death in absentia for high treason following a six-year legal case. A three-member special court in Islamabad on Tuesday convicted Musharraf of violating the constitution by unlawfully declaring emergency rule while he was in power, in a case that had been pending since 2013. The 76-year-old former leader, who has …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Operatives of Edo Police Command have apprehended a suspected Inter-state robber and recovered a Toyota Highlander Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) from him. The suspect, Abiodun Oluwafemi allegedly stole the vehicle marked SMK -289 EA from where it was parked in a mechanic workshop in Ajegunle area of Lagos State. The Commissioner of Police in Edo State CP …

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has seized and burnt over 14.3 tonnes of illicit drugs and crops in six different camps raided by its operatives in Ondo and Edo states. Mr Haruna Gagara, NDLEA Commandant in Ondo State, told newsmen in Akure that his team also apprehended a notorious cannabis merchant, Ohimai Ayodele, 51, in Uzebba, suspected …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated the Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, on the celebration of this year’s Igue Festival. In a statement, Obaseki said: “On behalf of the Government of Edo State, I congratulate the Omo N’ Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin, all Benin people and our …

…Edo gets 80 percent of apex bank’s N30bn agric intervention The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has invested N69bn in Edo State Oil Palm Programme (ESOPP), an initiative of the Godwin Obaseki-led administration to rejuvenate the sector for global competitiveness. The apex bank’s governor, Godwin Emefiele, at the launch of the programme in Benin City, said Edo with Nigeria’s largest …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja signed the 2020 appropriation bill of N10,594,362,364,830 into law. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the budget was increased from N10.33 trillion to N10.594billion by the National Assembly. NAN observed that N560.47 billion of the total budget is for statutory transfers while N2.7 trillion is for debt service. Other breakdown of the budget include …

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress has announced the lifting of the suspension of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state. The committee also lifted the suspension of former governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun; and his Imo counterpart, Senator Rochas Okorocha. The NWC at its meeting also lifted the suspension of the Director General of Voice …