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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has revealed that plans are underway to amend laws in the state to provide for stiffer measures aimed at curbing thuggery and cultism. The governor disclosed this when he played host to the new Commander, 107 Air Maritime Group of the Nigerian Air Force, Wing Commander Fatai Ayinla Ganiyu, at the Government House in …

24 hours after being declared wanted by the police over the disappearance of an Army General, Mohammed Idris Alkali (retd), three suspects on Friday voluntarily surrendered themselves to the Plateau State Police Command in Jos. A source said the other suspects were also ready to surrender themselves but were waiting to see how the persons who already surrendered to the …

Edo State Government has completed the audit of roads across the state to determine the areas and level of intervention needed to bring them to good shape, as part of efforts to fast-track improvement in road infrastructure across the state. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said in Benin during week that the …

•Nobody can win in Imo without my support — Okorocha •Akinlade’ll read Ogun’s next year budget as gov — Amosun •Protests in Zamfara over INEC’s disqualification •Oshiomhole’s associates move against plot to oust him   Governors Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday, dismissed the tag of ‘bad losers’ put on them by the All …

The Nigerian army has discovered a shallow grave in where the missing immediate past Chief of Administration (Army, retired Major General Idris Alkali, was killed and buried. General Officer Commanding 3 Division, Major General Benson Akinroluyo,, in a press briefing in Plateau state on Friday, said the army’s search team discovered the grave while on search for the missing general. …

“A party that wants to deliver change should not fake a pregnancy. The APC reneged on its word, breached its laws, concurred with illegalities and inanities and suppressed its appeal panel report,” Shehu Sani said. The primary elections organised by the All Progressives Congress (APC) is “organised crime and a coronation of fraud”, Shehu Sani, the senator representing Kaduna Central …

The 2018 edition of New Media, Citizens & Governance Conference opens for the second day this morning in Abuja. Speakers from across Africa and beyond would be speaking throughout the day. Enough Is Enough, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria and BudgIT Nigeria — the major partners for the conference — plan to use this year’s edition to highlight the broadening function of …

The Publisher of the online Daily Nigerian newspaper, Jaafar Jaafar, has appeared before lawmakers at the Kano State House of Assembly investigating the bribery allegation against Kano State Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. We published stories from the videos, sourced from Daily Nigerian, which showed the Kano governor receiving bribe in dollars at different instances. The total bribe is said to be …

Ethiopia on Thursday appointed a woman to the largely ceremonial position of president for the first time. In a unanimous vote, Ethiopian lawmakers picked career diplomat Sahle-Work Zewde to replace Mulatu Teshome who resigned. Sahle-Work, who is in her late 60s, has been Ethiopia’s ambassador to France, Djibouti, Senegal and the regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). Just …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has reacted to a suit filed by an Edo State-based activist, Osadalor Ochie, challenging the failure of the commission to file fraud charges against former governor Adams Oshiomhole. Mr Oshiomole was governor of Edo State from 2008 to 2016. In the suit, Mr Ochie is asking the court to compel the EFCC to …