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ABUJA– The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,yesterday, dispatched a high-powered delegation of top police officers, led by a Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG, to meet with elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, following earlier search of his Abuja home by the police. E. K. Clark Recall that the house of the former Federal Commissioner for Information …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has called on Edo people in the Diaspora to join forces with his government in the fight against human trafficking, noting that such a synergy is required to rescue the image and future of the people. The governor, who made the call in his address at the 27th Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW) Convention, …

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma branch has declared a trade dispute with the Edo State Government over what it described as “the abnormal administration of the University for the past one year.” ASUU, citing the government’s failure to reconstitute the Governing Council and poor funding of the Ivory Tower, therefore gave the administration three weeks …

Benin, Nigeria – Abductors of an All Progressives Congress (APC), Chieftain, in Akoko-Edo Local government area of Edo State, Mr. Henry Ashofor who was kidnapped on Saturday are demanding N20m ransom before they would release him from their captivity. According to Vanguard report, the abductors called his wife on Sunday evening making the demands and they were said to have …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday said he was not afraid of free and fair elections in 2019. He said as a beneficiary of credible elections, he would ensure that his administration organises free and fair elections. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said this in Beijing during an interactive …

“I am Leah Sharibu, the girl that was abducted in GGSS Dapchi. I am calling on the government and people of goodwill to intervene to get me out of my current situation. I also plead with members of the public to help my mother, my father, my younger brother and relatives. Kindly help me out of my predicament. I am …

What appears a push to curtail the pace of reform being implemented at the State Security Service (SSS) has brought President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, head-to-head with Director-General Matthew Seiyefa, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. Already, multiple sources said, Mr Kyari has ordered Mr Seiyefa, who was named to the position only last month following the sack …

Edo National Association World-wide (ENAW) 27th convention which officially opened today in Toronto, Canada has provided the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration the opportunity to shine lights on its innovative economic and educational reforms and programs before thousands of Edo indigenes from around the globe. The event actually started yesterday August 31, 2018 with the women’s conference, organized by the Women …

In an apparent reversal of its earlier position on the mode of elections during its forthcoming primaries, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has said that direct elections would be adopted for all its primaries. Briefing journalists at the end of the NEC meeting Thursday in Abuja, Plateau state Governor, Simon Lalong had said when the matter came up for …

ABUJA – In the aftermath of the presidential declaration of Senate President Bukola Saraki, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole says his claim that Mr Saraki wanted to destroy the APC before leaving has now been vindicated. This was as he vowed to reclaim Kwara state from the vice grip of Sen. Saraki and end …