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In compliance with the Presidential directive that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) be overhauled, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris on Tuesday renamed the outfit. The outfit according to the Police chief will be known as Federal SpecialAnti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). The IG has also directed that all personnel under the new outfit should undergo medical and psychological evaluation. …

Following persistent complaints and reports on the activities of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) that border on allegations of human rights violations, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to, with immediate effect, overhaul the management and activities of SARS. Any unit that will emerge from the process, he said, should be intelligence-driven and …

Edo State Government has taken into custody two abandoned children, around the Faith Mediplex complex and the third junction axis of the state. The Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, which took custody of the children, promised to reconnect them with their families. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Magdalene Ohenhen, who was at the Faith …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that the deepening of partnership with the World Bank in agricultural development would usher the state into a new era of prosperity, which will directly impact on the lives of Edo people. The governor, who said this during a lunch with a team from the World Bank at the Government House in …

  BENIN CITY – Some diabetes patients of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) experienced a set-back in the management of their health challenges, following the breakdown of a glucometer at the General Practice Clinic (GPC) of the hospital in Benin City on Sunday. The patients, most of whom were old men and women on doctors’ appointment arrived the …

WASHINGTON — President Donald J. Trump on Monday signed the $717 billion Fiscal 2019 National Defense Authorization Act at a ceremony at Fort Drum, New York. The act – named for Arizona Sen. John S. McCain – authorizes a 2.6 percent military pay raise and increases the active duty forces by 15,600 service members. “With this new authorization, we will …

The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has disclosed what he called “the main reason” why he visited ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta on Monday. Saraki had held a closed-door meeting with former President Olusegun Obasanjo at the latter’s pent house within the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library in Abeokuta on Monday. Saraki, who came in a black Toyota Land Cruiser in …

…Visits victims, says police studying CCTV footage of attacks …Pledges to support victims’ families   Following the aborted robbery attacks on Keystone Bank in Igarra last week that claimed the lives of six people, including a Police Inspector, two civilians and three armed robbery suspects, Edo state Government will train 1800 youths in the state to help forestall future attacks …

The National Identity Management Commission has commenced the training of National Orientation Agency officers in the 23 local government areas of Kaduna State on the importance of obtaining National Identity Numbers. “Gone are those days when tribal marks were used to identify persons. Nowadays, you must have an Identity Number to be a genuine citizen or legal resident of Nigeria,” …

KATSINA — Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Emir of Kano, Dr. Muhammad Sanusi, yesterday, called on all concerned to ensure political leaders sign peace pacts against use of youth for violence during the polls to help the nation’s democracy to mature. Sanusi spoke in Katsina while delivering an address, entitled: “Youth, Security and National Development in Nigeria,” an …