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Ten months after resisting arrest, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday arrested a former Director-General of the Department of State Services, Mr Ita Ekpenyong, who led the agency from 2010 to 2015. Operatives of the DSS had on November 21, 2017 prevented men of the EFCC from arresting Ekpenyong and a former boss of the National Intelligence Agency, …

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department will establish a sixth branch of the armed forces, the U.S. Department of the Space Force, by 2020, Vice President Mike Pence announced on Thursday. In a speech at the Pentagon, the vice president also announced plans to establish a new combatant command — U.S. Space Command — as well as a Space Operations Force …

The acting Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS), Matthew Seiyefa, says the service is reviewing all cases of alleged unlawful detentions and human rights abuses by the service. The acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, appointed Mr Seiyefa after sacking the former Director-General, Lawal Daura, for unauthorised deployment of operatives of the service to lay siege to the National Assembly complex. …

No fewer than 10 persons have been reportedly killed by suspected armed robbers in Igarra, in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. Although details of the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing the report, it was gathered that the attack occurred …

The Edo Development and Property Agency (EDPA) has opened a new car park in its premises to the public, in a renewed effort to decongest portions of Sokponba Road and Murtala Mohammed Way, by 3rd Junction in Benin City, the state capital. The car park, which can take up to 60 cars, is an effort by the agency to repurpose …

ABUJA– Strong indications have emerged today that the National Assembly will reconvene next week to consider and pass the proposed budget for the 2019 elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The National Assembly will call off the break to consider the letter of President Muhammadu Buhari on the proposed sum of N164 billion to be provided for through …

The Benue State government has described as political witch-hunt the freezing of the accounts of the state by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mike Gusa, said this when he was contacted on the telephone to confirmed the freezing of the state accounts but said the state government had gone to challenge the …

Senator Godswill Akpabio has formally defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress. He made the announcement at a mega rally held at the Ikot Ekpene township stadium on Wednesday and declared that he was taking the state to the centre. No fewer than 30 APC’s senators and members of National Working Committee (NWC) were on hand to receive the ex-senate …

The twenty-two members of the Benue State House of Assembly on Wednesday took over the Assembly complex following the withdrawal of Policemen from the complex.Our correspondent who visited the complex discovered that the stern looking policemen have been withdrawn. It was also gathered that the official members of the State Assembly were allowed access into the complex and inspected the …

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has predicted that Nigerian youth, with their population, could determine the outcome of the 2019 general elections. He also revealed that the Osun State governorship election, slated for September 22, would feature the highest number of contestants in the history of governorship elections in Nigeria so far. Speaking during …