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…wants joint action to check capital flight over medical tourism Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has commended the efforts of researchers who have made remarkable impact in the use of African traditional medicine in the cure of several ailments. Obaseki gave the commendation in Benin City, on the occasion of the celebration of African Traditional Medicine Week by the …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Three police officers of Edo State Police Command attached to “Operation Wabaizigan” have been dismissed and docked at a Benin High Court for alleged conspiracy and stealing of two AK 47 rifles belonging to the Nigeria Police Force. In a charge dated August 2, 2019, the prosecution counsel SP. Peter Ugbumba identified the defendants as Uzor Emmanuel, …

A former senator, Shehu Sani has said that the controversy surrounding the arrest and re-arrest of kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala aka Wadume proves Theophilus Danjuma, a former minister of defence, right about his comment in 2018 that the armed forces collude in the killing of Nigerians. Danajuma, while speaking at the maiden convocation of Taraba State University in 2018, called …

•I’m a political thug, not a kidnapper•I made N6m from a sitting governor•How I escaped from soldiers who wanted to kill me•Slain policemen identified themselves before soldiers killed them•Wadume’s uncle, brother, cousin reveal their roles Suspected kidnap kingpin, Alhaji Hamisu Balla, a.k.a Wadume, who has been in the middle of the raging storm between the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved wide-ranging reforms in the broadcasting industry, including the licensing of online radio and television stations. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this in Abuja on Friday when members of the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria visited his officce. “I just want to use this opportunity to inform you that Mr President has actually already approved …

Senator Dino Malaye on Friday, vowed to appeal the tribunal judgement sacking him from the Senate. The Kogi State National Assembly/State Assembly Election Petition Tribunal judgment, had earlier ruled in favour of Senator Smart Adeyemi (APC) who had challenged Melaye’s victory at the poll. Disclosing this via his tweeter handle, the outspoken senator who is also contesting for the gubernatorial …

An election tribunal sitting in Lokoja, Kogi State, has nullified the election of Dino Melaye, senator representing Kogi West. The tribunal ordered a fresh election to be conducted in the senatorial district. Mr Melaye’s closest rival, Smart Adeyemi of the APC, had challenged his victory at the tribunal. Mr Melaye was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2007 to …

The newly appointed Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said he knows little about the policies and operations of his ministry, adding that all he knows about the ministry was what he read in the newspapers. He said this when he visited the ministry shortly after he was inaugurated and assigned a portfolio alongside others by President Muhammadu Buhari …

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE SWEARING-IN OF SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION AND MINISTERS AT STATE HOUSE, ABUJA, WEDNESDAY 21ST AUGUST 2019 Protocols: Today marks another milestone in the history of my second term in Office, after Nigerians overwhelmingly voted the All Progressives Congress during the 2019 general …

The long-awaited list of the ministerial-designates for the second term in office of President Muhammadu Buhari has been released and former ministers, Rotimi Amaechi, Lai Mohammed, Chris Ngige, Adamu Adamu and a host of others retained their portfolios. This is just as former Lagos State governor, Babatunde Fashola, who had Works, Power and Housing would only be in charge of Works and …