The police and the military are in a race to recapture the suspected kidnap kingpin in Taraba State, Alhaji Hamisu Bala Wadume, albeit for different reasons, THISDAY investigations have revealed. Wadume escaped from police custody last week when soldiers shot at a team of policemen from a special squad that came from Abuja to arrest him, killing three of the …
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The Registrar and Chief Executive, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, Prof. Segun Ajiboye on Monday said it has written to the National Youth Service Corp Director-General to stop posting graduates without education degrees to teach in schools. Ajiboye lamented that most of those posted to teach in the mandatory one year scheme do not have the qualification to teach. Ajiboye …
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Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, Minister designate, Dr. Osagie Ehanire and Senator Domingo Obende, were on Saturday morning joined by other golfers to tee-off a golf tournament organized as part of activities to mark the 80th birthday of the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, in Benin City. Addressing journalists, the …
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has felicitated with Muslim faithful on the occasion of Eid-el-Kabir, urging them to deepen their relationship with Allah and promote a life of sacrifice and love. In a statement, the governor urged all Muslims in the state and beyond to use the opportunity to pray for the progress of Nigeria and the peaceful coexistence …
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Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has said that his administration was creating more economic opportunities for residents of the state to reverse illegal migration and human trafficking. According to the governor, creating such opportunities in areas most prone to irregular migration and human trafficking, would discourage people from undertaking risky journeys and provide the needed incentives for them to realise …
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A Lagos-based lawyer has taken the Nigerian government before a federal court seeking an order compelling it to unconditionally release all persons arrested and detained in connection with the #RevolutionNow protest. Olukoya Ogungbeje, a human rights activist, in the suit before the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court, is also seeking an order compelling the respondents to “unfailingly produce” …
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•Who can stop us when the people are with us? When Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, last month, stated that he was demonstrating what his predecessor and unquestionably, political mentor, National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, taught his followers, including him, many accused him of impertinence, but cautiously looking at events in the past few …
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The annual reunion of the Oloke Family of the Great Benin Kingdom, USA branch, begins today at the Springhill Suites Marriot, located on 5851 Rogerdale Road in Houston, Texas, United States of America. The event, which would be attended by members of the family from various parts of the US and beyond will end on Sunday August 11, 2019. The …
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A local lawmaker in Akwa Ibom state has appeared before a state High Court in Uyo for allegedly assaulting a woman and stripping her naked in the public. The accused, Uduak Nseobot, is a councillor in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State. Mr Nseobot and his wife, Aniedi, were charged to court on July 11 by the Akwa …
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The African Action Congress, AAC, Friday, at a special national convention held in Owerri, sacked no fewer than 28 of its officers, including the party’s national chairman and presidential candidate, Omoleye Sowore, and elected new ones. The process, which was monitored by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, started with a remark by the Chairman of the Convention …
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