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The Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in the 2019 general elections Mr Omoyele Sowore has been expelled. Sowore who was arrested last week by the operatives of the Department of the State Service, DSS, at his residence for championing #RevolutionNow movement was expelled along with 28 other persons. According to Punch the party took the decision at …

Traffic on Abuja-Kaduna highway due to protesting drivers. Source: Twitter Commercial vehicles drivers are reportedly protesting on the Kaduna-Abuja highway over the alleged shooting of one of them by the police. The protesting drivers have blocked the highway, making vehicular movement difficult. A Twitter user, @donsnupy, who called on Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai to come to his aid, revealed …

*Ask army to explain whereabouts of freed kidnapped suspects The Nigeria Police Force, Thursday, flayed the statement by the Nigerian Army following the killing of three of its personnel and injuring others on Wednesday, in Taraba State by soldiers. Besides, the police said the statement by the army was silent on the source of the alleged distress report or identity …

Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency as a way to addressing the state of insecurity in the country. Soyinka pointedly described insecurity generally in the country as calamitous. He said this in Akure while speaking with newsmen at the Fagunwa Study Group 2nd International Conference with the theme: Wole …

•Detention order renewable after 45 days, says judge•Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEF, Osuntokun, Gbagi flay court ruling•It’s bad news for genuine democracy — Ozekhome•Proponents of forceful takeover of govt, enemies of Nigeria — APC•SERAP seeks UN intervention over attacks on journalists, protesters•Buhari doesn’t hear Nigerians, says Sowore’s lawyer Strong voices from various groups and notable persons in the actvist community and civil …

…Says Oba Ewuare has brought peace, orderliness, development and progress to Benin Kingdom BY EMMAN OKUNS Members of the Benin Royal Family in North America have been urged to look beyond the euphoria of their reunion and the need to help one another, to initiate efforts that will improve the living conditions of Benin people in their homeland. United States-based …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the payment of August salary for workers who are willing to receive their pay, ahead of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, which will be observed next week. The governor gave the approval at the Weekly State Executive Council meeting held at Government House, Benin City, the Edo State capital. Civil servants in the state …

…assuresProject Electrify Edo will restore night life Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has pledged support for reforms that would help reposition the creative industry and put it on positive growth trajectory. Obaseki made the pledge in Benin City while playing host to members of Edo State chapter of Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN), in Government House, Benin City. …

Following successfully screening at the Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday, Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday swore in three new commissioners and assigned them portfolios. According to Obaseki, the swearing was necessary to drive his mission to reposition the state for prosperity. The ceremony was performed by Obaseki during the weekly State Executive Council meeting in …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Operatives of the Edo State Command of the Department of State Services (DSS), have paraded two youths for allegedly impersonating the Nigeria Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and the wife of the president, Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, on the internet. The two alleged internet fraudsters, Amos Ehis Asuelimen, 30, a student of business administration department, Ambrose Alli University …