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By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON BENIN CITY – An angry mob set ablaze, the residence of a police officer alleged to have ordered the arrest and torture which resulted in the death of his tenant in Benin City on Tuesday. The embattled cop, who was identified as SP Austin Ehiziegbe, said to be serving at the office of the state commissioner of …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has admitted that his job as the nation’s Number Two man is a very difficult one. He said the job of the President or Vice President was so difficult that one could not do it for a lifetime. According to a statement on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the …

Force Headquarters has come up with details on the circumstances leading to Tuesday’s escape of Senator Dino Melaye. Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN at the premises of Zanklin Hospital, where the senator is receiving treatment following the development. Melaye jumped down from the vehicle conveying him to Lokoja, Kogi State for …

Ten people have been killed and 15 injured after a van sped on to a sidewalk in Toronto, ploughing through throngs of pedestrians and leaving a trail of devastation that stretched several city blocks. The incident occurred around lunchtime on one of the Canadian city’s first warm days of the year. Emergency services received several frantic calls about a vehicle …

By Alltimepost.com   All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairmanship ambition of the former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has suffered a major setback as Delta State APC has dissociated itself from his purported endorsement by the South-South APC. The branch said in a strongly worded statement, signed by its State Deputy Chairman, Chief Cyril Ogodo that it was …

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Tuesday said the judiciary was still waiting on the Executive arm of government to establish special courts that will try corruption cases. He said it was not the responsibility of the judiciary to establish the special courts. Onnoghen said this in an interview with State House correspondents after a closed doors’ …

The National Vice Chairman (South South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Ntufam Hilliard Eta said Tuesday that the leadership of the party decided to endorse the immediate past governor of the state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole for the position of the National Chairman of the party because “Oshiomhole is the rebranding APC needs” ahead the 2019 general elections. He …

To be paraded among other arrested criminals today Senator Dino Melaye, who was arrested Tuesday morning by operatives of the Nigeria Police drawn from its Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS,is at present being moved to Lokoja. The embattled senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District under the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is expected to be paraded later this evening among other …

The ongoing National Housing Programme ( NHP ) by the Federal Government in Benin, Edo, has generated over 3,000 employments and empowerment to Nigerians within the locality. Mrs Ebemeata Ani-Otoibhi, the Team Leader, NHP, Edo, made this known on Tuesday in Benin while briefing newsmen after the inspection of the project. Ani-Otoibhi said that the ongoing project with about 12 …

Hours after the Edo State caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) unanimously endorsed the candidacy of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as candidate for the position of the National Chairman of the party, the South-South Zonal Executive Committee equally threw its weight behind the ex-Governor of the state for the position. The National Vice Chairman, APC South-South Zone, Ntufam Eta, disclosed …