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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has signed the Edo State Criminal Justice Administration Bill into Law. Governor Obaseki, who assented to the bill at the Government House, in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Tuesday, said, “The law would strengthen the protection of the rights of citizens and ensure fair and speedy administration of justice.” Obaseki explained, “This …

A former vice president and chieftain of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the decision by the Nigeria police to withdraw its officers from guarding private individuals and organisations in the country. The Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, on Monday announced the withdrawal of the officers said to number about 150,000. Speaking on the decision through a statement …

The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump’s election team and the winning Brexit campaign harvested millions of Facebook profiles of US voters, in one of the tech giant’s biggest ever data breaches, and used them to build a powerful software program to predict and influence choices at the ballot box. A whistleblower has revealed to the Observer how …

Hundreds of millions of Facebook users are likely to have had their private information harvested by companies that exploited the same terms as the firm that collected data and passed it on to Cambridge Analytica, according to a new whistleblower. Sandy Parakilas, the platform operations manager at Facebook responsible for policing data breaches by third-party software developers between 2011 and …

Mysterious deaths has hit Iguomon village in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State, following curses placed on the community by the Oba of Benin for flaunting his orders. The curses, Vanguard gathered, was necessitated by the disobedience and perversion of native norms by the former officials of the outlawed Community Development Association, CDA, in the village, who flouted the …

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Monday ordered the immediate withdrawal of police personnel attached to politicians, multi -national companies, business entrepreneurs and corporate individuals. Idris also said a memo would be forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari for approval. The memo, according to the IGP, is expected to serve as guideline for deployment to VIPs, political, public office …

Governor Nasir el-Rufa’i of Kaduna state has disclosed that Competency tests for secondary school teachers will soon be conducted across the state to separate the incompetent ones from those that are competent. Kaduna state government conducted similar test for the over 30,000 primary school teachers in the state last year, following which 21,780 that failed to obtain 70% pass mark …

Donald Trump cast doubt on memos of conversations between him and the fired FBI deputy director that have reportedly been handed to Robert Mueller, claiming Andrew McCabe did not take notes during their meetings. Seeing Trump’s offensive against McCabe as an attack on Mueller himself, several senior Republicans rallied to support the former FBI director who is investigating Russian election …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the promotion of teachers in public primary schools in the state. The outstanding promotions approved by Governor Obaseki covers three years, from 2013, 2014 and 2015. Obaseki has also directed that promotion letters be issued to the affected teachers by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). In a statement in Benin …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief African Traditional rulers will hold a conference in the United Nations in New York in July this year to honor freedom Icon and first post-apartheid South Africa’s Democratic President, late Dr. Nelson Mandela, His Royal Highness Adedapo Adeyemi told the Oba of Benin last week. Oba Adeyemi, the Alayemore of Ido-Osun who informed …