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‘We were armed with over 20 AK47 rifles for Omoku massacre’ One of the deputies of a militant and kidnap victim, Don Waney, who was killed alongside five others by security agencies on January 7, has been captured by the police in Abuja. Desmond Okotubo, described by the police as a senior member of Waney’s gang, made startling revelations about …

By Justy Oteri In a major crime burst in Benin City on Friday, Edo State Police Command killed an armed robbery suspect, following exchange of gun fires, arrested and paraded over 60 armed robbery and Kidnapping suspects before a bewildered public . Among the suspects paraded at the state Police Headquarters in Benin, was one Mr. Destiny Kelly, a Libya …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has assured that his 200,000-job promise to Edo electorate would soon be actualized, with the successful signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese companies for the development of Gelegele Seaport and other infrastructure, including a 5,500 modular refinery in the state. According to Governor Obaseki, it is part of the …

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, insisted on Friday that there is no going back on the sack of teachers and other workers in the state. The governor said the state government has already made provisions for their severance package. He spoke with State House correspondents after seven Northern governors met with President Muhammadu Buhari after the Friday Juma’at service …

Donald Trump has cancelled a visit to Britain next month to open the new US embassy in London, amid fears of mass protests. The president claimed on Twitter that the reason for calling off the trip was his displeasure at Barack Obama having sold the current embassy for “peanuts” and built a replacement for $1bn (£750m). “Bad deal,” he wrote. …

Seven state governors from the Northern part of the country on Friday met behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. All the governors were elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. The governors are those from Kaduna, Yobe, Kogi, Niger, Plateau, Adamawa and Kano States. Details later

Plateau Regeneration Group, says that governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State was quoted out of context on his comments over the killings in Benue State. Mr Badung Chuhwak, spokesperson for the group while briefing newsmen on Friday in Jos said that Lalong did not mean to cause more pains to Benue people. Lalong, during an interview with state house correspondents …

Donald Trump appeared to deny on Friday that he used the phrase “shithole countries” to describe Central American and African nations during talks with US lawmakers the day before. But one of the senators present contradicted Trump and called the remarks he had heard “hateful, vile and racist”. On Thursday, Trump reportedly grew angry during a meeting about protections for …

Edo Development and Property Authority (EDPA) has resumed recertification exercise, with commendation of residents in some of its estates for the impressive level of compliance recorded. It however warned others to comply with the exercise to make way for development in the estates. The recertification exercise, which commenced in November 2017, continued in EDPA estate in Ugbowo, on January 8. …

Ado-Ekiti-Governor Ayodele Fayose has raised the alarm that some Fulani herdsmen have started a surreptitious move into the outskirts of Ekiti with an alleged aim to kill and maim people. Fayose who said the move was targeted at rubbishing his anti-grazing law, said the invaders would be met with stiff resistance from the people of the state. Fayose said this …