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As fuel queues grew longer at the few filling stations that sold the product in Lagos and Ogun states on Thursday, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said it noticed the current hiccup in the supply chain a few days ago. Motorists lamented that they had to spend many hours in queues for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), while some petrol seekers …

Borno State Government has shelved its plan to declare Friday (today) as a public holiday to mark the capture of Sambisa Forest from the Boko Haram insurgents. The state Commissioner for Home Affairs, Information and Culture, Mohammed Bulama, in a statement issued on Thursday in Maiduguri explained that the holiday was cancelled “on the grounds that since 22ndDecember of this …

The Senate, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern consultative Assembly (ECA) yesterday faulted the arrest and detention of the Managing Director of Innoson Motors, Dr. Innocent Chukwuma. The upper chamber, at plenary, mandated its Committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes to investigate the circumstance surrounding the arrest and detention of Chukwuma by EFCC. The committee was also …

By Alltimepost.com Great Benin Kingdom Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II has called on traditional rulers in Edo state to embark on public enlightenment of their people in order to tackle the problem of human trafficking in the society. The Benin Monarch who made the call at the inaugural meeting of the reconstituted Edo State Council …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Immediate past Inspector – General of the Nigeria Police, Mr. Solomon Arase has said that corruption is eradicable within the Police Force if necessary working tools are provided by relevant authorities. Arase, also a lawyer made the assertion recently in Benin City during the public presentation of a book, written in his honor, …

By Alltimepost.com Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has charged the newly inaugurated Board of the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) to be fair, impartial and objective in the discharge of its duties and responsibilities. Obaseki gave the charge at the inauguration of the Board at the Government House, in Benin City, Edo State, yesterday. He said he decided …

Barely 24 hours after his arrest, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the owner of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, on bail. The anti-graft agency, however, said Chukwuma and his brother, Charles Chukwuma, are being probed for N1,478,366,859.66 fraud and forgery. The industrialist was also accused of using forged documents to secure tax waivers. A statement by …

A handful of aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday staged a protest in Abuja to express disaffection with the outcome of the just concluded national convention of the party. Led by one Emmanuel Nwosu, members of the group, numbering about six, threatened to form a splinter PDP group, saying they were out to reform the party. The …

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki and leaders of Edo-Ijaws yesterday, committed to peaceful co-existence, agreeing to work together for the economic development of the state. They said that the recent agitations by groups to set the Edo-Ijaws against their Benin brothers and sisters are the machinations of interest groups out to frustrate economic advancements being recorded in the …

Edo State is set to receive 296,000 litres of petroleum products, according to a document made available to journalists in Benin City on Tuesday. The document, which was signed by the Edo State Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Oil & Gas, Hon. Joseph Ugheoke, said that “the petroleum products were loaded to Edo State on Monday, December 18, 2017.” He explained …