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Masked police operatives have stormed the hospital where Dino Melaye, the Senator representing Kogi West was receiving treatment and whisked him away, according to Premium Time report. The officers forced the lawmaker, who was on the hospital bed, into an unmarked vehicle and drove him to an undisclosed location, witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES. Mr Melaye was arrested last week after …

No fewer than 815 contractors were recently shortlisted by the Border Communities Development Agency (BDCA) for hundreds of constituency projects despite failing to meet federal contracting requirements, an ongoing investigation by PREMIUM TIMES has revealed. It is the second time in less than a month that the agency has been exposed for procurement irregularity. Being shortlisted presupposes that an applicant …

Troubled Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) has been given a seven-day ultimatum  by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to restore power supply to consumers in the state or risk shutdown of its offices in the state. Obaseki gave the ultimatum on Friday as he concluded the ward-to-ward campaign in Egor Local Government Area, where he urged voters in the area …

Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has accused the Obaseki administration of fraud in the proposed loan scheme for farmers in the state, “with billions of naira unaccounted for.” Edo State chairman of PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, alleged that the state government had encouraged Edo farmers to pay the sum of N2000.00 (Two Thousand naira) each into a …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Tragedy struck last Saturday as gunmen allegedly killed a man, his wife, only son, and grand-daughter in their residence at Ugbogun Community in Uhunmwode local government area of Edo State. The man, identified simply as Edebiri, his wife and children were shot to death. It was gathered that two other of his daughters who …

ON JANUARY 10, 20197:42 PMIN NEWS, POLITICS194 COMMENTS On January 10, 2019 in our Online edition  we published a news item titled:  ‘‘TINUBU SLUMPED, NOW IN HOSPITAL  AFTER APPOINTMENT INTO BUHARI’S APC – FANI-KAYODE’ which stated among other things that the All Progressives Chairman of the President Muhammadu  Buhari  Campaign council, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu collapsed shortly after he was appointed …

…Said terrible things always happen to Tinubu each time he’s given something in APC Former minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, has said that the former Governor of Lagos state and Co-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Presidential Campaign Council, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, collapsed shortly after he was appointed Chairman of Buhari’s Campaign Council. He said Tinubu always experiences …

Angered by the non-prosecution of crime suspects, Suleiman Dikko, Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, has threatened to stop signing arrest warrants for the police. Mr Dikko issued the threat on Wednesday in Wamba during his tour of federal prisons in the state. He expressed shock at the persistent lack of prosecution of a large number of accused persons in prisons, …

Supporters of Congo’s president-elect celebrated an unlikely win on Thursday, but the runner-up denounced a fix and France, Belgium and the Catholic Church all cast doubt on the results. A chaotic vote in the vast and volatile nation of 80 million people has raised fears of renewed violence and at least two people were killed in clashes at one town …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed that one person died in an early hour train derailment on Thursday at Ashade railway crossing Agege, Lagos. Jerry Ochi, the Lagos Railway District Manager, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday that the victim died at the NRC hospital at Ebutte Meta while receiving treatment. “Efforts have been put in place …