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By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – A bricklayer has been shot to death over two bags of cement in Benin City, sending shock waves through the community. The victim, identified as Onorode Uteh, 37, from Delta State was allegedly killed by a relative of the cement seller, whose store is located at 29, Okhoromi-Egbiri road Benin City at about 6:pm …

…reiterates commitment to create Oil Palm Council Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said his administration plans to earmark not less than 200,000 hectares of land for organised oil palm plantation to diversify the state’s economy and create jobs for its teeming youth population. Obaseki disclosed this during the public presentation and launching of the Nigeria National Interpretation of …

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has called for prayers for leaders in the country, saying governance is spiritual warfare. Osinbajo spoke on Tuesday at the inauguration of the auditorium of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry headquarters at Gbagada, Lagos State. Osinbajo said the inauguration was auspicious because it came at a time when the nation is confronting different security challenges. …

Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has called on Nigerians to rise against religious intolerance in the country, assuring that the Federal Government would do everything possible to protect their rights to freedom of worship anywhere. Osinbajo who made the call yesterday, while commissioning the 30,000 capacity new headquarters Church auditorium of the Deeper Life Bible Church in Gbagada, Lagos, said religious …

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’ …