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Edo State Government is of the belief that with the accelerated pace of work on the Gelegele Seaport project in the state, contractor and partner, China Harbour Engineering Company Limited may deliver a complete Seaport ahead of schedule. The Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said on Friday that with this positive …

His Royal Majesty, Ewuare II, Oba of Benin has offered the sum of twenty thousand naira to each of the 78 Libya returnees who paid him a courtesy visit in his Palace in Benin City on Wednesday. The financial assistance which will be for three months is for their upkeep and to enable them settle down without much difficulties. The …

Benin City – Edo State Police have recovered no fewer than 120 assorted prohibited firearms in a mop up excercise conducted in the state recently. Five persons were said to have been arrested during the mop up workout that lasted a month. The State Commissioner of Police, CP Johnson Kokumo disclosed this while displaying guns and ammunition said to have …

In 2010, a small group of businessmen including a wealthy Russian supporter of Vladimir Putin began working on plans to build a glitzy hotel and entertainment complex with Donald Trump in Riga, the capital of Latvia. A senior Trump executive visited the city to scout for locations. Trump and his daughter Ivanka spent hours at Trump Tower with the Russian, …

Nigerians will have to pay more for fuel as the National Assembly on Wednesday passed the much touted Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) with 5 percent levy on fuel sold across the country. According to the lawmakers, the levy will be used to fund the Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF) as reflected in the new bill. The passage followed the consideration …

Sequel to the intervention of Governor Godwin Obaseki in the case of defilement of a 9-year-old minor in Oliha area of Benin city, her 70-year-old grandfather, Francis Ezomo and his two sons, who allegedly defiled her, have been arraigned by the police at Evbuoriaria Magistrate Court. The trio are facing two count charges of conspiracy and defilement. Upon arrival in …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar Tuesday declared his 2019 presidential ambition before Governor Nyesom Wike, calling for support of Rivers people to see him through. Atiku, whose consultation train visited Wike at the Government House, Port Harcourt, said he is on a mission to set the country on the path of growth in the state of “serial failure” of the …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that a white paper on the report of the Investigative Panel on the youths/police clash in upper Igun Area, in Benin City, will be issued in 30 days’ time. Obaseki disclosed this when he received report of the panel led by Retired Justice Joseph Olubor, at the Government House in Benin City, …

A prosecution witness, Tosin Owobo, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday told Justice M.B. Idris of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos that N2.4 billion, $115 million, 12 properties and bullet-proof cars were recovered from a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adeola Amosu(retd.). Mr Amosu is standing trial alongside two serving senior …

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has ordered the removal of the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ali Janga. The police commissioner was removed following the escape of the two principal suspects whose confession indicted Senator Dino Melaye and Mohammed Audu. Four other suspects also escaped from police custody in the state. The Commander of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad …