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Nigeria’s Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau and the European Union have thrown their weight behind the Edo State government’s efforts at combating the scourge of human trafficking and illegal migration. At a Senate Round-table on Migration and Human Trafficking held in Benin City, the Edo State Capital, on Monday, Saraki commended the effort …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has congratulated the Archbishop of Archdiocese of Benin, Augustine Akubeze on his election as the new President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN). Archbishop Akubeze takes over from Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama, who has served for two terms of three years each. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the …

The National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons is set to distribute educational materials and food items to the motherless and displaced children in Ohugua, Benin City. The Governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, is expected to witness the distribution of the items at the camp on February 25. In a letter signed by the Federal Commissioner, …

The Nigeria Police Force has said it cannot arrest herdsmen who allow their cattle to stray onto and graze on airport runways in the country. The Commissioner of Police, Airport Command, Mustapha Dandaura, stated this in an interview with our correspondent on Friday. He said herdsmen could only be arrested in states where the anti-open grazing law was effective. However, …

A 20-year campaign by rightwing billionaire donors to undermine trade unions and strike a blow at the progressive movement in Americacomes to a climax on Monday, in a hearing at the US supreme court. The nine justices of the nation’s highest court will hear arguments in Janus V AFSCME, a case that has the potential to strip unions of a …

By Alltimepost.com Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba of Benin has said that traditional rulers will continue to do their best to unite the country and help sort out the nation’s security challenges. Oba Ewuare II stated this when the German Ambassador to Nigeria Bernhard Schlagheck paid him a courtesy visit in his Palace in Benin City during the week. …

By Alltimepost.com A special security meeting to tackle the problems of cattle herdsmen, illegal migration and human trafficking, kidnapping and other criminal activities in Edo State was held at the instance of the Oba of Benin in his Palace on Thursday. The meeting was attended by the various heads of security agencies in the state, including the Police, the Army, …

Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO), a network of civil society groups in Edo has condemned the recent rejection by the state lawmakers of the proposed autonomy of State Houses of Assembly and the Judiciary in the ongoing amendment of the nation’s constitution. The leadership and members of the organization said in a strongly worded statement in Benin on Thursday that …

The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has said that state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the majority of the party members have confidence in the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. Bello said this in an interview with State House correspondents on Thursday evening after a meeting the governors had with President …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was sorry that the attack which led to the abduction of pupils from the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, happened. He described the incident as “national disaster.” Buhari stated this in a release made available to journalists by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The President said …