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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the United Nations (UN) for its commitment to world peace and security, eradication of poverty, and building coalition to address challenges of social and economic development. Obaseki said this on the occasion of the commemoration of the International Human Solidarity Day marked by the United Nations on December 20, each year. He …
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By Alltimepost.com His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II of the Great Benin Kingdom has suspended the Odionwere of Egbirhe, Mr. Napoleon Oduware Omobude and three others from functioning as leaders of the village. In a statement released today by the Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin, Mr. Desmond Agbama, the Benin Palace gave the names of the three …
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In a vote in the early Wednesday morning hours, the Senate approved the final version of the first overhaul of the US tax code in more than 30 years, handing President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans their most significant legislative victory of 2017. The bill passed along party lines, 51-48 with the final result announced by Vice President Mike Pence …
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The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more than 25,000 Nigerians have been held in slave and sex camps in Libya. Okah-Donli made this known while defending the agency’s 2018 budget before the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters on Tuesday. She said of the …
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The Peoples Democratic Party, on Tuesday, alleged that the Federal Government was building more prisons. It also said that the government was planning to descend on PDP members in 2018. The National Chairman of the party, Mr. Uche Secondus, stated these in Abuja at the opening of a two-day retreat for members of the newly elected National Working Committee of …
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Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has ordered the arrest of one Dr. Peter Iyawe of the state Sickle Cell Centre over alleged unethical practices and acts of vandalism. Obaseki also directed that a petition be sent to the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to investigate the allegations against Iyawe, adding that the doctor would be prosecuted if found culpable. …
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