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The two factions, recently involved in the fracas in the Benin City Central Mosque have been advised to maintain peace, and allow the law take its course. The advised was given by Palace Chiefs including Chief David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin, Chief Amos Osunbor, the Eson of Benin and Chief Eduwu Ekhator, the Obasogie of Benin, who were mandated …

Distinguished Members of the Fourth estate of the realm. It has been drawnd to my attention a press statement on the State of the nation, particularly 2019 general elections and beyond. Let me categorically state that as former President and Statesman, I have unfettered channel of communication with the highest authorities without sensational public correspondence, therefore those views expressed over …

The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Sunday called on all Fulani herdsmen in some parts of the country, especially in Benue and Taraba states, to relocate to Kano State. Ganduje said Kano State had “vast grazing land” to accommodate herdsmen and their cattle. The governor stated this during the monitoring of the state’s “free vaccination of over one million …

There was confusion on Sunday over two statements purportedly written by a former military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, which bordered on the 2019 elections, the herdsmen/farmers’ crisis and other issues plaguing the nation. In an earlier statement titled, ‘Towards a National Rebirth’ and signed by the Media Adviser to the former dictator, Prince Kassim Afegbua, Babangida advised Nigerians to do …

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, on Sunday said the new coalition being led by former President Olusegun Obasanjo was not a threat to the party’s victory in the 2019 general elections. Secondus stated this in Asaba, the Delta State capital, during a reception organised by the Delta State chapter of the PDP ahead of …

By Igbotako Nowinta, Alltimepost.com Nigeria Bureau Chief Benin-based seasoned consultant, researcher and Executive Director of Justice Research Centre, Mr. Donald Inwalomhe has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to empower the nation’s Military Force to use the drone technology to fight terrorism, mostly in the Northeastern part of the country. Inwalomhe made this call in an exclusive interview with …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON A blazing fire engulfed a private gas plant in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria on Sunday morning Nigerian time, leaving four persons burnt and some property destroyed. Responses from the operatives of Edo State Fire Service and some motorists with fire extinguishers prevented the fire from consuming residential buildings around the gas plant, along the densely …

National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, Sunday said they are working with the fear of God to return to power in 2019, insisting that the Coalition for Nigeria Movement was not a threat to the party. Secondus who stated this while fielding questions from newsmen at the Asaba Airport to hold meetings with PDP Governors …

Associates of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, insisted that the issues of non-performance raised by the former President against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari are real, contrary to the claims by some sympathisers of the regime. “We know that, as a nation, we can do better than we currently do. So let us focus on the issues and how to …

Erstwhile military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari not to allow his own personal ambition for second term to override national interest. IBB said, come 2019 and beyond, Nigerians should raise a new breed leadership with requisite capacity to manage its diversities and jump-start a process of launching the country on the super highway of technology-driven …