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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 …

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. …

Commuters, motorists and other users of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) faced tougher conditions on Tuesday as the latest round of fuel scarcity in the country got worse, with its attendant negative impacts on transportation and businesses. Some frustrated Nigerians narrated to our correspondents their ordeals while trying to get petrol at the few filling stations that were selling the product …

Immediate past Senate President, David Mark, has described the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that he purchased his house in Apo Legislative Quarters Abuja illegally as “spurious, contrived and baseless.” Mark, in a statement on Tuesday by his Media Assistant, Mr. Paul Mumeh, said the EFCC or any other agent of government were chasing shadows as the …

VIce-President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday said the much-criticised $1bn that state governors asked the Federal Government to withdraw from the Excess Crude Account was not meant for the fight against insurgency alone. He said the sum was meant for all security challenges being experienced in all the states of the federation. Osinbajo gave the clarification at the opening of the …

An Amtrak train that hurtled off an overpass south of Seattle on Monday was travelling at almost three times the speed limit for that section of track, according to investigators. Some of the carriages from the train – which had been making its first-ever run along a new, faster route – fell on to the highway below, killing at least …

As part of measures to prevent the hoarding of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) during the yuletide, the Edo State Government has said that it would commence monitoring of marketers and petrol stations across the state from Wednesday, December 20, 2017, and will shut errant stations. The Commissioner for Oil, Gas & Solid Minerals, Hon. Joseph Ugheoke, gave the warning in …

By Bob Majiri-Oghene Etemiku BENIN CITY – Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ) has hailed last Friday judgment by a British judge, Justice Sara Elizabeth Cockerill that up to $85 million from the notorious Malabu oil deal should be returned to the Nigerian government. ANEEJ Executive Director, Rev. David Ugolor in a Statement issued in Benin on Monday, …

The Edo State Government has ordered the immediate shutdown of the mines in dispute between the Dangote Group and BUA International Limited at Obu in Okpella community, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state. This just as leaders of the community have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene in the matter in order to ensure an amicable resolution …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, interrogated the immediate past Senate President, David Mark, for seven hours. Impeccable sources within the EFCC told one of our correspondents that Mark’s passport was also seized before he was allowed to go on an administrative bail. We learnt that Mark, who served as Senate President from 2007 to 2015, arrived at the …