NewsReports

By Alltimepost.com Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has revealed that the state government was involving the Nigeria Security Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in settling disputes between herdsmen and farm owners. Part of their duties will be to help government to formulate policies and find a lasting solution to the problem. Governor Obaseki made the disclosure when the new State …

Al Franken has repeated his contention that some of his fellow senators think Donald Trump is “not right mentally”. “A few” Republicans are so concerned, the Minnesota Democrat told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday. “It’s not the majority of them, it’s a few.” Such concerns are expressed, he said, “in the way all of us have this suspicion. …

As governor of Kaduna State, a state that mirrors the ethno religious dissonance that continues to reverberate against the foundations of a calm polity, El-Rufai may have had his job well cut out for him. It was a job he dived into with great aplomb, maybe without great consideration of the resilence of the demons that have made Kaduna a …

The Federal Government said on Sunday that its whistle-blower policy had started yielding fruits. It said the policy had so far led to the recovery of over $151m (N46bn) and N8bn in looted funds. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, stated this in a statement. The minister said the looted funds, which did not include the $9.2m …

Barely two days after some assailants trailed a farmer from Orisunmibare in Oye Local Government Area to his farm and had his head and hands chopped off, a herdsman, Ahmed Dele was yesterday beheaded by unidentified persons in Omu town, in the same local government. The victim, it was learnt was pursued by his assailants while on grazing expedition before …

Armed men, suspected to be cultists, have attacked a police station in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State and freed two of their colleagues in detention. It was learnt that the attackers had gained access to the police station located in Ibillo after disguising as relatives of their colleagues on February 2, 2017. They were said to have shot …

Residents of Lagos have expressed mixed reactions over the plan by the state government to phase out the yellow commercial buses popularly called danfo. While some of the residents believed it would create more hardship for them, others argued that it was a welcome development. Governor Akinwunmi Ambode had last Monday announced plans by his administrations to withdraw danfo buses …

The Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal on Thursday ordered the recount of ballot papers used for the conduct of the September 28, 2016, election in four local government areas of the state. The order followed an oral application made by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, urging the tribunal to allow the recounting of the …

(CNN) For the first time, US investigators say they have corroborated some of the communications detailed in a 35-page dossier compiled by a former British intelligence agent, multiple current and former US law enforcement and intelligence officials tell CNN. As CNN first reported, then-President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama were briefed on the existence of the dossier prior to …

Federal officers detained more than 160 people in raids around the Los Angeles area this week, raising fears in immigrant communities around the country as parallel operations swept up scores more around the country. On Friday, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officials confirmed five-day “surge operations” in south-eastern states and southern California, saying that the majority of the people arrested …