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By Idahosa Musa Governor Monday Okpehbolo of Edo has given a marching order to security agents for the immediate clampdown on cultists and their sponsors in the state. The order is coming against the backdrop of the renewed secret cult killings in Benin, the Edo State Capital in the past five days. Recall that the Alltimepost.com had earlier reported that …

By Idahosa Musa Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has launched a crackdown on crime-related properties, beginning with the demolition of buildings connected to kidnappings and cult-related violence in the state. During the recent demolition of a residential duplex in Benin City used for kidnapping and organ harvesting, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Fred Itua, who spoke …

By Idahosa Musa Tragedy struck on Tuesday afternoon as two members of the Edo State Security Corps, were crushed to death by an articulated Heavy-Duty Truck at the ever-busy Ugbowo-Lagos Road by the University of Benin (UNIBEN) axis. The cause of the accident remains sketchy, just as their identity could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report, …

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated the 100th day of his second term — yet spent much of his rally marking it in campaign mode, fixated on past grudges and grievances, according to report by the Associated Press. He repeatedly mocked his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, attacking his mental acuity and even how he appears in …

Here’s what to know and what comes next TORONTO (AP) — The Liberal Party has won the federal election in Canada, culminating a process marked by U.S. President Donald Trump threats on a trade war and of making the country the 51st American state. With this result, the Liberal Party’s leader and current prime minister, Mark Carney, will remain in …

By Idahosa Musa There is serious tension in Benin, Edo State Capital as rival cult groups, Black Axe and Maphite Confraternities have resumed their battle of supremacy that has led to the killing of no fewer than 15 people so far. The ugly situation is coming barely three months after the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpehbolo, signed the …

…dismisses allegations of coercion, bribery, blackmail The Presidency has dismissed claims that recent defections of prominent opposition politicians into the All Progressives Congress (APC) are part of a plot to create a one-party state, insisting that democracy in Nigeria remains “strong and alive” under President Bola Tinubu. In a statement issued Sunday, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and …

. Blames Atiku for laying foundation for PDP’s woes  Against the run of defections rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a group within the party under the aegis of the PDP 100 Percent, has appealed to former vice president Atiku Abubakar and other northern politicians to support the emergence of a southern presidential candidate. The PDP group blamed the former …

The suspended lawmaker representing Kogi Central, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Udaughan, on Sunday, tendered an unreserved apology to Senate President Godswill Akpabio over the controversial sexual harassment allegation she levelled against him. However, her perceived apology was veiled in a satirical letter she wrote to the former Akwa Ibom governor, who is currently in Rome for the late Pope Francis’ funeral and …

CNN — Donald Trump spent his first 100 days back in the Oval Office driving an economy that the world envied to the brink of crisis, risking America’s reputation as a financial safe haven and fostering fear among voters who’ve lost confidence in his leadership. Americans were desperate for relief from high grocery prices and bought into Trump’s promise to make America affordable …