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By Idahosa Musa Newly deployed Commissioner of Police in Edo State, CP Monday Agbonika, on Thursday, assured that there will not be any reprisal attacks arising from the killing of the 16 Kano-bound hunters in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of the state. He gave the assurance during his visit to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Edo …

By Idahosa Musa Edo State Branch of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), has honored the state immediate past commissioner of Police, CP Betty Enekpen Isokpan Otimenyin, with Excellent Leadership Award. Recall that CP Otimenyin who was recently posted to Edo State is the 49th Commissioner of Police and the first female Commissioner of Police in the state. Presenting the …

Nigeria’s foreign minister, Yusuf Tuggar, says his ministry has forwarded the names of ambassadorial nominees to President Bola Tinubu. However, the president’s attention to economic reforms and other state matters has delayed the formal appointment of the ambassadors, he said. Mr Tuggar, who spoke in an exclusive interview with PREMIUM TIMES, said, “The president has to forward the names to the …

The Delta Ijaw All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders confirmed that Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori will join their party at any moment. They passed a vote of confidence on President Bola Tinubu and others. The APC leaders, led by High Chief Michael Johnny, confirmed this at a meeting of the Delta State Ijaw APC leadership held in Effurun, Uvwie Local …

Unidentified assailants wielding cutlasses and firearms reportedly attacked the family home of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in Kogi State. The attack was carried out on Tuesday morning in Obeiba-Ihima area, Okehi Local Government Area of the state and was revealed by counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama. Taking to his X account on Thursday, Makama disclosed that he was informed that the Chief …

Quadri Alabi, the 17-year-old who became known during the 2023 presidential election for standing in front of Labour Party candidate Peter Obi’s convoy, has regained his freedom after being held for nearly three months at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos. Alabi Quadri, the boy who stood in front of Obi’s convoy during the 2023 campaign. | PHOTO: Inibehe Effiong/X …

The Nigerian Army has carried out a major redeployment of senior officers to various commands and units accross the country to end the renewed attacks by terrorists, bandits and other criminal groups on innocent citizens in some parts of the country. TheSun.ng gathered exclusively that among those appointed is a new Theatre Commander for Operation Hadin Kai(OPHK), in Borno State, …

The Donald Trump administration may shut down nearly 30 United States embassies and consulates around the world, including several in Africa, as part of a sweeping plan to reduce the country’s diplomatic presence abroad. A CNN report on Wednesday, citing an internal US State Department document, states that the embassies in the Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Lesotho, and …

…says president has “abandoned” Nigerians during national crisis Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has sharply criticised President Bola Tinubu over his continued stay in France amid a surge in deadly violence across Nigeria, accusing the president of “abandoning the country” during one of its darkest moments. In a statement issued by his media office on Thursday, Atiku described Tinubu’s latest foreign trip …

By Idahosa Musa Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State suffered another significant loss on Wednesday when its member representing Ikpoba-Okha constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Nicolas Asosere, decamped to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The development brings to five the numbers of PDP lawmakers at the State Assembly that had joined the ruling party in …