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The defection came a few days after Oborevwori’s counterpart in Akwa Ibom, Umo Eno, another PDP Governor, endorsed President Bola Tinubu for a second term in office Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, his deputy and commissioners have defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Their defection was announced at a press briefing in Asaba on …

By Idahosa Musa Following the increasing rate of kidnappings and other sundry crimes in the locality, the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpehbolo, has ordered the indefinite suspension of the Traditional Ruler of Uwano Kingdom, Angenebode in Etsako East Local Government Area of the state, Dr. George Oshiapi Egabor.  The development was contained in a statement issued by the Chief …

By Idahosa Musa Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has vowed to deal ruthlessly with criminal elements and make the state inhabitable for their activities, adding that under his watch, criminals will not succeed in destabilizing Edo. Governor Okpebholo made the vow shortly after meeting behind closed doors with heads of security agencies in the state and other key stakeholders in …

By Idahosa Musa The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, on Tuesday dismissed the claims by the party’s National Vice Chairman, South-South, Chief Dan Orbih, that he has sacked the PDP Zonal Committee Excos in Bayelsa and Edo States. The party said that only the national body of the PDP has the constitutional power to set up caretaker committees …

SaharaReporters had earlier confirmed the tragic deaths of five people in the incident, which included four women and one man. Photographs have emerged of the individuals on an Easter procession in Gombe State who were killed or injured by a truck said to be on a suspected terror attack.  SaharaReporters had earlier confirmed the tragic deaths of five people in …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states will meet in Ghana on Tuesday to discuss the withdrawal of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso. The meeting will take place over two days, Tuesday and Wednesday. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the bloc said member states will discuss the modalities of the countries’ withdrawal and its implications for ECOWAS agencies …

According to Usman, five people were confirmed dead, including four women. The Gombe State Governor, Inuwa Yahaya, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the truck accident that killed five persons and injured many others in Billiri on Easter Monday.  This was communicated in a statement issued by the governor’s office on Tuesday.   “This is a dark and painful moment for …

Who will be the next pope? The decision could have a profound impact on the Catholic Church and the world’s 1.4 billion baptised Roman Catholics. It also promises to be a highly unpredictable and open process for a host of reasons. Pope candidates (left to right) Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, cardinal Pietro Parolin, cardinal Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle, and …

President Bola Tinubu returned to Abuja on Monday night following a nearly 20-day trip to Europe. His aircraft touched down at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at 9:50 p.m., where he was received by top government officials. The president had departed Nigeria on Wednesday, April 2, and spent part of his stay in Paris, France, before …

In chosing to be buried in Rome’s Santa Maria Maggiore basilica, he will become the first pope in more than 100 years to be laid to rest outside the Vatican Pope Francis’s funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced Tuesday, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honour …