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Operatives of the Imo State Police Command have arrested the 38-year-old owner of Our Guest Hotel, Ibe Obasi, located in the Obowo Local Government Area of the state for allegedly torturing to death a youth in the area, Ebuka Udemba. According not the PUNCH, a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Henry Okoye, on Sunday stated that the incident happened …

Edo State Head of Service, Dr. Anthony Okunbowa, has said that the spread of fibre optic internet infrastructure across the 18 local government areas of the State will improve primary healthcare and telemedicine. In his remarks during telemedicine workshop held in Benin City, with the theme, “Delivering Value in Primary Health Care: The Role of Telemedicine, the Head of Service, …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Poised to unravel the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of Faith Omodon, the 19-year-old 200-level Delta State University student in Edo, investigators at the Edo State police Command Headquarters at the weekend visited the spot in the bush where she is suspected to have been attacked. Checks by our correspondent revealed that seasoned detectives at the Anti-Human Trafficking …

By Jeffrey Omorodion By virtue of the provisions of the Constitution, Section 188 (10), no court has the right to prevent the House of Assembly, or the panel so set up, from performing its constitutional responsibilities. The Deputy Clerk (Legal), Edo State House of Assembly, Ohaifa Joe, who is the counsel for the House of Assembly made the declaration on …

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has warned that some state governors will use state police as a means of oppression. Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) stated this in an interview on Channels Television on Friday. He said there must be proper guarantees under the law to prevent situations where governors use police apparatus to intimidate and oppress political …

Shaibu, counsel decline to appear before committee No one can save Deputy Governor now, says Obono-Obla The Justice Stephen Omonua (rtd)-led seven-member probe panel was again shunned by Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu, and his lead counsel, Prof. Oladoyin Awoyale (SAN), yesterday, just as they did on Thursday. Shaibu and Awoyale’s refusal to appear before members of the panel …

The Special Investigator appointed by President Bola Tinubu to probe the activities of the Central Bank of Nigeria under the Muhammadu Buhari administration has completed his assignment and sent a “final comprehensive report,” the presidency said on Friday. PREMIUM TIMES reported the appointment of the investigator, Jim Obazee, last year. Some of his findings are being used to prosecute the …

Accused of allocating billions of US dollars without bids Special Investigator submits CBN probe final report to Tinubu More trouble seems to await the immediate past Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has slammed him with a fresh a 26-count charge bordering on corruption. He is expected to be arraigned on Monday at the …

The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in collaboration with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Nigeria Inter-bank Settlement System (NIBSS), has launched an innovative identity solution with payment functionality for all types of social and financial services to be powered by AfriGO, a National domestic card scheme. A statement signed by the …

US President Joe Biden on Friday wrote to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar, calling on them to press Hamas for a hostage deal with Israel, according to a senior administration official, one day after Biden called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to redouble efforts to reach a cease-fire in the six-month-old war in Gaza. The official, who spoke …