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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Edo State Police Command has been urged to fish out the killers of a popular bouncer in Benin City. The bouncer, Bright Idele, 46, popularly called ‘couche’ was shot to death at a bar (name withheld) by yet-to-be unmasked gunmen, last month. Condemning the brutal murder of his younger brother, one Lucky Idele said …

A member of the Massachusetts Air National Guard was arrested by the FBI on Thursday in connection with the leaking of classified documents that have been posted online, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday. The arrest of Jack Teixeira, 21, comes following a fast-moving search by the US government for the identity of the leaker who posted classified documents to …

Nigeria’s Federal Government has acceded to the Palace of Benin Monarch, the ownership and control over all the repatriated looted Benin Court Arts, from the palace in 1897 and elsewhere in Benin City, the Midwest Herald reports. This latest development is contained in a Gazette that has been issued, recognizing ownership and vesting custody and management of all repatriated Benin …

Washington (CNN) — The US government investigations into a leak of highly classified Pentagon documents are starting to take shape, with the Pentagon examining how the leak impacts US national security and the Justice Department launching a criminal investigation into who may have been behind the breach. The interagency probe is being coordinated with the Pentagon’s Office of Intelligence and …

United States Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken has appointed Matthew Miller as the next State Department Spokesperson. In a statement he released on Wednesday, Blinken said: “Today, I am appointing Matthew Miller as the next State Department Spokesperson.  I benefitted greatly from Matt’s wisdom, his experience in government, and his deep understanding of foreign policy when he was tapped …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, who just returned from London, United Kingdom, where he celebrated Easter, has said he was accosted by London immigration officials at Heathrow Airport and placed in detention over impersonation. The Obi-Datti media team in a statement on Wednesday said the immigration officials who questioned Obi for a long time …

Clarify position, FG challenges Obi FG should be ashamed of its failures, barefaced lies — LP PCC The Federal Government and the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, was yesterday at daggers-drawn over the latter’s alleged audio conversation with the founder of Living Faith Church Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo.In the controversial leaked audio of the conversation on the …

•Argues same constitutional provisions apply to states, FCT on 25 per cent in 24 states, insists Tinubu won •Atiku contends that election petitions put judiciary on trial  •APC: Tribunal lacks necessary jurisdiction to entertain petition on Tinubu’s qualification, Obi has no locus standi The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, came out strongly to defend the election of the presidential …

Barely two months to May 29 inauguration, the President-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, faces a burden –to declare or not to declare his assets in accordance with the provisions of the 1999 Constitution and the Code of Conduct Bureau. Provisions on the declaration of assets by all public officers in Nigeria are entrenched in the Code of Conduct for public officers, …

….insists he was not convicted of crime The All Progressives Congress, APC, has opened up on circumstances that led its candidate and President-elect, Bola Tinubu, to forfeit the sum of $460,000 to the government of the United States of America, USA, in 1993. The ruling party, in processes it filed to defend the outcome of the presidential election that was held …