Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, have arrested three persons, 23-year-old man, Adamu Aminu, Tamuno Diepriye Samuel (19) and Ovie Raymond (21), for allegedly conniving to kidnap and kill one Joshua Aiseku Unuigboje, a Professor Emeritus, if he failed to pay an equivalent of N7.5 million into a Turkish bank account. Adamu Aminu who hailed from […]
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Jethro Ibileke Benin A dismissed police corporal, Michael Eriarebhe, was Monday paraded for armed robbery by the Edo State Police Command. Eriarebhe who hailed from Igueben local government area if the State, was among 20 suspects who were arrested and paraded for various criminal offences ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, cultism and others. He was […]
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Jethro Ibileke/Benin A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Mr. Ken Ihensekhien, has denied having hands in the attack by some angry youths on Governor Godwin Obaseki last Tuesday, during which he (Obaseki) was pelted with serchets of water. Recall that Governor Obaseki narrowly escaped an attack by some unidentified youths […]
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Jethro Ibileke/Benin A presidential aspirant of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Otunba Mike Aladenika, has said that if elected President of the Union, he will establish an online news Potter that would compete with top online Potters in the country, where foreign media agencies could tap information. Aladenika who made the disclosure via his […]
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By Moses Omorogieva /Mateen Badru The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 57 persons suspected to be involved in homosexual activities in the Egbeda area of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, confirmed the arrest to newsmen during a news conference. He said that the suspects […]
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The chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos state, Moshood Salvador, has led the defection of over 10,000 members to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced his defection to journalists at his residence in the Surulere area of the state on Monday. Salvador said he was no longer comfortable with “greedy […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari believes the establishment of dairy farms will go a long way in curbing clashes between cattle herders and farmers in the country. He said this when he received the outgoing Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark, Mr Torben Gettermann, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital. According to the President, […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari has exposed the nation to international ridicule arising from reports (from Financial Times) quoting United States President, Donald Trump, as describing President Buhari as “lifeless”. The party said such embarrassment is a backlash a nation gets when incompetent leaders, out of inferiority complex, resort to jumping […]
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The Joint Committee on Electoral Matters in the National Assembly, has rejected the N189 billion proposed Budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Arising from a closed-door meeting at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, the committee directed the electoral body to revert to the N143 billion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari in his letter […]
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Former minister of aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who was invited to appear before the police for alleged conspiracy, criminal and inciting publication, has faulted the invitation. Mr. Fani-Kayode said the police failed to mention the parties involved in the case as well as the issue being investigated. Recall that the letter signed by Habu Sani, commissioner […]
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