The Oba Palace Dispute Resolution Committee has resolved the communal crisis in Ugbineh village, Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. The decision was conveyed in a Press statement signed by Mr Osaigbovo Iguobaro, the Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of Benin, after the Committee, which carefully reviewed various submissions of parties in...
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Kwara CP boosts patrol after Niger jailbreak
The Nigeria Police Command in Kwara State has intensified border patrol on its corridors to forestall influx of criminal elements from neighbouring States. The Commissioner of Police in the State, CP Victor Olaiya, said the Command has also tightened noose on Niger State where over 100 inmates who escaped from the Medium Custodial Centre at...
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Obih rejects request to join Edo PDP campaign
Chief Dan Orbih has turned down request to join 200-man Peoples Democratic party Edo State governorship campaign Council for the September 19, 2024 election in the State. Orbih, the South South Vice Chairman of PDP said he learned of the development on the pages of national Dailies without getting any formal request from the ruling...
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Tongues wag as Nigeria Surgeon dies in S/Arabia
Tongues have continued to wag over the sudden death of a Nigerian Consultant Trauma Surgeon, Prof. Pius Ehiawaguan Iribhogbe in Saudi Arabia last Wednesday. Sources said the former Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Benin, was billed to return to Nigeria on tragedy on Friday April 26th 2024, before the unfortunate incident. The University’s spokesperson,...
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BTC sanctions 6 officials over Ooni’s palace gaff
The Benin Traditional Council on Saturday suspended six self-servicing Palace functionaries for committing sacrilege against the Benin Customs at Ooni of Ife Palace in Osun State. The conducts of the suspended individuals are Johnbull Igbinosun, Iduhonre (Ihogbe), S.E. Aigbiremwen, Efesieoghoba (Ogbelaka) and two others Ogbelaka functionaries also identified as Ogbeide Osagie and Osamudiame Edo, considered...
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Kogi residents lament fuel scarcity, pricing
By Gbemisola Adedayo Residents of Kogi State are bearing the brunt of scarcity of petrol over unstable petroleum pricing and adjustments. The development has caused long queue to return to petrol stations in Lokoja, the State Capital where Black marketers have taking advantage of reaping off petrol users with a litre selling in the sum...
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Orbih, Ogiadhome make PDP guber campaign list
The of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State Chapter has released its campaign Council list, ahead of September 21, 2024 governorship election. A statement by the Organizing Secretary of the Campaign Council in Edo, Mr Tony Anenih-Junior on Thursday, said the Campaign Council made up of 200 eminent members of the PDP. A former...
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Buhari HoS diverted N3bn, witness tells court
Prosecution Witness Eight, (PW8), Hamma Adama Bello in the trial of former Head of Service (HoS), Winifred Oyo-Ita on Thursday, April 25, 2024 told Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho how the defendant and her subordinates diverted public funds into their private companies. Oyo-Ita, who was said to have committed...
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Niger jailbreak avoidable, FG admits
The Minister of Interior, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has admitted that the jailbreak at Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State where 119 inmates escaped was avoidable. Recall that the Spokesman for Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), FCT Command, Adamu Duza had said in a statement that the facility was breached after hours of heavy downpour...
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Samaritan held for helping gunshot victim
A Samaritan who took middle-aged man that was allegedly shot dead by a soldier to hospital have been arrested alongside other youths tagged as militants by the military Command in Mariah Community in Plateau State. Joseph Matindiong Jelma, allegedly gun down with a rifle by a trigger-happy solder who was celebrating at a relaxation centre...