Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, Chief Whip of Nigeria’s Senate, has fired a dart at President Bola Tinubu, alleging that the Nigerian leader doesn’t know what happens outside Aso Villa in Abuja. Ndume, representing Borno South Senatorial District who made the assertion at a Media briefing on Wednesday, at the National Assembly in Abuja, stated that...
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EdoHIP rescues drunk LG staff behind Secretariat
The Edo State Health Improvement Programme (EdoHip) Medical team has rescued Oredo Local Government Council staff who allegedly drank himself into oblivion at a pub behind the Council’s Secretariat. The staff, identified as Kelly was taken into an ambulance by paramedics at 3:40p.m on Wednesday July 10th 2024. It was learnt that a Council official...
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Four confirmed dead in Edo market disaster
Four traders have been confirmed dead and scores injured when huge trees toppled over the popular Jattu market located in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State during Monday morning heavy downpour, reports say. The identities of the traders who gave up the ghost as a result of the injuries they sustained before emergency...
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Corps member caught with 1.250kg of skunk
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has caught a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps member with 1.250kg of Loud in Osun State. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Yusuf Abdulrahman, 25, at Corpers Lodge, Sumaila area of the City where the head of Akarabata Community in Ile-Ife, Ba’ale Ige Babatunde on...
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Oba of Benin marks Mid year Thanksgiving
Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II, CFR, Oba of Benin on Sunday marked 2024 Mid-year Thanksgiving service with his family at the Holy Aruosa Cathedral in Benin City where the Royal father attended his Crossover service last December. Groups, including members of the Royal family, HRH Sule Idaiye, the Imma of Somorika Clan in...
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Controversial Blogger’s prosecution begins July 16
Mr Chizorom Harrison Ofoegbu, a blogger and content creator, who is also known as Ijele is embroiled in a fresh round of trouble. Ofoegbu was previously granted bail several weeks ago after he was charged to court for threat to Life against the Spiritual Director of Zion Prayer Movement, Evangelist Ebuka Obi. With the bail,...
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Akpata dares Obaseki to name cultists in govt
The Candidate of Labour Party in the September 21 2024 Edo governorship election, Mr Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata has challenged Governor Godwin Obaseki to name, shame cultists in his cabinet, and stop playing the ostrich with cultism. Speaking on Pidgin English Radio programme in Benin City, Akpata blamed the upsurge in cult activities on systemic failure...
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Rehabilitation of Ewo market: A call to action
Ewo market in Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, a historically significant economic hub, is currently in a state of disrepair and requires urgent rehabilitation and reconstruction. The market, once a thriving centre for trade and commerce, now lacks essential amenities and infrastructure necessary for a modern marketplace. The absence of facilities...
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Police defend integrity against grazing on farm
Difficulties in negotiating adequate compensation to four farmers arising from willful destruction by Fulani herdsmen at E’gbe Area in Kwara State, has put the integrity of the Police Command in the State in the spotlight. This was after a viral video of Cattle that invading and eating up crops in the farm, captured by Mr...
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18 arrested over killing of six in Benue attacks
Eighteen criminal suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police in Ukun Local Government Area of Benue State. The arrest followed a violent destruction of property in the Area when suspected bandits on the loose, leading to the death of six persons. Ukun is a boundary area between Benue and Taraba State where...