The North West Region Governors Forum, has alleged that dialogue with terrorists by some past governors in the Region failed because the past governments negotiated at a very weak point. The Chairman of the Forum and Katsina State governor, Governor Dikko Radda said this when he featured on Friday Channels Television Politics Today Magazine Programme....
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Fleeing Edo housewife murder suspect nabbed
Detectives of the Nigeria Police have holed-up a middle-aged man who reportedly murdered a housewife at Okpagha Quarters, Eyaen, Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State from his hideouts in Benin City. Mr Philip Ayo, had fled after he allegedly stabbed the mother of four Children, Mrs Nata Patience Osawuaru, a scion of Igbinovia family...
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Akwa Ibom declares two holidays for farming
The Akwa Ibom State government has declared every first and third Friday of the month as work free Days for farming in the State. Governor Umo Eno said this at the 2024 May Day celebration held at the Uyo Township Stadium, Uyo where he also approved another N2 billion for gratuities in the State Civil...
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Obaseki makes U-turn over 2024 Budget
The Edo State governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki is in a race against time to present reversed 2024 Appropriation Law to the State House of Assembly for approval. The amendment in proposed Appropriation Bill will pave the way for the Governor to include the the newly approved N70,000 workers in the State Civil Service, which was...
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UNIBEN students union suspended indefinitely
The Vice Chancellor of University of Benin, Professor Lilian Salami on Monday approved the suspension of the students’ Union indefinitely. This comes barely one week after members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Benin Chapter, threatened not resume work for the Second Semester academic session schedule to begin on April 28,...
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Army nab alleged human traffickers in Lagos
A suspected human trafficker, Mrs Olushola Areke has been arrested by troops of 65 Bn Nigerian Army (NA) in connection with human trafficking in Lagos State where other human Right victims were freed. Lieutenant Colonel, Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni, acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations 81 Division Nigerian Army, said the suspect was arrested by troops...
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Traditional functionaries banished amid Benin/Ife origin contentions
The self-serving traditional functionaries who engaged themselves in a sacrilegious show of shame and falsehood against the Benin Custom have been barred from Oba Palace in Benin City, Edo State. These integrity-challenged individuals identified as Johnbull Igbinosun, Iduhonre (Ihogbe), S.E. Aigbiremwen, Efesoghoba (Ogbelaka) and two other Ogbelaka functionaries — Ogbeide Osagie and Osamudiame Edo had...
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Two cocaine traffickers bag life imprisonment
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has secured the conviction of two notorious drug kingpins: Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman who disclosed this on Sunday in a statement, said 43-year-old businessman Uwaezuoke, his journey to a lifetime in jail began when he was first arrested by NDLEA operatives on...
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Oba Palace resolves Ugbineh village dispute
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...