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Varsity to probe violence The Edo State Police Command, yesterday, formally invited the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Olumide Akpata, over alleged security breaches, involving shootings at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ugbowo Campus, last Friday. The spokesman […]

Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, Mrs. Uyi Oduwa-Malaka, has been stripped of her honorary chieftaincy title: the Uzoyare of Ozalla, conferred on her by the Onotare of Ozalla Kingdom in Owan West Local Government, King […]

The Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of all police personnel attached to the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello. The order was contained in the document with reference number: CB:4001/DOPS/PMF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL.48/ 34 The document said: […]

The Lagos State Government is in discussion with the Ogun State government on the extension of the Blue Rail Line further down to Agbara. The Director, Rail Transport, Lagos Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority, Olasukanmi Okusaga, disclosed this on Tuesday in […]

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, has once again reiterated the need for state police, describing it as key content of restructuring. Adams’ reaction came in response to the statement made by the Chairman of the House of […]

Donald Trump and Polish President, Andrzej Duda discussed the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East over dinner Wednesday in New York, the former US president’s reelection campaign said. Real estate magnate Trump, on a one-day break from court appearances […]

The suspended National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Iyorchia Ayu, has withdrawn a lawsuit challenging his removal from the party to pave the way for the former Benue State Governor, Gabriel Suswam, to replace him as the party’s substantive […]

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, fixed May 20 to decide on separate applications praying for the restoration of the bail granted to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court, on the said […]

Around 70 people have been killed by heavy rains lashing Afghanistan over the past five days, the government’s disaster management department said on Wednesday. Neighbouring Pakistan has also been hammered by spring downpours, with 65 people killed in storm-related incidents […]