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Ten people, including two lawyers, were arrested in Germany amid a large-scale police operation targeting a people-smuggling ring suspected of fraudulently obtaining residency for some 350 mostly Chinese nationals....

President BOLA TINUBU has directed the Ministry of Education to include graduates of the National Open University (NOUN) in the National Youth Service Corps scheme....

Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested Blessing Ogunu, a staff member of Bliss Legacy Limited, a real estate company based in Benin City, for alleged self-abduction.The Edo Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, disclosed this to newsmen in Benin City. He also revealed that two other suspects, Esther Anthony and Ukpebor Joel, were arrested along with her for conspiracy....

A middle age man suspected to be an electric cable vandal has been fatally electrocuted in Benin, Edo State. The yet-to-be-identified man met his untimely death while tampering with cables of a transformer belonging to Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC). The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, 16th of April, along Airport Road, Benin.The deceased had succ...

An Edo High Court sitting in Benin and presided over by Justice Irele-Ifijeh has sentenced three persons to death by hanging for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder of one Ephraim Akhere.The convicts, whose names were given as Solomon Abuede, James Monday and Kelvin Edward were sentenced to death for armed robbery, kidnapping and the murder of Ephraim Akhere in Ihumudumun quarters in Ekpoma, the headquarters of Esan West L...

President BOLA TINUBU has projected an annual economic benefit of approximately 2.7 billion US dollars from paperless trade alone, with the take-off of the National Single Window ...

In a recent update from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Nigeria’s economic growth forecast for the year 2024 has been adjusted upward to 3.3 per cent....

The Federal Government has vowed to take stringent regulatory measures against traders “unfairly inflating prices” of goods and commodities....

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, WALE EDUN, says the Nigerian economy is moving in the right direction as policies of the new administration have started slowing down food inflation....

The Association of the Bureau De Change (BDC) Operators of Nigeria says the Nigerian currency Naira has appreciated faster than expected against the United States’ Dollar....