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The South-South Zonal Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has dissolved the Bayelsa State Working Committee, led by Solomon Agwanana, and replaced the Edo State Caretaker Committee, headed by Dr. Tony Aziegbemi.Rising from a meeting at the PDP South-South zonal secretariat in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, the zonal lea...

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered the withdrawal of mobile police officers from VIPs. In a statement, the spokesman of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Muyiwa Adejobi, said the move ...

The National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has visited Benue State to commiserate with the government and people following a renewed wave of violence that has claimed over 70 lives....

The Edo State Government has issued a strong disclaimer refuting claims that it awarded a contract for the construction of 12 kilometers of internal roads in Esan Central Local Government Area to a company identified as Midmac Construction Nig. Ltd., Abuja.In an official statement released by the Ministry of Works and signed by the Functioning Permanent Secretary, Engr. Dr. John Obanor, the government clarified that no such...

Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo has approved the suspension of Dr. George Oshiapi Egabor, Omoaze I, the Okumagbe of Uwano Kingdom in Agenebode, Edo State, over allegations of kidnapping in the area.The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Fred Itua, who disclosed this in a statement, traced his sanction torecent cases of incessant kidnapping and killings in his area.The suspension, which take...

The United Kingdom Home Office has received 22,619 asylum applications from Nigerian nationals from 2010 to 2024.This is as Nigerians accounted for one in 30 UK asylum claims over the period, ranking 11th on the Home Office’s newly released year-end Asylum and Resettlement statistics.According to the Home Office, nearly twice as many Nigerians (2,841) applied for asylum in 2024 as in 2023 (1,462)....

President Bola Tinubu is planning to meet with the service chiefs to discuss the rising killings in Plateau, Benue and other parts of the country on his return to Abuja from his two-week working visit to Paris, the French capital.Tinubu returned to Abuja on Monday night after spending 18 days on a working visit and retreat in Paris and London.The Air Force 001 aircraft conveying the President landed at the...

President Bola Tinubu has arrived in Nigeria following his working visit to France and the UK.Tinubu was received by senior officials of his administration when he arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, late Monday.President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Abuja after a visit to Paris and London,” presidential aide Dada Olusegun wrote in a post on his X hand...

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As part of its intense effort in making Edo a crime free state, the State Police Command has rescued another two kidnapped victims.The incident which happened on the 18th of April, 2025 at about 9.15pm is a testament to the commitment gear towards tackling criminality in the State by the new commissioner of police, CP Monday Agbonika.According to a press statement by the police spokesman, CSP Moses Yamu, t...