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The Executive Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission, Hon. Amadin Desmond Enabulele, has hailed Governor Monday Okpebholo as a true game changer in the development of sports in Nigeria.In a statement issued by his Media Officer, Edoko Wilson Edoko, Hon. Enabulele made this declaration during a routine visit to various sports t...

Justice A.N. Erhabor of the Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has strongly criticized a planned solidarity rally by civil society activists in support of the military junta in Burkina Faso, describing the initiative as misplaced and unnecessary....

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions has summoned Governors Hyacinth Alia and Dauda Lawal of Benue and Zamfara states respectively as well as their respective state Assemblies to appear before it on Thursday, May 8.Super FM learnt that the summon was in connection to the rising insecurity in the state which prompted a civil rights organisation, Guardians of Democracy and Rule of Law, to petition the Gr...

President Bola Tinubu is expected to meet with the leadership of Nigeria’s power-generating companies as part of an emergency effort to address the N4tn debt threatening to cripple the country’s electricity supply chain.The move follows a high-level meeting on Tuesday between the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and chairmen of GenCos in Abuja, amid mounting fears of a possible collapse of the national grid d...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized drugs with a street value of ₦3.428 billion in Lagos and Rivers states.NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement, said the drugs include 3.5 million pills of opioids and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrups.According to him, the codeine syrups were intercepted by NDLEA and customs officers on April 29 during a joint examination ...

Former Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has denied reports claiming he is in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), following an ongoing investigation into the alleged misappropriation of $2.9 billion allocated for refinery rehabilitation.In a statement posted via his X account (formerly Twitter), Kyari dismissed the reports as...

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 95 suspected cultists and seized several firearms in a major crackdown on cultism across Benin City and its environs, as concerns mount over a recent wave of deadly clashes.According to ...

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has launched a crackdown on crime-related properties, beginning with the demolition of buildings connected to kidnappings and cult-related violence in the state.During the demolition...

The Chairman of the Edo State Sports Commission, Honourable Dr. Desmond Enabulele, has reaffirmed the Commission’s strong commitment to identifying, nurturing, and developing sporting talents across the state, with a long-term vision of restoring Edo to its rightful place as a national sports powerhouse....

Troops of the 4 Brigade Nigerian Army have uncovered a suspected fraudsters’ hideout at a residential building in First Bank Estate, Awesome Garden, along the Benin-Sapele By-Pass in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo State....