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By Tracy Ohovwore In a move to promote peace and safeguard the integrity of the upcoming polls, the Edo State Police Command has invited all candidates vying for the House of Representatives and Senatorial seats in the August 16, 2025, by-elections to sign a Peace Accord. Party chairmen of the respective political platforms have also…
By Barikui Felix Worried by the inability of host communities to access the 3% derivation fund as provided for by the Petroleum Industry Act, PIA, a civil society organisation, Connected Development (CODE) has held a one-day capacity building programme for host community members in Rivers State. The programme which is part of the five year…
By Barikui Felix Controversy is now trailing the reconstitution of boards of the Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP. This is as a group, Ogoni Youths Development Initiative (OYDI) has raised the alarm over what it suspects as ‘foul play’ in the appointment of Mr Emmanuel Deeyah as the Chairman, Board of Trustees of HYPREP. A…
By Prince Woke The Rivers State Police says the command has taken swift action in response to a distressing online video, circulating on social media, depicting the dehumanization of minors within a Church setting, where the presiding Pastor, Ifediorah Onyeibor Joseph, aged 41, has been arrested in connection with the incident . Police Relations Officer…
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday, August 13, 2025 secured the conviction and sentence of five internet fraudsters before Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. The convicts are, Ayo Korede, Ogbemudia Osaretin, Harry Ehimien, Osasumwen Osahenator and Efosa Richard. They were prosecuted…
Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have commenced investigation of one Duru Ikechukwu Damian arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, for allegedly failing to declare the sum of $59,000 (Fifty Nine Thousand United States Dollars). Damian was intercepted by operatives of the NCS during a…
Justices H.H. Kereng and Abdulhamid Yakubu of the Gombe State High Courts 2 and 3, sitting in Gombe, have convicted and sentenced six individuals to various prison terms for offences bordering on fraud. The convicts — Maigari Abba, Joseph Samuel Bulus, Kasheaure Joseph, Emmanuel Dilibe, Livite Ibrahim, and Awolowo Martins — were prosecuted by the…
… Orders Staff Sanctions and Strengthens Security Measures By Emamuzo Iboma Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has strongly condemned the recent leak of indecent footage involving Comfort Emmanson, a passenger on an Ibom Air flight. He emphasized that the release of such sensitive material by airline staff is unacceptable and vowed that…
Inspire Lagos Food Market is proud to announce its one-year anniversary, commemorated with a transformative four-day hunger intervention program scheduled to hold from August 19th–22nd, 2025. Themed “Global Standards & Local Action for Ending Hunger and Food Insecurity through Volunteering,” the initiative will span multiple local government areas across Lagos State, directly impacting 10,000 residents…
By Israel Adebiyi As part of efforts to rid Edo State of illicit drugs and traffickers, the state Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided Ihama Road, in Benin, and other drug flashpoints. The crackdown culminated in the arrest of 46 suspects, the seizure of nearly 40,000 kilograms of assorted illicit…
