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Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku, said on Thursday that suspected insurgents have threatened  to attack the state within 10 days. Ishaku stated this when the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, visited  him at the Government House in Jalingo to commiserate with him over the recent killings in Taraba. “We received a notice that in 10 ... Read More »

The Senate on Thursday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to nominate a replacement for the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, in line with the verdict of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which affirmed its powers to confirm or reject the President’s appointments. The upper chamber vowed not to consider the President’s confirmation requests until ... Read More »

        In 1986, one Timothy Ofunama, issued a statement saying that Gelegele belonged to Ijaw and that the Oba of Benin had no jurisdiction over it in the welcome address I presented when Omo N’Oba Ewuare II visited Obazuwa on January 28, I enumerated some of the provocative acts of the Ijaws. We wish to state some of them here ... Read More »

By Lucky Ogbebor Three eminent Nigerians are to be honoured next week during the University of Benin’s 43rd Convocation/47 founder day activities next week.         Professor Alele-Williams, OON, a onetime Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin and the first woman to hold office as Vice Chancellor in Nigeria is one of those to be honoured.         According to the ... Read More »

. By Lucky Ogbebor         Edo State Government has reacted furiously to the planned coronation of an Ijaw man as a traditional ruler in Benin land in Edo State.         The Edo State government in a terse press statement endorsed by the secretary to the state government described as egregiously abominable, sacrilegious and criminal, the planned coronation of the Godwin ... Read More »

By Lucky Ogbebor Edo State House of Assembly has extended the suspension slammed on the former speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Elizabeth Ativie who was earlier placed on suspension by the House for her refusal to return all the official vehicles attached to the office of the speaker of the House. The extension followed the consideration of the interim ... Read More »

There are strong indications that migrants, particularly Nigerians are being sold into slavery in Libya for as low as 400 dollars.         According to a report credited to the Cable News Network (CNN), the slave trade business is booming in Libya as indigenes of that country are now catching on the influx of foreigners using Libya as a transit ... Read More »

  By Lucky Ogbebor         The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Ewuare II has commended the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives for extending their free medical outreach to the Palace.         The commendation was given when the Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives, Federal Health Institution Sector, Mr. Wale Olatunde led other ... Read More »

    By Lucky Ogbebor Three eminent Nigerians are to be honoured next week during the University of Benin’s 43rd Convocation/47 founder day activities next week.         Professor Alele-Williams, OON, a onetime Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin and the first woman to hold office as Vice Chancellor in Nigeria is one of those to be honoured.         According ... Read More »

  The United States announced Monday it was lifting its ban on refugees from 11 “high-risk” countries, but said those seeking to enter the US would come under much tougher scrutiny than in the past. Applicants from 11 countries, unnamed but understood to include 10 Muslim-majority nations plus North Korea, will face tougher “risk-based” assessments to be accepted. “It’s critically ... Read More »