The Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Abaniwinda Olufemi has said operatives of the Eagle-Net’s Special Squad have arrested a fifty-four-year-old woman, Efe David with one hundred and seventy-five, 175 live cartridges. The Police boss disclosed this during a press briefing in Asaba. He said the suspect an indigene of Oria-Abraka Community in Ethiope-East Local…
Asue Ighodalo has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary for Edo State, beating other aspirants including Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu in the election held in Benin City on Thursday. In the exercise held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in the Edo State capital, Ighodalo polled 577 votes to emerge as the state ruling…
The Delta State Police Command has invited a human rights activist, Israel Joe over a planned protest against the economic hardship in the country. The Police invitation was signed by CSP Ya’U Musa Kangiwa 2i/C State Intelligence Department, SCID. No reasons were given for the invitation which is slated for Thursday. In response to the…
The Lagos State Government says it will engage canteens locally known as Mama Put to feed between 1,000 to 1,500 residents daily in each of the local government areas of the state. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State said this on Thursday during a media chat, explaining that the move is part of measures to…
APC governorship aspirant in the Edo governorship race, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor has pulled out of the rescheduled primary election scheduled for today. Osunbor disclosed this in a letter dated February 21, 2024. Recall that the former Edo governor last Tuesday submitted a petition to the APC Appeals committee and demanded a rescheduled primary that would…
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has emerged winner of a factional Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, primary election. Shaibu was declared the party’s candidate for the September 21, 2024 governorship election with 301 votes out of the total numbers of 559 votes cast at the primary by Honourable Moses Bartholomew. It was gathered…
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, said his administration would be reducing public servants working days as part of plans to cushion the cost of living crisis in the country. Speaking during the media parley in Lagos he said the 25% reduction on transport services will start this weekend for the State Public…
One of the aspirants in the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary in Edo State, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, has withdrawn from the race. Ogbeide-Ihama stated this in a letter addressed to the party’s National Secretary, Sam Anyanwu, and copied to the National Working Committee of the PDP. The letter, which was made available to journalists on…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Lagos State is ready for the creation of state police, adding that the state boasts of at least 10,000 men to be immediately deployed once the Federal Government and the National Assembly give the nod for the establishment of state police. Sanwo-Olu, who stated this on Thursday during a media chat,…
The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 12 persons as members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This confirmation comes after a report of the Committee On Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions Committee of the CBN was considered during plenary on Thursday. The confirmation of the new MPC…
