The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday dispelled rumours of postponement of the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo. Mr Solomon Soyebi, INEC National Commissioner in-charge of Voter Education and Publicity, said during a press conference held at INEC’s office in Benin, that “the governorship election will go ahead …
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Spanish international striker Paco Alcacer recognised he will have to make the most of relatively few opportunities to make his mark at Barcelona as back-up to a fearsome front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar. Alcacer was presented at the Camp Nou on Thursday after completing a 30 …
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The police in Lagos State have foiled a kidnap attempt and rescued an Indian national from suspected kidnappers in Ikorodu area of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Fatai Owoseni, confirmed this on Thursday to newsmen at his weekly news briefing.Owoseni said the Indian was working …
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Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Thursday, said that it will not succumb to the act of intimidation, harassment and an attempt to silence them by the Department of State Services, DSS, with the list of 38 alleged members both in Nigeria and the Diaspora, it released as …
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday set out his vision for a better Nigeria, imagining an incorruptible paradise where drivers don’t run red lights and internet scams are a thing of the past. In Buhari’s Nigeria, police turn down bribes from rich men driving SUVs, militants in the oil-rich Niger delta …
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About 80 percent of Nigerian women and girls, who arrive Italy, are sex trafficking victims, according to Vatican news agency, Agenzia Fides. “Hundreds of thousands of people fall victim to human trafficking every year in Africa alone,” said Monsignor Ignatius Ayau Kaigama at an international conference against human trafficking organised …
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The National Youth Service Corps has called for adequate security measures to be put in place for the protection of corps members who will participate in the Edo governorship election, scheduled for Saturday. The Director-General, NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Sule Kazaure, made the call when he paid courtesy visits to various security …
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Tanko Abdulateef, a 22-year old House guard who allegedly killed his employer, Mrs Mabel Mba Okafor in Ajah area of the State on August 17, 2016. The suspect, who was arrested from his hiding in Bali, Taraba State, was said to have …
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The Federal Government has secured the imprisonments of 269 persons who trafficked humans in Nigeria since 2003, the acting Director-General of National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Abdulrasak Dangiri, said on Monday. He also hinted that cases of human trafficking from Nigeria across overseas, especially Europe have …
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Mr Anselm Ojezua, Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, said President Muhammadu Buhari would lead the party members to Benin on Tuesday for the governorship campaigns finale.  Ojezua disclosed this while speaking with journalists in Benin on Monday and said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and all APC governors …
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