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Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo has ordered the indefinite suspension of the Public Safety Response Team (PSRT), led by Kelly Okungbowa. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Umar Ikhilor, on Friday in Benin. Ikhilor stated that the decision followed numerous complaints of extortion, harassment, and unruly behaviour by…
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What informs the frequent trips by Nigeria’s Fourth Republic vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, to the Ota residence of his former principal, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo? To make sense of such volleys one has to move back into history to connect it with the present.
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The Inter-Party Advisory Council of Nigeria (IPAC), on Friday, announced a strategic partnership with the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation for the production of Unbroken: Two and a Half Decades, a documentary highlighting 25 years of uninterrupted democratic governance in Nigeria. It said that the council, as the umbrella body of all political…
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A former Chairman of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chijioke Ihunwo, has said that despite the ongoing crisis in the state, nobody can remove Siminalayi Fubara as Governor. Ihunwo vowed that the alleged plots by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, to position the Speaker, Martins Amaewhule, an Ikwerre…
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The Osun Amotekun Corps has debunked claims of fatalities during the ongoing recruitment training, affirming that all applicants who experienced health issues were treated and are currently recovering. The security outfit also refuted allegations of political bias in its recent recruitment exercise, describing the claims as malicious and baseless. Speaking at a press conference at…
