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Domestic flights resumed Wednesday morning at two of Nigeria’s airports- Abuja and Lagos after a shutdown in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. At the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, intending passengers could be seen observing social distancing and were given hand sanitizers as they queued to board a flight […]

 The death toll from coronavirus (COVID-19) in Edo State has climbed to 50, with a total of 1,435 people testing positive for the disease, while 840 persons have been discharged from the state isolation facilities.   Commissioner for Health, Dr. Patrick Okundia, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin City, noted that over 50 percent […]

The Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday served an impeachment notice on the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, ending days of speculation.   Relationship between the deputy and his principal, Rotimi Akeredolu, have been soured since Ajayi jumped ship by decamping from the ruling All Progressives Congress the People’s Democratic Congress to contest the governorship […]

Ibrahim Magu, the suspended Acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spent his second night in custody Tuesday while Police combed his Abuja home.   Magu on Monday honoured an invitation by a Presidential panel investing allegations of corruption against him, and has since then been in detention at the Force Criminal Investigation […]

  …rejects request for prolonged adjournment    A Federal High court in Benin has ordered the candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the September 19, 2020 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to appear in court on Tuesday July 14, 2020, over the alleged N700m money laundering case that was preferred against […]

The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has condemned in strong terms an online publication, purportedly made by one Suleiman Abdul who claimed to be a teacher in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state, aimed at maligning the union and the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.   In a […]

  Ibrahim Magu, the embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spent Monday night at a Police cell in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, following allegations of maleficence against him.     This was despite denials on Monday by both the EFCC and the Department of State Security, which was alleged to have arrested the […]

Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, who was earlier on Monday arrested by officials of the Department of State Services in Wuse II in Abuja, Ibrahim Magu, has been moved to Aso Rock Villa to face an inter-agency committee set up to investigate allegations of corruption against him. Our source gathered that Magu […]

Main opposition People’s Democratic Party has told Ibrahim Magu, the embattled Acting Chairman of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, to step aside in order to make possible a credible probe into allegations of corruption levelled against him.   There were reports that Magu had been arrested Monday by the Department of Security Services, but […]