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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has slammed suspended Humanitarian Minister, Betta Edu, her predecessor, Sadiya Umar-Farouq, and the Coordinator of the National Social Insurance Programmes Agency, Halima Shehu, while revealing that a combined total of N32.7bn and $445,000 has been recovered so far from the ministry.   The commission made the development known on […]

The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Bar. Olumide Akpata on Saturday accused an unnamed senior official of the Edo State Government of being behind his attack on Friday afternoon at the University of Benin, Edo State.   Akpata was attacked as a guest at an interactive session organized by the University of Benin staff […]

A Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) employee, Mr Monday Osazuwa, on Friday, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how the former apex bank governor, Godwin Emefiele, on different occasions, directed him to collect three million dollars cash in tranches.   Osasuwa, while being led in evidence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) counsel, […]

The Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced controversial crossdresser, Idris Olarewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, to six months imprisonment without the option of a fine for abusing the naira.   Justice Abimbola Awogboro, while sentencing the convict, said the judgment would be a deterrent to others who are found abusing and mutilating […]

  …free ride extended to July as nearly 5 million Edo residents benefit   The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the extension of the free bus scheme implemented by the state government for another three months.   The free transport scheme, now extended to July 2024, was introduced in September 2023 for […]

  Philip Shaibu, the Edo state politician who was Deputy Governor in that state until yesterday afternoon, would seem to have failed woefully to learn certain basic lessons of power. He has said that he is a victim of an act of injustice and that he would fight to the very end. He may have […]

   The Federal Government and ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar have traded words over the cost of the Lagos-Calabar Highway Project.   In a statement on Tuesday, Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), dared President Bola Tinubu to disclose the full cost of the project. The former Vice President said the […]

38-year-old Omobayo Marvellous Godwins has been sworn in as the new Deputy Governor of Edo State.   He was sworn in, on Monday, at the Festival Hall, Government House, Benin City, by the Edo State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Daniel Iyobosa Okungbowa.   His swearing in followed the impeachment of Philip Shaibu by the Edo […]

The Ikeja High Court in Lagos State has ordered the remand of a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).    He is to be remanded till the next adjourned date, Thursday, April 11 when the court will give its […]

No fewer than 60 People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members in the House of Representatives have threatened to leave the party if the Acting National Chairman Umar Ililya Damagum does not resign immediately. They said he should immediately be replaced by someone from the North Central in line with the constitution of the party among other […]

   The political atmosphere in Edo State took a new shape on Monday when the state’s House of Assembly impeached embattled Philip Shaibu as deputy governor, ending a long-drawn drama between him and Governor Godwin Obaseki.    He was impeached during the House’s plenary session in Benin City, the Edo State capital in a move […]

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has banned for life a referee Zaharadeen Nasiru from Katsina State and his assistant Usman Auwalu of Borno State over their poor handling of the Nigeria National League (NNL) week 17 fixture between Jigawa Golden Stars and Sporting Supreme in Dutse.   It will be recalled that the referee awarded […]