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Translate Home » News » Drop threat of warrant of arrest on minister over boundary dispute – Edo Group begs Obaseki Drop threat of warrant of arrest on minister over boundary dispute – Edo Group begs Obaseki On Kindly Share This Story: A Group, the Afenmai Patriotic Development Association (APDA), has called on the Edo State Government to drop the threat to issue a warrant of Arrest on the Hon Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba over t...

The story of the Benin bronzes is one Timothy Awoyemi, a British-Nigerian police officer, knows well. Like all schoolchildren in Nigeria, he was taught of the murderous 1897 raid when British soldiers plundered Benin City, stealing a priceless array of metal sculptures. So, unlike his United Kingdom-educated colleague Steve Dunstone, Awoyemi was not entirely puzzled by the scribbled note thrust suddenly into their hands: “Please help return the Benin bronzes.” It was 2004 and the pair were ...

BENIN CITY – The Edo State Government has stated that ongoing recruitment of staff into the Edo College of Agriculture and Natural Resources is part of many steps taken by the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration to reposition the institution in order to develop the needed manpower to drive the government’s robust agriculture-based economy. Acting Permanent Secretary, Edo State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Mr. Peter Aikhuomobhogbe Uidia, in a statement, explained tha...

BENIN CITY – THE newly posted Commissioner of Police to Edo state, Mr Philip Ogbadu yesterday read the riot act to criminals as he vowed to crush their activities and maintained that his target is to ensure kidnapped victims are rescued within four hours. Ogbadu stated this when he visited the Edo State Council Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) where he was received by the leadership of the union led by its Chairman, Sir Rolland Osakue. He said “In the past five days,...

Share The Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr. Philip Ogbadu, on Tuesday said that his target in the state is to ensure that kidnapped victims are rescued within four hours while also reading riot act to criminals, asking them to leave the state. Ogbadu, who made the disclosure during a visit to the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), however, assured that the command was on top of the security situations in the state and warned criminals to relocate from the state. He, h...

AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW ON THE RESULTS OF A STUDY IN ABU ZARIA ON BANDITRY IN THE NORTH. AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW ON THE RESULTS OF A STUDY IN ABU ZARIA ON BANDITRY IN THE NORTH. The following piece is by  Dr Abubakar Siddique Mohammed, the Director, Centre for Democratic Development Research and Training, Zango Shanu, Zaria, whose centre carried out research on banditry, kidnapping and killings in Zamfara and Katsina states. He speaks on the findings of their research. Members of this platform sho...

Vanguard News Edo APC demands Governor Obaseki’s resignation On By Ozioruva Aliu – Benin City Edo state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called for the resignation of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state over allegation of broken down security situation, disobedience of court order and that the state government was securing a N25b loan without disclosure of what it was being used for. In a reaction, the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chris Nehi...

The state caretaker chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Edo State, Col David Imuse Rtd. has called on Gov Godwin Obaseki to immediately resign from office over security challenges in the state. In a statement, Col Imuse alleged that Obaseki had run out of ideas on how to govern the state. According to him, the call has become necessary because the Governor is failing in his duty of protecting the lives of Edo people, he has shown gross disregard for the rule of law and his personal i...

The incident occurred at Agenebode, Estako East Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. It was learnt that the suspect, who was living in the same neighbourhood as the victim, who was said to have given birth through Caesarian Section three months ago, gained entrance into the victim’s room through the window. Police sources said the suspect grabbed the three-month old baby and threatened to kill the baby if the mother did not succumb to his sexual desires. The victim, who succumbed to the...

Punch Newspapers Sections Adeyinka Adedipe, Benin The Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of SARS has ordered that the state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, and a Superintendent of Police, John Agaga, appear before it on December 21 for the alleged murder of five youths in Itsukwi community in the Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State. Counsel for Chief U. K. Yahaya and four others, Kami Asunogie, told the panel on Wednesday that Agaga allegedly killed five of the y...