Drama played out on Thursday at the Edo State House of Assembly when dozens of heavily armed security operatives stormed the complex, leading to the eventual renovation of the complex. As early as 8 am, police officers comprising operatives attached to the Police Mobile Force and Operation Thunderstorm occupied the complex in Benin City, the state

Seventeen lawmakers of the Edo State House of Assembly, including 14 members whose seats have been previously declared vacant, claim that they have impeached the Speaker of the House, Francis Okiye, and his deputy, Roland Asoro. The decision was taken on Thursday at a private location in Benin City, the state capital, hours after security

The National Hajj Commission, NAHCON, has condoled the family of late Yusuf Chinedu Nwoha who died recently in a motor accident while travelling home for Sallah. Mallam Nwoha was until his sudden death, a NAHCON board member representing Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA). In a statement signed by the Chairman/CEO, Alhaji Zikrullah Hassan,

The #RevolutionNow movement and other human rights groups, on Thursday lashed out at the Presidency for describing Wednesday’s #RevolutionNow protests as a child’s play and irritation. The groups told The PUNCH that the Presidency’s dismissal of #RevolutionNow’s protests clearly indicated that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari;’s (retd.) regime was insensitive to the suffering of

On Thursday night, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced 354 new confirmed COVID-19 cases. The new cases were reported from 17 states: FCT (78), Lagos (76), Kaduna (23), Ebonyi (19), Oyo (18), Nasarawa (17), Rivers (17), Delta (16), Kwara (15), Akwa Ibom (13), Edo (12), Ogun (12), Plateau (11), Kano (9), Bauchi (6),

The Lagos State Government has paid a visit to the family of the late Chidinma Ajoku. The Attorney General & Commissioner of Justice, Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN) accompanied by some top officials from the state’s ministry of justice visited the family today on behalf of the State Government. They were received by the late Chidinma’s Mum,

The Borno State Police Command has paraded forty-five criminals arrested in different parts of the state for various offences. One of those arrested is one Goni Mallum, a Boko Haram logistics supplier who confessed to running errands for the insurgents citing hunger and poverty as justification for his actions. Mallum said the insurgents captured him

Manchester United edged LASK 2-1 and Inter Milan beat Getafe 2-0 on Wednesday in rescheduled ties due to the coronavirus pandemic to clinch places in the quarter-finals of the Europa League. United had a 5-0 lead from their first leg played in March and will face Copenhagen who enjoyed a 3-0 victory on the night

Japan on Thursday marks 75 years since the world’s first atomic bomb attack, with the coronavirus pandemic forcing a scaling back of ceremonies to commemorate the victims. Survivors, relatives and a handful of foreign dignitaries will attend this year’s main event in Hiroshima to pray for the victims and call for world peace. But the

The Defence Headquarters has said that troops of Operation DELTA SAFE, on Tuesday, in Bayelsa State, invaded a Pirates’ camp killing six militants. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. According to the military spokesman, the troops acted on credible intelligence and monitored movements of a suspected