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BY LAURA BESTMAN State governors are seeking greater constitutional authority over security operations within their domains and guaranteed funding arrangements for the proposed State Police Services, according to a report of a high-level strategic meeting involving state Attorneys-General, legal experts and senior security officials convened by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat in A...

By Opeyemi SundayEdo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has approved the nomination of Terry Igiebor as Chairman of the Edo State Ecological Funding and Management Commission.The Secretary to the State Government, Umar Ikhilor, in a statement on Monday, said the move is aimed at strengthening environmental management and grassroots development across the state.Igiebor, described as a distinguished businessman and grassroots...

By Israel Adebiyi The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo State Command, has rescued a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted in Oghu Community, Ewohimi, Esan South-East Local Government Area, and arrested two suspects linked to the incident....

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Borisenko Evgenievich, has received Nigeria’s newly appointed Ambassador to Russia, Joseph Iji, in Moscow.The meeting was revealed in a statement issued in Abuja by Miss Daria Senyushina, Communications Officer at the Russian Embassy in Nigeria.According to her, both sides discussed issues aimed at strengthening the long-standing friendly relations between Nigeria and Russia.She said the discus...

By Happiness SamuelThe Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, said Nigeria’s economy could have been severely destabilised, with petrol prices potentially surging to ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has arrested a Nigerian-American over alleged cross-border vehicle import fraud involving more than 320,000 dollars (about 434.88 million naira).According to a statement shared on the Commissi...

The Federal Government has issued transition guidelines for the implementation of the Tax Acts 2025, clarifying how taxpayers, tax authorities and other stakeholders should manage obligations arising from the migration from the old tax regime to the new framework that took effect on January 1, 2026....

Banks and their customers lost a combined 134.48 billion naira to fraud between 2020 and 2025 amid a significant expansion in digital payments and financial technology adoption across the country, according to data contained in the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Nigeria Payments System Vision 2028 document....

By Happiness SamuelThe Federal Government is considering a new initiative that would allow journalists to accompany military personnel during selected operations....

The Edo State Government has assured residents that those behind the abduction of a woman at the Vegetable Market in Benin will be brought to justice, adding that the state police command has commenced an investigation into the incident....