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Public Interest Lawyers League, PILL, has demanded that the inspector general of Police be sacked. According to a statement released today by the President of the body, Abdul Mahmud, PILL consider the remarks of the Inspector-General of Police, MD Abubakar, unfortunate and regrettable. The full statement: OLAITAN OYERINDE: SACK THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF POLICE NOW! (Text of the press statement issued ...

The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal to stop further probe into the educational qualification of Gov. Adam Oshiomhole. Delivering a ruling on an appeal filed by the governor, Justice Bode Rhodes-Vivour held that the respondent (retired Maj.-Gen. Charles Airhiavbere) of the PDP did not capture such initiative in his petition. Oshiomole had prayed ...

The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has accused the Nigerian Police of being responsible for the assassination of his Special Adviser and Personal Secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde. Mr Oshiomhole, who was speaking on Thursday in Abuja during the launching of the new code of conduct for the Nigerian police, said both the assassin and the weapon used to murder the late ...

Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Friday dissolved the state executive council ahead of his swearing-in for a second term on Monday. The governor, who announced the dissolution at a valedictory executive council session in Benin, expressed appreciation to the outgoing commissioners “for their selfless service to the state. “I want to use this opportunity to say how much I ...

Governors of four states that lost the bid for the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (DISCO) have vowed to stop the winner, Vigeo Power Consortium, from taking its prize. The four states bidded for the Benin DISCO, one of the offspring of the behemoth Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), through their technical partner, Southern Electricity Distribution Consortium, but lost the ...