THE Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday said it has secured conviction of 22 persons who were involved in internet fraud popularly called yahoo yahoo within it’s operational base in the last one year.

ASABA—A founding member and one of the leaders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Delta State, Chief Ighoyota Amori, yesterday, said former governor, James Ibori, is not the Vice Chairman to Professor Sam Oyovbaire in the 2019 campaign council of the party in the state.

A notorious kidnap kingpin identified as Sunday, the dreaded Dagboru, has been gunned down by Policemen at Imota in Ikorodu during a gun battle.

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said he would on Tuesday introduce a joint resolution condemning Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of one of its chieftains, Doyin Okupe, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday called its second  witness in the trial of Sen. Peter Nwoboshi  charged with money laundering.

ABUJA—The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of one of its chieftains, Doyin Okupe, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Efforts by the Federal Government through the instrumentality of the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to resolve the lingering boundary dispute between Edo and Delta states, have been scuttled by the Delta State delegation who staged a walk-out at a peace meeting coordinated by the NBC.

The Task Team Leader of the World Bank, Parminder Brar, has disclosed that the institution is committing about $18.5 million to be spent on State for Employment and Expenditure For Results (SEEFOR) projects in Edo State for 2019.

NO fewer than 500 political appointees and elected officials of the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, Tuesday, defected   to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ado Ekiti.

A group, Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has urged the National Assembly to save the nation’s democracy by immediately overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the amendment of the Electoral Act.

ABUJA – A coalition of civil society organisations and professionals bodies working to reduce maternal and child mortality in the country have called for the introduction of mobile phone tax to help fund the healthcare system.

ABUJA—YAKUBU Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives on yesterday lamented the failure of federal revenue generating agencies to remit funds collected into the Federation Account as provided by extant laws affects payment of salaries by Federal and state governments.

Makurdi—No fewer than four persons were Monday feared dead in a bloody clash between rival cult groups in the Awe Street area of Makurdi town near the State Library.

Jose Mourinho has called on Paul Pogba to show what he is capable of on his return to the Manchester United side for Wednesday’s Champions League trip to Valencia.