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The Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Kwara State Council, has threatened to withdraw coverage of political parties in the state if attacks and assaults on its members by supporters of political parties and suspected thugs continue unabated. The union which condemned what it described as “unwarranted” assaults on some Journalists …

  KINSMEN of the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel Igbenedion with the name Okada Youths Vanguard yesterday said they would vote against the current member representing them in the House of Representatives, Omosede Igbinedion and for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Dennis Idahosa in next year’s general …

More than 20 persons have been feared killed in different parts of Benin City and its environs in a renewed clash between rival cult groups. An ad-hoc worker of the Edo State-owned Public Work Volunteer, whose identity could not be confirmed, was killed at his duty post at the popular …

A suspected motorcycle thief, Sharif Audu, has admitted to stealing a Bajaj motorcycle in order to raise money for his girlfriend’s upkeep. The 18-year-old was apprehended by a team of police detectives from Niger State Police Command after robbing one Yakubu Ndanusa of his motorcycle. Northern City News gathered that …