The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke on Thursday wrote a letter to the House of Representatives denying allegations that he was confused on how to handle the prosecution of the murder of late Olaitan Oyerinde, former Principal Private Secretary to Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State. A lawyer representing the office of the AGF, Thompson Olatigbe on We ...

A day after it resumed plenary session, the House of Representatives is geared to commence its series of investigations as it set up committees to investigate allegations raised by the Governor of Edo state against the police and the N2.1billion missing money from the Mint Company. The Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, had at the launch of new police code accused the Nigeria Police authority of profe ...

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar has said that the allegations made against the police authority by the governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole over the death of his private secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde are unfounded. The Edo state governor had at a national summit on security in Abuja on Thursday, he called for the sack of the Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Crimin ...

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 Oyerinde were in police detention as at t ...

The Governor of Edo state Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has called on Nigerians to choose their leaders on the basis of competence and issues rather than ethnic sentiments. Governor Adams Oshiomhole made the call on Monday after taking his oath of office for a second term as Governor of Edo State. He pledged to focus on industrialisation and man power development in his second term in office. The gove ...

A Former Director of the State Secret Service (SSS), Mike Ejiofor has reacted to speculations that the security body recycle suspects at different times and for different crimes. Mr Ejiofor, who was discussing the security situation in Nigeria as a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, reacted to the speculations in two ways. “My first reaction (when I heard the speculation) was that I go ...

The Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole has renamed the Delta Crescent, where the house of the former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Anenih is located in GRA Benin City, after his late Principal Private Secretary, Olaitan Oyerinde. The governor who made the pronouncement on Wednesday, during the Service of Songs for the late Oyerinde at Government House Benin ...

The Oshiomhole Campaign Organisation on Saturday kicked-off re-election campaign for the governor of Edo state, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, The campaign kicked off at the Kings Square in Benin City, despite the heavy downpour Saturday morning. The governor’s politburo suffered a major barely 24 hours before the kick start of the campaign with the assassination of the governor’s the principal private secretary ...

The Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole has given the state police command 14 days to fish out the killers of his private secretary and the three journalists who died at last weekend’s convoy crash. The governor gave the ultimatum after he led party leaders and other members of government on a protest along major streets in Benin City. Mr  Oshiomhole who said no one has the monopoly of evil, warned leaders ...