Norsk Folkehjelp, a major Norwegian aid group that specialises in demining operations, said Tuesday it would let go 1,700 workers in 12 countries following a US decision to freeze foreign aid payments. It is the second major Norwegian charity in two days to cut operations because of the decision by US President Donald Trump. The…

A group, the Edo Odion movement, on Tuesday called on President Bola Tinubu to direct the attorney general of the federation and the inspector general of police to enforce local government autonomy in Edo State. The group also disclosed that using finance as a tool for political coercion undermines democracy, weakens local governance, and erodes…

The Edo State Government has expressed concern over the infrastructural deficit in the primary and secondary education sectors. The Chairman of Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (ESUBEB), Mrs. Onomen Goodness Briggs, expressed the state's concern during her inspection of ongoing projects in some schools in Edo South Senatorial District. Briggs was accompanied by Mrs.…

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old notorious cultist and armed robbery suspect identified as Innocent Chigozie, who had been terrorizing farm lands at Uzo Afor road in Okahia Community, Elele, Etche LGA. The suspect, who is the leader of a cultist gang, was arrested on January 30, 2025, at about…

A Swedish court on Tuesday sentenced a 52-year-old woman to 12 years in prison on genocide charges, in the country's first court case over crimes committed by the Islamic State (IS) group against the Yazidi minority. Accused of keeping Yazidi women and children as slaves at her home in Syria in the winter and spring…