AGP Executive Report
Last update: 26 minutes agoKidnapping Crackdown in Edo: Edo State Police say a 32-year-old kidnap suspect, Marvelous Isaac, confessed that the gang’s guns were “rented” from a community security chief in Oredo, Benin City, named Liberty, after a June 14 market abduction; police recovered cash, a Lexus SUV, a shotgun and a motorcycle, and said another gang member was killed in the gun battle. NSCDC vs Telecom Theft: NSCDC arrested two suspects for allegedly buying diesel siphoned from telecom facilities in Edo, as part of efforts to dismantle networks behind economic sabotage. Benin-Linked Extradition Case: Anti-Western activist Kemi Seba was denied bail in South Africa and will stay in jail until an extradition hearing next month; he faces a Benin request tied to alleged plot activities against former President Patrice Talon. Diplomacy: Former INEC chair Mahmood Yakubu formally resumed as Nigeria’s ambassador to Qatar in Doha, welcomed by Qatari officials and a group of African ambassadors including Benin’s envoy. UN/Regional Justice: ECOWAS Court held a Cotonou meeting on enforcing judgments across member states, with Benin hosting. Education & Research: UNIBEN’s proposed N100bn trust fund drew praise from Nigeria’s education minister, while NILDS and UNIBEN launched new PhD programmes in law, governance and related fields.
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