The Abia State Government has stated that it will commence payment of the new minimum wage from October. The state Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, disclosed this on Monday while briefing the press on the outcome of the week’s State Executive Council meeting chaired by the state governor, Alex Otti. He stated the payment, “will…
Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi says anyone dreaming of becoming president in 2027 is not serious. Amadi’s statement comes after the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the All Progressives Congress, APC’s Monday Okpebholo as winner of the Edo State governorship election. “Anyone thinking of being the President…
Kogi State House of Assembly has called for the removal of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The lawmakers claimed that there were assassination attempts on the former governor of the state, Yahaya Bello, which they see as a threat to the current governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo. They accused the anti-graft…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the outcome of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State, and has vowed to challenge it The Acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagum, at a press conference on Monday, said the party will explore all legal and democratic means to retrieve “the stolen mandate”…
The recent brutal violence that befell the people of Enugwu-Ukwu Community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, where no fewer than three youths of the community were allegedly killed, with five others severely injured by unidentified persons over a suspected land boundary dispute with neighbuoring Nawfia community (also in Njikoka Local Government Area),…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Edo State Governorship election, Asue Ighodalo has expressed his disappointment over the just concluded polls. Ighodalo came second after polling 247,274 votes as he was defeated by Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who secured 291,667 votes. Speaking on the aftermath of the election, Ighodalo…
The Chairman of the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Aziegbemi, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to conduct an immediate re-collation and recompilation of the actual results from the Edo governorship election. Aziegbemi’s appeal emphasized the need for a comprehensive review of the collated results before…
If Ayomide Adeleye, a 23-year-old, 300-level philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), had understood the profound consequences of taking another person’s life, he likely would have chosen to stay in poverty. The lanky black complexioned young man who resides with his parents in Ikorodu in Lagos is now cooling his head inside the cell…
President Bola Tinubu, on Sunday, stated that the victory of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), in the Edo State governorship election reflects the people’s support for his policies. Tinubu expressed this sentiment in a congratulatory message to Monday Okpebholo, the APC’s candidate in the election. The statement was released by the president’s spokesperson,…
Nigerian shipowners have said the country is losing about $86bn annually to foreign dominance in the freight forwarding business. They said the Federal Government’s inaction and unfriendly policies had stifled the growth of local operators, resulting in the county’s loss of billions of dollars in revenue to foreign-dominated shipping operations. Speaking at the 16th Marine…
