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Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has reacted to a statement issued by the Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Osa Nehikhare indicating that the council issued a press statement on the alleged government plot to demolish NUJ building in Benin City. In the statement, signed by Mr. Festus Alenkhe and Mr. Andy Egbon, Chairman …

…efforts geared towards better heritage management systems Edo State Government has debunked reports making the rounds that the government plans to demolish the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Edo State Council building in Government Reserved Area (GRA), Benin City. In a statement, the Edo State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Hon. Chris Osa Nehikhare, described the report as unfortunate and …

Benin City, Nigeria – There is tension and anxiety among media practitioners in Edo state over alleged plans by the state government to take over the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) situated along No 1 Igbinedion Way formerly known as Reservation Road in Benin City. The Vanguard gathered that the land was donated to the NUJ by …

Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has stressed that the cost of governance in Nigeria, criminality and corruption within government space has reached an unacceptable level, saying there was need to take drastic measures to reduce the trends. Obi stated this in Gboko while speaking to newsmen after he addressed the NKST Synod in Mkar, Gboko Local Government Area of Benue …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi has denied saying that the former governor of Rivers state, Peter Odili was his classmate in high school. Obi had during a project commissioning event organised by Nyesom Wike in Rivers opined that, “Peter Odili was my senior at (CKC); we played football together. If Odili is not able to …

A former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, has lamented that Nigeria is becoming a global threat, noting that the country has failed. Duke, who insisted that the system has been corrupted, stressed that no political party can get the country out of its current state. He said this on Saturday at the Front-foot media initiative’s roundtable discussion held …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dared the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to expel him and face the consequences of its action. The governor has also vowed that his state would not sacrifice itself for any politician who does not care about Rivers interest. Governor Wike spoke on Friday night, at the State Banquet in honour of the Integrity Governors …

• Personality Clashes Hold Sway In The Region• Ohanaeze Ndigbo Keeps Parties Waiting On Endorsement• Blame Development On Ohaneze Complacency— Obioha• APC, PDP Supporters Battle To Secure Strongholds The quest for support among the three top contenders for the presidency in the 2023 general election — Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP); Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) …

A group of Nigerian professionals based in the United States of America, USA, has promised to mobilize no fewer than one hundred thousand of  its members to support the presidential aspiration of Mr. Peter Obi, the candidate of the Labour Party, LP, for the 2023 general elections. The group, known as ‘Naija We Can’, said in Awka that the amount …

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Saturday, explained the reasons why he failed to meet with the party’s Rivers State governorship candidate in the 2023 general election, Mrs Beatrice Itubo. The PUNCH, on Thursday, reported that Obi was invited by the state’s governor, Nyesom Wike, to inaugurate the Nkpolu-Oroworokwo Flyover in Port-Harcourt, the state capital. Meanwhile, …