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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has described the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, as the finest standard bearer in terms of education, performance, character, and passion to rescue the country. Ortom is one of the five Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors seeking the resignation of the party’s National Chairman, Senator Iyorchia Ayu, as a condition for backing the PDP …

Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, on Thursday, admitted that he failed as a Minister, as he could not solve several challenges he ought to have solved despite being the longest serving minister of education. The Minister highlighted that, from out-of-school children which has increased during his time in office to challenges of ASUU and other challenges bedeviling the tertiary …

A civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), on Thursday, tasked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to arrest and probe all power ministers from 2017 till date over the alleged controversy surrounding the $6 billion Mambilla Project. The group predicated its charge on the grounds that nothing has been achieved for several years despite …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has signed into law four bills including the bill for the establishment of the Edo State Justice Sector Reforms and the Edo State Development and Building Control Agency. Others are the bill to repeal the Criminal Code Law of 1916 and enact a law to provide rules on criminal conduct, regulate public order and …

The RECs, 19 in total, were appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in July, following the expiration of the tenure of many former RECs. Five of these nominees were reappointed for a second and final term of five years while 14 others were new appointees. All the nominees were eventually confirmed by the Senate in October despite the protests by some individuals …

In continuation of its onslaught against forex dealers over the current dollar crisis in the country, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arrested no fewer than 87 forex dealers in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Lagos and Kano. Findings by The PUNCH revealed that the EFCC detectives stormed several forex trading hubs in Abuja, ransacking their vaults for …

A woman of Nigerian descent, Amanda Azubuike, has been promoted from Lieutenant Colonel to Brigadier General of the United States Army at a military base in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA. Born in London, United Kingdom, to Nigerian parents, Azubuike joined the US Army in 1994 and became an aviator after passing the Army Aviation Officer Basic Course. Commenting on her …

The crisis rocking the Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has deepened as its two leading figures, Pa Reuben Fasoranti and Pa Ayo Adebanjo, differed over support for presidential candidates and the group’s leadership position. Although there was speculation that leaders of the group held divergent opinions about the way forward in the current political dispensation, their disagreement remained beneath the surface …

No fewer than 1,200 artisans have been rendered jobless in Yaba, Lagos, following the inferno which ravaged the tailoring section of the popular Tejuoso Market. The artisans, who specialise in fabric works, were rendered jobless as over 1,600 industrial, weaving and straight sewing machines were destroyed in the mid-afternoon fire outbreak on Tuesday. Lagos State Territorial Coordinator, National Emergency Management …

The House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts alleged that some of those appointed by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), are working against the anti-corruption campaign of his regime. Chairman of the committee, Oluwole Oke, stated that the lawmakers reject the reduction of the proposed capital budget of the Office of the Auditor General for the Federation from …