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The Arewa Joint Committee that interacted with some presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 presidential election said on Tuesday that the exercise was not meant to endorse any particular candidate for the forthcoming election.  The Arewa Consultative Forum, Northern Elders Forum, Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, Jamiyyar Matan Arewa, Arewa House (Centre for Historical Development and Research), and Arewa Research …

The Federal Government has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to rescind its opposition to the registration of two new academic unions in the Nigerian public university system. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, made the call in a statement signed by Mr Olajide Oshundun, Head, Press and Public Relations, in the ministry on Tuesday in Abuja. …

An environment protection coalition, Our Habitat, has thrown its weight behind the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, over the destruction of an illegal oil bunkering vessel. The PUNCH had reported how the CDS had defended the destruction of the vessel, saying there was nothing sinister about the swift destruction of an oil bunkering vessel by security operatives. Defending the …

Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it had succeeded in closing down 62 illegal Degree awarding institutions in the country in Nigeria. The commission also said it closed a fake NYSC Orientation Camp in its bid to tackle corruption in the education sector. The Chairman, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, disclosed this at a Youth Dialogue on Corruption …

Edo State Government is collaborating with PharmAccess Foundation, a Dutch-based non-profit organization to train healthcare providers and evaluators across the state. The Edo State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Obehi Akoria, in a statement, said the training is aimed at building the capacity of state officials to perform quality assessments for primary and secondary healthcare facilities across the state’s 18 local …

Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Special Adviser on Media Projects, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, has said that the only proof of life of “the comatose All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State” is to issue spineless press statements, spewing falsehoods against the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)-led Edo State Government. The party had in a recent statement said that the Edo State Government has …

Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), retired Col David Imuse has condemned alleged moves by Governor Godwin Obaseki to force Edo civil servants to attend the PDP Presidential Campaign rally scheduled for Saturday, 22 October 2022, in Benin City. Col Imuse who expressed dismay at the moves, and noting it was in the face of the governor’s …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged Africans to be united for global advancement through the conscious re-enactment of cultural values and beliefs.Obasanjo made the call during a visit by the Director-General of the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC), Ms Oluwabunmi Amao, on Monday at his residence in Abeokuta. This is contained in a statement released by …

The legal representatives of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu have told the Department of State Services (DSS) to respect and comply with the Court of Appeal verdict that discharged Kanu last Thursday in Abuja. This was contained in a document by Kanu’s lawyers addressed to the Director-General of the State Security Service on Monday …

The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria has been thrown into a tailspin following the judgment of the Court of Appeal, last week, October 13, 2022, which threw out the criminal charges against Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, on the ground that the Federal Government had violated his fundamental human rights by yanking him off …