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Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday winged the first female fighter pilot, an attack helicopter pilot and eleven other pilots after training in the United States and South Africa. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said the duo would be deployed in the North-east in furtherance of the war against insurgency. NAF has also decorated the first Air …

Pro-democracy activist and current Chief of Staff to Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, Comrade Taiwo Akerele, has drawn attention to the danger posed to democracy in the state and warned those he described as miscreants and selfish politicians to desist from activities that threaten the institution. Irked by some current unpleasant happenings in Edo State, perpetrated by certain people, …

Ahead of Wednesday’s make or mar negotiation between the federal government and organised labour, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has asked the unions not to contemplate any action that may adversely affect the economy of the country. He said that the threat by labour to embark on industrial action if the dispute on the full implementation …

Lagos state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu Tuesday said that the State was ready to pay more than the N30,000 benchmark for the National Minimum Wage. Sanwo-Olu who disclosed this during a meeting with the organised labour unions held at the State House in Alausa, said the implementation of the new minimum wage payment would take off when the Federal Government …

Wife of Nigeria’s President, Aisha Buhari, has come out to explain and confirm what transpired in a viral video, which she admitted happened in the Aso Rock Villa and her security officers couldn’t do anything about it because it was “Mamman Daura’s daughter, Fatima that videoed me.” While fielding questions from journalists upon her arrival from London Sunday morning on a viral …

Seasoned accountant, Mr. Julius Osemen Anelu has been confirmed by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki as the state’s Accountant General. Until now, Anelu had been working in acting capacity as the Accountant General since his appointment was announced in June this year. Edo State head of Service, Isaac Ehiozuwa, said in a statement in Benin on Tuesday that the …

…Insists there is zero-tolerance to thuggery in Edo Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman and former Governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has been advised to always put the state chapter of the APC and the government on notice when visiting the state so he can be accorded courtesies due him as a national figure. This even as …

Nigeria’s anti-graft Agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has raided a nigh-club in Osun State, notorious for hosting parties for suspected internet fraudsters and arrested 94 suspects. The Osogbo-based club was raided on Monday, the agency said in a statement and that it seized 19 cars, laptops, scores of sophisticated mobile phones and other items. Popularly known as …

…Edo APC Chieftains caution against heating up the polity …Condemn spread of fake news As the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Adams Oshiomhole continued to gain sympathy from certain personalities, including Nigeria’s Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo Agege, on reported attack on him, Edo State Commissioner of Police, DanMallam Muhammed debunked such allegation, telling the public that it …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday berated President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), over the attack by members of the party on the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, stating that this is a sign of disintegration of the party. PDP said that the attack is a confirmation that the dysfunctional APC has finally disintegrated. The opposition …