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The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has expressed deep sadness over the passing of elder statesman, Chief Anthony Anenih, whose death was reported on Sunday. The governor, in a statement, said that Anenih’s death is a huge loss to the state and the nation as the elder statesman devoted a better part of his life to the development of …

Former Minister of Works and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih is dead. Mr Anenih, 85, died on Sunday evening at Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, where he was receiving treatment for an undisclosed ailment. According to wikipedia Mr Anthony Akhakon Anenih was born in Uzenema-Arue in Uromi. In 1951 he joined the Nigeria police force in Benin …

“We have to take an interest in the quality of our leaders and representatives in the level of education. If you look around this country at many levels of leadership, we have elected and we have chosen to elect people who do not have education. And because they are not educated, they cannot give education. The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu …

Supporters of the embattled National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, have started mobilising support for him in case those seeking his removal make good their threat to move against him this week. We gathered in Abuja, on Saturday, that lawmakers especially senators, who were favoured by Oshiomhole’s intervention during the recently concluded party primaries, had started reaching …

Members of the factional Boko Haram sect, who kidnapped Leah Sharibu alongside no fewer than 109 students in Dapchi, Yobe State, early this year, have demanded N100bn ransom before the girl could be released, a diplomatic source told SUNDAY PUNCH on Saturday. The source, which claimed to be involved in the negotiation for the release of the schoolgirl, said there …

Ahead of the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has revealed that 79 political parties have submitted names of their presidential candidate. The chairman of the commission, Mahmood Yakubu, said this during a press briefing with journalist at the headquarters of the commission in Maitama, Abuja. The chairman also said aside the 79 presidential candidates, 89 parties …

The Federal Government of Nigeria will decide on a new national minimum wage on Monday, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said. Mr Ngige who spoke with State House correspondents Friday said an “enlarged meeting of all key stakeholders in the government circle at both federal and states has been scheduled for Monday.” Labour unions in the country …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has commended the Edo State House of Assembly for the judicious use of its resources, which resulted in the facelift of the Anthony Enahoro Assembly Complex. The governor, who gave the commendation during an inspection visit to the Assembly complex in Benin City, the Edo State capital, said it was noteworthy that the renovation …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has revealed that plans are underway to amend laws in the state to provide for stiffer measures aimed at curbing thuggery and cultism. The governor disclosed this when he played host to the new Commander, 107 Air Maritime Group of the Nigerian Air Force, Wing Commander Fatai Ayinla Ganiyu, at the Government House in …

24 hours after being declared wanted by the police over the disappearance of an Army General, Mohammed Idris Alkali (retd), three suspects on Friday voluntarily surrendered themselves to the Plateau State Police Command in Jos. A source said the other suspects were also ready to surrender themselves but were waiting to see how the persons who already surrendered to the …