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By Idahosa Musa Stakeholders in Edo State have laminated what they described as the continuous loss of revenue to neighboring Delta State through taxes. The people made the claim at a stakeholders meeting, organized by the Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), on Wednesday in Benin The interactive session of the one-day program had in attendance top government functionaries, heads …

Apart from the sexual assault allegations, Abbo is also accused of criminal intimidation of the two underage girls and their parents in Abuja. A disturbing petition submitted by the law firm D.I. Aiyedun & Co. to the Inspector General of Police has accused former Senator Ishaku Elisha Abbo of raping a 13-year-old secondary school student and attempting to rape her …

Political economist, and activist, Professor Pat Utomi has said that political parties have lost their voices. He said the only strong opposition to the Federal Government are few voices on social media. Professor Utomi said this at the David Oladipo Leadership Roundtable themed “Nigeria and Opposition Politics” on Tuesday, in Lagos. At the event, the convener, Dr. David Oladipo, said Nigeria was …

Mediators have made contact with the head of Hamas’s military wing in Gaza, who has indicated he does not agree to the new US ceasefire plan, the BBC understands. Israel has pressed on with its offensive in Gaza City since President Trump unveiled his peace plan Izz al-Din al-Haddad is thought to believe the plan was designed to finish Hamas, …

The company stated that its employees had individually communicated their refusal to join the union, attaching copies of their signed letters. The company stated that its employees had individually communicated their refusal to join the union, attaching copies of their signed letters. Amid the ongoing labour dispute between Dangote Group and petroleum workers’ unions, a newly formed trucking subsidiary, Direct …

BY IDAHOSA MUSA BENIN CITY – The Edo State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gbenga Agun, is dead. Agun slumped on Thursday at an event in Benin City after delivering a keynote address and was billed to receive an award of excellence. Our correspondent who was at the event said Agun was rushed to the …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has debunked a news report claiming he was considering stepping down for a younger aspirant in the race for the 2027 presidential ticket of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Atiku’s media adviser, Paul Ibe made the clarification in a Thursday statement. Earlier on Thursday, reports circulated that the 2023 presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic Party …

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said he is open to stepping aside for a younger aspirant if he loses the presidential primary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking in an interview with BBC Hausa on Wednesday, Atiku, who was the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate in the 2023 elections, also said it …

Dozens of activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, have been detained by Israeli forces after a flotilla carrying aid bound for Gaza was intercepted. Israel’s Foreign Ministry said several vessels from the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) had been “safely stopped” and those aboard were being transferred to an Israeli port to be deported. The boats intercepted were in international …

The Lagos State Government has defended the ongoing demolition of illegal structures at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo, insisting that the exercise is a technical enforcement of planning laws and not targeted at any ethnic group. Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Olumide Oluyinka Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Olumide Oluyinka, made the …