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A 20-year campaign by rightwing billionaire donors to undermine trade unions and strike a blow at the progressive movement in Americacomes to a climax on Monday, in a hearing at the US supreme court. The nine justices of the nation’s highest court will hear arguments in Janus V AFSCME, a case that has the potential to strip unions of a …

By Alltimepost.com Omo N’Oba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba of Benin has said that traditional rulers will continue to do their best to unite the country and help sort out the nation’s security challenges. Oba Ewuare II stated this when the German Ambassador to Nigeria Bernhard Schlagheck paid him a courtesy visit in his Palace in Benin City during the week. …

By Alltimepost.com A special security meeting to tackle the problems of cattle herdsmen, illegal migration and human trafficking, kidnapping and other criminal activities in Edo State was held at the instance of the Oba of Benin in his Palace on Thursday. The meeting was attended by the various heads of security agencies in the state, including the Police, the Army, …

Edo Civil Society Organisations (EDOCSO), a network of civil society groups in Edo has condemned the recent rejection by the state lawmakers of the proposed autonomy of State Houses of Assembly and the Judiciary in the ongoing amendment of the nation’s constitution. The leadership and members of the organization said in a strongly worded statement in Benin on Thursday that …

The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has said that state governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the majority of the party members have confidence in the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun. Bello said this in an interview with State House correspondents on Thursday evening after a meeting the governors had with President …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he was sorry that the attack which led to the abduction of pupils from the Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, happened. He described the incident as “national disaster.” Buhari stated this in a release made available to journalists by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The President said …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured that the state’s ‘Priority Response Plan to End Violence Against Children,’ will strengthen measures to check violence against children and protect them from abuse. Obaseki who was represented by his deputy, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu, at the launching of the “Edo State Priority Response Plan to End Violence Against Children (E-VAC),’ in …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said the examination mode for blind candidates for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination was likely to be conducted by dictation, as was done in 2017. Head, Media and Information, JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. Benjamin was speaking against …

Kaduna State Government has announced tax waiver for public secondary and primary school teachers in the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Malam Jafaru Sani, disclosed this at a press briefing on Thursday in Kaduna. Sani said that the government would from March 2018 stop the deduction of Pay As You Earn from the salaries teachers until …

The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed banks and other financial institutions to settle customers’ complaints on issues of overcharge, unauthorised deductions and other matters within two weeks. The CBN Head of Complaints Management Division, Mr. Tajudeen Ahmed, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. He said the CBN would ensure that …