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The Atiku-Agbaje Media Engagement Network (AAMEN) has described the drafting of Mrs. Aisha Buhari into the President’s campaign team as a bribe that the APC administration meant to silence the outspoken First Lady. AAMEN also called for the immediate sacking of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Retired-Colonel Hameed Ali, who was on Wednesday announced as a member of a novel Aisha …

The Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, has said that he is ready to vacate office if that is what is required to restore peace and security to the state. Zamfara has been bedevilled by armed bandits who kill villagers and also abduct some for ransom. There have been recent calls for an imposition of a full state of emergency similar …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it has not been briefed on the alleged payment of N15.89bn to universities by the Federal Government, two months after it embarked on strike. The union’s National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Wednesday in Lagos. The unionist was reacting to reports that the Federal …

Wife of Edo State Governor, Mrs Betsy Obaseki on Tuesday visited four hospitals in Benin City to felicitate with babies born on New Year’s Day. The first port of call for Mrs. Obaseki and her entourage was Stella Obasanjo Hospital in Benin City, where Mrs Ifeoma Uwegbae, who delivered the first baby of the year at 12:46am, weighing 3kg, was …

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City – Newly deployed Commissioner of Police to Edo State, CP Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu assumed duty today with a pledge to improve Edo security and make the state hotter for criminals. CP Hakeem made the pledge shortly after taking over from out-going CP Johnson Kokumo at the state police command headquarters in Benin City on Wednesday. …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has assured the state’s new Commissioner of Police, Mr. Hakeem Olusegun Odumosun of support, leveraging the newly established Edo State Security Architecture. Obaseki said the new security architecture was established to guarantee well-coordinated policing that will benefit from input from relevant stakeholders, especially local communities, in the state. The State Chief Executive Officer gave …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has issued a noticed to all its structures and organs to commence mobilization for mass action against the federal government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics. This was contained in a statement signed by the association’s president, Danielson Akpan, on Sunday. The ASUU commenced a nationwide …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the contract for the refurbishment of 230 primary schools across the state, to provide for conducive learning environment for pupils in the schools. Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said this in Benin City, the state capital on Wednesday. He noted that the state …

The Federal Government has said that the Technical Committee announced by President Muhammadu Buhari to be set up on the new Minimum Wage was not to review the report of the Minimum Wage Tripartite Committee. Besides, the government team on the new minimum wage has invited leadership of the organized labour for a meeting on Friday January 4, 2019, to …

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has urged the Edo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Johnson Kokumo, to investigate the shooting incident at Ring Road, Benin City, on New Year Day, which reportedly claimed one life. In a statement, Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy to the governor, Mr. Crusoe Osagie, said “the governor has asked the Police …