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The Labour Party has once again pleaded with Nigerians to disregard the “satanic and destructive manipulations” of one Mike Omotoso against the Party and all it stands for. Omotoso was reported as committing the Labour Party to the All Progressive Congress, APC, and promising 16 million votes at an APC event in Ilorin Kwara State recently. The party in a …

Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) Youth Council has launched the ECOWAS Youth Council leadership series, an initiative for leaders as well as business men and influencers across the globe to use their wealth of experience and knowledge and mentor young ones. The initiative was recently launched in Liberia by the Vice President of Liberia H.E Jewel Howard, and …

United Nations (UN) has renewed its commitment to back the Obaseki Administration’s efforts at curbing the incidence of human trafficking and irregular migration, as international support swells to halt activities of human traffickers and their associates. The renewed commitment was made in Benin recently when officials of the global body, led by UN Special Rapporteur, Ms. Maria Grazia Giammarinaro visited …

The Nigerian Army on Sunday reacted to the daring Boko Haram attack on a military base and neighbouring communities in Guzamala Local Government Area. The army said its officers regrouped and have restored total normalcy in Gundubali and other neighbouring communities in Guzamala. PREMIUM TIMES reported the attack on the military base and surrounding communities by Boko Haram insurgents on …

Boko Haram jihadists have taken over a town in northeast Nigeria after sacking and occupying a military base, local officials and security sources told AFP on Saturday. Scores of fighters believed to be loyal to an Islamic State group-affiliated Boko Haram faction stormed the base in Gudumbali, in the Guzamala area of Borno state. At least eight civilians were believed …

Members of the National Assembly on Saturday revealed why they intended to resume plenary in October, instead of the scheduled September 25. The Vice-Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Business, Dr. Bode Ayorinde, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Shehu Sani, Adesoji Akanbi, Mao Ohuabunwa and James Manager were among those who spoke with Punch and urged both the upper and …

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige on Sunday said Nigeria would have been in ruins if President Muhammadu Buhari was not elected to pilot the affairs of the country in 2015. Ngige who spoke with journalists in Onitsha, Anambra State, said the All Progressives Congress met the country in tatters when it took over from the Peoples …

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki has called for a complementary approach to education in such a manner that literacy and skills are developed simultaneously to avert a situation where the country will have a deficit of skilled hands amidst a largely literate population. The governor said this in commemoration of the International Literacy Day marked every September 8, by the …

Nigeria’s governing party, APC, has set its prices for forms for elective offices so high that it would be virtually impossible for poor, honest Nigerians, including civil servants to aspire for top positions in the country from the party. Like the APC, the major opposition party, PDP, has also done same although its fees are much lower than that of …

A former governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has formally defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressive Congress. Mr Shekarau declared his much anticipated defection at a meeting with loyalists held at his Mundubawa avenue residence on Saturday. He said he decided to leave PDP due to the injustice the national leadership of the party meted against …