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Civil rights groups on Friday berated the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for incurring a N2.2tn domestic debt in the last one year. The groups, in separate interviews on Friday with Saturday PUNCH, said that there were no visible impacts of the borrowed money on the country in the period. We have exclusively reported on Wednesday that statistics obtained from the Debt …

The Edo State Government has declared September 27 and September 28 as public holidays for the conduct of the governorship election in the state. The rescheduled Edo State governorship election will hold on Wednesday, September 28. Governor Adams Oshiomhole announced this on Saturday evening at an event organised in his honour by the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress …

By Oladipo Airenakho Benin City, Nigeria -The Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have thrown their weights behind Mr. Godwin Obaseki, candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC) in the September 28 gubernatorial election in Edo State, Nigeria. The endorsement took place during a solidarity gathering to honor Governor Adams Oshiomhole at the New Era College, now Samuel Ogbemudia …

The worldwide Sit-at- Home protest called by Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, against the continued detention of its leader and Director of Radio Biasfra Mr. Nnamdi Kanu was complied with totally by resident of Onitsh and Newi. In Nnewi and Onitsha, all the markets and financial house were under lock and keys, while gates of schools, Federal, State Governments institutions …

A new video showing the killing of Keith Lamont Scott, filmed by his wife, shows police warning Scott to “drop the gun” as his wife screams that he did not have a weapon. Scott, 43, was killed by police in Charlotte, North Carolina, after he was mistaken for a suspect in another incident. Police have refused to release police body …

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that considering how hard he prayed to become the President of the country, he cannot complain about the challenges facing the country. Buhari was quoted in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, as saying this while briefing Nigerian professionals in the United States about the challenges facing the …

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has warned the Special Anti-Robbery Squad operatives against torture and extra-judicial killings, saying no policeman in the world had the right or authority to kill crime suspects. He admonished the SARS personnel to always respect the right of every Nigerian, noting that this was the way they could change the negative public perception about …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has assured the 19 candidates participating in the September 28 governorship election in Edo State that it will not do the bidding of any political party at the poll. The Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sam Olumekun, who spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting held in Benin, on Thursday, urged the parties to convince the 1,924,072 …

The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Thursday, declared full blown war with the Federal Government to press for the unconditional release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other Biafra agitators detained in various prisons nationwide and in Diaspora. A palpable anxiety pervades Enugu State over the would-be clash between pro-Biafra groups of MASSOB, Indigenous People of …

President Muhammadu Buhari has, Thursday, signed the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and called for aid in the revival of Lake Chad basin. The president after signing the agreement said that his signing of the Agreement demonstrated Nigeria’s commitment to a global effort to reverse the effects of the negative trend. The President said this on Thursday while addressing the …