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By Alltimepost.com The Crown Prince of Benin Kingdom, His Royal Highness (Amb) Eheneden Erediauwa has described the transition of his father, the Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty, Oba Erediauwa as emotional for him as he was very close to the Late King. Prince Erediauwa made the remarks in his Uselu Palace on Sunday during a condolence visit to him …

By Alltimepost.com WASHINGTON—Mariela Melero, Associate Director for Customer Service and Public Engagement at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is a finalist for the 2016 Service to America Medals honoring excellence among federal employees. “I came to this country with my parents as a refugee,” Melero said. “It is both an honor and a privilege to be able to help others …

By Alltimepost.com The State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has increased the minimum wage of civil servants in the state from N18,000 to N25, 000, with immediate effect. He announced the new wage on Sunday, during the 2016 May(workers) Day celebration held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. “When the going gets tough, that is when the tough gets going and …

The Federal Government on Sunday kept mum over the recent demand by the organised labour for a new minimum wage of N56,000. The issue of the minimum wage was not mentioned by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who represented President Muhammadu Buhari, at the May Day rally in Abuja. Officials of the Nigeria Labour Congress expressed …

Former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South leader, Chief Edwin Clark, said, yesterday, that the qualities of late Oba of Benin, His Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa, were unmatchable. Oba of Benin, HRM Omo N’oba Erediuawa Clark, in a statement, described the late monarch as a humble gentleman, but with arresting royal carriage, adding that late Oba lived …

Three weeks to first anniversary of the present government, the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has revealed that how be became the running mate to President Mohammadu Buhari, saying his disposition to fight corruption in Nigeria was the motivating factor. Osinbajo spoke at a non-denominational conference organized by the Covenant Christian Centre in Abuja on Saturday. He recalled that he …

ABUJA — Organised Labour at yesterday’s May Day celebration, told President Muhammadu Buhari that workers and ordinary Nigerians were beginning to lose faith in the change mantra of the All Progressives Congress, APC-led Federal Government. The President, however, assured workers and Nigerians generally that his government was determined to tackle, headlong, all socio-economic ills troubling the nation. He said the …

Report, by Osaru Okuns & Nume Eseimuede The Secretary to Benin Traditional Council (BTC), Mr. Frank Erhabor has allayed the fears of non-indigenes of Benin Kingdom, following the announcement on Friday, of the passing of the Benin Monarch, Omo N’ Oba N’ Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa. The Secretary in an exclusive interview with Alltimepost.com over the phone on Saturday …

The reconciliation committee of the National Assembly on the 2016 budget may return the corrected details of the appropriation bill to President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday (today), findings revealed on Friday. The committee is chaired by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Suleiman Lasun. A second committee from the side of the executive is chaired by the …

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, have maintained stance on N56, 000 as new minimum wage with other demands to raise workers’ standard of living. This declaration was made by Deputy President, NLC, Comrade Peters Adeyemi, during a press conference on the activities marking May Day with theme, ‘The Working Class and the Quest for Socio-Economic …