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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) was caught up in a whirlpool of protests by several trade unions last week, in solidarity with primary school teachers and healthcare workers who have been on strike for about four months over unpaid salaries and allowances. Workers in the FCTA are aggrieved too, over discrepancies in their salaries; and non-payment of some hazard …

At least 10 Nigerian states collectively increased their domestic debt by N417.7bn year-on-year, despite a significant rise in revenue allocations from the Federation Account Allocation Committee, a review of official data has shown. An analysis of the Debt Management Office’s quarterly reports on subnational debt reveals that Rivers, Enugu, Niger, Taraba, Bauchi, Benue, Gombe, Edo, Kwara, and Nasarawa raised their …

By Eben Enasco Edo State Police Command has taken proactive measures to prevent any potential security breaches during the Neo Black Movement (NBM) Founders Day celebration. The NBM, popularly addressed as Aye confraternity, annually celebrates its founders day ceremony on the 7th day of July officially referred to as 7/7. The command in its intelligence reports disclosed an alleged plan …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has approved ₦1 billion (one billion) as bursary support for students of Edo State origin in tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Okpebholo who made the disclosure during a town hall meeting with young people in Edo State last weekend, pledged to fulfill the yearnings and aspirations for good …

A recent survey conducted by an independent, non-profit, and non-partisan opinion research think-tank known as Africa Polling Institute (API) showed that between 79% to 83% of Nigerians expressed little or no trust in the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led Executive, National Assembly, and the Judicial arms of government. The report, launched at a national dialogue in Abuja on Thursday, also computed …

For over two decades, Peter Rufai — fondly called Dodo Mayana — stood tall between the goalposts as one of Nigeria’s most iconic football figures. His agility, calmness under pressure, and leadership made him a national hero and a symbol of Nigerian pride on the world stage. While his passing on 4 July has left a gaping hole in the …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted cocaine concealed in lipsticks and a property title document bound for the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, respectively. Operatives of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation attached to a logistics firm in Lagos discovered the consignments on Thursday, a statement by the anti-drug agency on Sunday indicated. The statement by the …

….As BRICS warn of tariff impact on trades US tariffs will kick-off in on August 1 if trading partners do not strike deals with Washington, Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, said, even as BRICS leaders yesterday warn that President Donald Trump’s indiscriminate import tariffs risked hurting global economy. A draft summit statement noted that the BRICS were set to voice “serious …

KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) Rescuers scoured a devastated central Texas landscape of mangled trees, overturned cars and muck-filled debris Saturday in an increasingly bleak mission to locate survivors, including 27 girls who have not been seen since their camp was slammed with a wall of water in a historic flash flood. The flooding in Kerr County killed at least 43 people, …

By Idahosa Musa Benin City, Nigeria – The Executive Chairman of the Edo State Internal Revenue Service (EIRS), Barr. Oladele Bankole-Balogun, on Thursday, said that the state has generated the sum of N52.6 billion in the last six months. He disclosed this while giving the agency half of the year’s performance review in Benin, the Edo State Capital. Mr. Bankole-Balogun …