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President Bola Tinubu and the organized labour have agreed on N70,000 as the new national minimum wage.  The agreement was reached at a meeting he had at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) led by their presidents, Joe Ajaero and Festus Usifoh, respectively.  Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed …

Professor Aiguosatile Otoghile, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), has warned that the worsening economic hardship in Nigeria could lead to a revolt. He attributed this hardship to the lack of a functional social security system for citizens. Citing the recent uprising in Kenya, Professor Otoghile cautioned that while a similar situation …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has urged police officers serving in Edo State to ensure they discharge their duties in a way that will attract the people’s prayers noting that the prayers he received from Edo people as Mopol 5 Commander in 2010 is still working for him. IGP Egbetokun stated this while addressing …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him. The new survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Wednesday, July 17, that the accreditation granted to election observers for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections is not guaranteed and can be revoked at any time. Speaking at a training session for election observers, Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Election and Party Monitoring Committee, emphasised that any observer …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday upheld the nomination of Dr. Asue Ighodalo as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2024 Edo State gubernatorial election. The court’s decision, delivered by Justice James Omotosho, came in a judgment on a suit marked CS/469/24. The court dismissed the case filed by Philip Shaibu, who had challenged Ighodalo’s …

The Edo State House of Assembly, led by Blessing Agbebaku, has appealed the judgment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, which overturned the impeachment of ex-eputy governor, Philip Shaibu and reinstated him. The Assembly has also filed for a stay of execution of the judgment pending the appeal’s outcome. The 24-member Edo House of Assembly …

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, in her speech to the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, cheered America’s “incredible ability to self-correct.” Haley, so recently a political rival and fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, might have been talking about herself. On the second night of the convention in Milwaukee, less than 24 hours after a top union leader denounced corporate America in the …

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of security for former President Donald Trump on the day a gunman tried to assassinate him at a Pennsylvania rally. In a brief notice posted to the inspector general’s website, the agency said the objective of the probe is to “Evaluate …

The Senator representing Borno North, Senator Mohammed Monguno (APC-Borno), has replaced Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South (APC-Borno) as the Majority Whip of the Senate. This was contained in a letter to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, and signed by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and the National Secretary, Sen. Ajibola …