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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s imperiled re-election campaign hit new trouble Wednesday as House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said merely “it’s up to the president to decide” if he should stay in the race, celebrity donor George Clooney said he should not run and Democratic senators and lawmakers expressed fresh fear about his ability to beat Republican Donald Trump. The sudden flurry of grave pronouncements despite Biden’s determined …

President Bola Tinubu will on Thursday, July 11, meet organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) of Nigeria as part of consultation before sending a bill on a new national minimum wage to the National Assembly. President of TUC, Comrade Festus Osifo confirmed this to reporters on Wednesday. “The president has invited the organised labour …

The lawmakers discussed the Agreement on Tuesday following the alleged inclusion of “The LGBTQ+ clause in the document. The House of Representatives may have embarked on a misinformation campaign regarding the outcome of the debate on the Samoa Agreement. The lower chamber of the National Assembly discussed the Agreement on Tuesday following the alleged inclusion of “The LGBTQ+ clause in …

…sets up Six-Man investigation panel The National Working Committee (NWC) of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has suspended the party’s National Vice Chairman, South South, Chief Dan Orbih, and set up a six-man investigation committee to probe allegations of anti-party activities leveled against him. This decision was taken at the PDP NWC’s 588th meeting held at the party’s National Secretariat, …

Edo State Government has commenced the screening of over 326 ex-staff of the former Edo State Colleges of Agriculture in Iguoriakhi and Agenebode. The Permanent Secretary/Chairman of Edo State Pensions Bureau, Wellington Osaro Abbe, told Journalists in Benin that the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki approved the payment of the ex-staff following the restructuring exercise that was carried out in …

President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Festus Osifo, has disclosed that there are still some level of discussions ongoing between labour representatives and the Federal Government regarding a new national minimum wage bill, expected to be submitted to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu. Speaking at the inaugural Annual Convention of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff …

Says We have nothing in our Food Reserve across the country, the Silos are Empty The Senate has called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency address the problem of hunger in the land caused by food insecurity which has created what it described as an emergency. According to the Senate, President Bola Tinubu led Federal government …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has scheduled ruling for July 16 on an application by former the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele to travel abroad on medical grounds. Emefiele is being prosecuted before the court on a 20-count amended charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He is …

The Assistant Manager of Zenith Bank Plc, Ms Ifeoma Ogbonna, has told a Lagos Special Offences Court that the embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, through the bank moved multimillion naira to his wife, Mrs Margaret Emefiele. She said the firms that CBN vendors are Answabian Resources and Solution, Limelight Dimensional Service Limited, Omec …

The House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled plans to withhold forthwith local government allocation for Local Government Councils across the country being governed by officials not elected democratically. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on the urgent need to address the refusal of State Governments to uphold democratic principles in the Local Government and the …