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Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has tasked Muslims in the State to continue to support government programs and policies and take the right decisions to ensure sustainability of the development recorded by his administration across all sectors of the state’s economy The governor said this while receiving Muslim faithful in Benin City led by the Deputy Chief Imam, Alh …

The president in his Democracy Day Speech on June 12 stated, “We shall soon send an executive bill to the National Assembly to enshrine the new minimum wage as part of our law for the next five years or less.” The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to “ensure that his government’s proposed bill on …

LOS ANGELES — You could call her the mother of Father’s Day. The late Sonora Smart Dodd launched the celebration of dads in 1910 in her hometown of Spokane, Washington. As a result, she is the one responsible for those annual gifts that run the gamut from embarrassingly silly-looking neckties to kids’ finger paintings crafted with so much love by …

A two-day summit in Switzerland dedicated to forging a path forward to end the war in Ukraine concluded with key powers spurning a joint communique agreed to by more than 80 other countries and international organizations. India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates, all of whom have important trading relationships with Russia as members of the BRICS …

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday said Nigeria needed sacrificing citizens to fulfill the dreams of its founding fathers. Tinubu made the remark while addressing newsmen after observing the 2024 Eid-el Adha prayers at Dodan Barracks, Lagos. The President emphasised the need for the people to follow the path of sacrifice to make the nation great. “Being a very good citizen …

•65,000 Nigerians climb Mount Arafat •Your sacrifice will not be in vain —Tinubu •Atiku urges FG to initiate hardship reduction measures •Govs, others felicitate Muslims Nigerian Muslims on Saturday joined their counterpart across the world to celebrate this year’s Eid-ul-adha otherwise as the festival of sacrifice in Saudi Arabia. This is coming amid the economic hardship currently biting hard in …

Suspected Gunmen attacked Sokoto village killing and abducting many in the early hours of Sunday. The attackers storm Dudun Doki vilkage of Gwadabawa local government area Sokoto killing over ten people and abducted many at about 1:30 am of today Sunday. Details later… VANGUARD

— Reintroduce subsidy, enlarge economic team The leader of Moitaliatu Church of God, Apostle Gabriel Akinadewo, has criticized the administration of President Bola Tinubu on the way the issues of insecurity and inflation are being handled in the country. Akinadewo, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, (BOT) Moitaliatu Organisation Worldwide, said this during the 60th anniversary of the chirch in Ondo …

…the proposal is not before parliament — Spokesman, Rotimi Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon. Akin Rotimi on Saturday described the widely reported ‘draft bill seeking Nigeria’s return to regional system of government’ as a memo or proposal from a Citizen. The House Spokesman, who stated this in a statement titled: ‘Clarification of House position on “Draft …

The Senate has promised to give the proposed minimum wage bill expeditious passage once it is presented to it by the Presidency. Senator representing Ekiti South and Chairman Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Yemi Adaramodu disclosed this on Friday while speaking with journalists in Abuja. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in his national broadcast on the occasion of Democracy …