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By Eben Enasco Oredo Local Government Chairman, Dr. Tom Obaseki has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to the welfare and well-being of workers, whom he described as the engine room of governance, and promised that their dedication and loyalty would continue to be rewarded. Obaseki gave the reaffirmation recently in Benin when he received in audience, the executive members, Oredo branch …

Donald Trump’s first act on becoming a convicted criminal was to launch a raging new attack on the rule of law, laying bare the gravity of the choice awaiting America’s voters. In one sense, Trump’s conviction on all counts in his first criminal trial affirmed the principle on which the United States is founded — that everyone is equal and that no one, not even …

If anyone expected Joe Biden to be celebrating the fact that election rival Donald Trump is now a convicted felon, they were disappointed. Instead the Democrat’s campaign issued a sober warning that the only way to prevent Trump returning to the White House remained the ballot box. The challenge now will be for Biden to extract political gain for Trump’s historic criminal …

…says military will be fierce in response The armed forces of Nigeria has mourned the death of 5 personnel of Operation Udoka, killed in action by terrorists of IPOB/ ESN while on deployment at Obikabia Junction Checkpoint in Obingwa Local Government Areas adjourning Aba metropolis in Abia State. The AFN said each and every soldier lost in battle is a …

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has condemned the killing of soldiers in Abia State, south-east Nigeria. PREMIUM TIMES reported how masked gunmen, on Thursday morning, attacked and killed four soldiers in Obikabia Junction in Aba, the commercial hub of the Abia State. The gunmen, who also burnt the soldiers’ patrol truck, were said to be enforcing the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous …

Donald Trump’s conviction on 34 felony counts marks the end of the former president’s historic hush money trial, but the fight over the case is far from over. Now comes the sentencing and the potential for a prison sentence. A lengthy appellate process. And all the while, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee still has to deal with three more criminal cases and a campaign …

Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward Buba, said the military would avenge the killing of the soldiers, adding that the military’s response would be fierce. The Defence Headquarters has vowed that the military will retaliate against the killing of five soldiers in Abia State on Thursday. The soldiers were killed by gunmen enforcing a sit-at-home order given by …

There are strong indications that Organised Labour may begin a nationwide strike from Monday, June 3, over a new minimum wage. This is as the tripartite committee on a new national minimum wage, NNMW, reconvenes today, following abrupt adjournment due to labour’s walkout of last Tuesday’s meeting, where it accused government negotiators of unseriousness in the negotiation process. Meanwhile, accusing …

Washington CNN — Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump called attention to what’s at stake in November’s election in the moments after Trump’s conviction Thursday, as Republicans rushed to the former president’s defense. “There’s only one way to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office: At the ballot box,” Biden wrote on social media, linking to a fundraising page. …

The verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money trial is now being read in the courtroom.   The 34 counts stemmed from 11 invoices, 12 vouchers and 11 checks that make up Trump’s monthly reimbursement payments to Michael Cohen who fronted the $130,000 payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.   Follow the latest on the verdict for each of the counts below:  …