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…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 …

WASHINGTON — NATO has signed a nearly $700 million contract to have member countries produce more Stinger missiles, one of many steps the alliance is pressing at its summit in Washington to get each country to boost its own weapons production capabilities. Outgoing NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced the contract Tuesday at a Chamber of Commerce industry day focused …

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG and its Petroleum and Natural and Senior Staff Association, PENGASSAN, have written to President Bola Tinubu, demanding a high powered investigation into the allegation that the International Oil Companies, IOCs, are plotting to undermine and destabilize the Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals. In a written through the Chief of Staff to …

The NATO summit was long planned to celebrate the alliance’s 75th anniversary, to lock in longterm military support for Ukraine and even to future-proof the West against a possible second term for Donald Trump. But no one expected the meeting in Washington this week to turn into a public test of 81-year-old President Joe Biden’s health and cognitive capacity with his reelection campaign facing an …