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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON  Labour Party (LP), governorship candidate in the forthcoming Edo gubernatorial election, Barrister Olumide Akpata formally invited by police over alleged security breaches, involving shootings at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Ugbowo Campus, has finally honored the invitation.  Akpata who was reportedly invited by the police three weeks  ago, showed up at the State police Command headquarters where …

In a bid to legalize the businesses of many of the Point of Sale (PoS) Operators before the expiration of the July 7th deadline as issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has created additional registration venue in Abuja. Speaking while inaugurating the Center, the Registrar-General of CAC, Hussaini Magaji, explained that the importance …

Less than 48 hours after soldiers were withdrawn from Okuama community in Ughelli South Local Government Area, bloodbath has returned as one person is feared dead and three others fatally injured. Our reporter gathered on Thursday morning that the fresh violence ensued as indigenes of the levelled Okuama are attempting to return to their ruined ancestral homes. Some of the …

President Joe Biden said for the first time Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he acknowledged have been used to kill civilians in Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a major invasion of the city of Rafah. “Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in …

Over the years, Nigeria has acquired the notorious tag of a fraud haven. And if recent revelations by the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Barrister Ola Olukoyede, are anything to go by, that tag is not disappearing any time soon. Speaking with newsmen at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja,  the EFCC boss stunned Nigerians when …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama, Abuja has granted bail to the immediate past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Abubakar Sirika; his daughter, Fatima and son-in-law, Jalal Sule Hamma at N100million. Justice Sylva Oriji granted them bail after their arraignment, along with a firm, Al Buraq Global Investment Limited, on a six-count charge bordering on corrupt …

•  ‘We are open to negotiation’•  NLC, TUC to converge at organ level on alleged threats•  N615,000 not sufficient to make workers comfortable• Labour Party turned to money-making platform The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, said fuel subsidy removal accounts for much of the new minimum wage demand, raising what labour would have considered a fair demand by as much …

Amidst semblance of improvements in the petrol supply situation, the NNPC Limited has assured consumers that it has enough petrol in stock to last for the next 30 days. Specifically, the Corporation said it has not less than 1.5 billion liters in stock and hence, warned the public against panic buying. Findings by Vanguard yesterday showed that queues have disappeared in most filling stations …

Left to their own devices, Nigerians have often had to deal with terrorists without any form of protection. In a countless number of cases, they have been literally butchered by the outlaws who feast on the docility and inaction of the State to carry out the most horrendous crimes. As a pointer to the helplessness of the populace in the …

Pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress in the 2023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the ‘unjust’ detention of a reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Daniel Ojukwu. Abducted journalist, Daniel Ojukwu and Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun Sowore lamented the refusal of the Nigerian Police to release Ojucku despite meeting all the bail …