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Gunmen on Thursday in Benin attacked the convoy of the Edo governorship candidate of APC, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, and the reinstated Deputy Governor, Mr Philip Shaibu, killing one of the security details. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred on Airport Road when Okpebholo and several others arrived in the city from Abuja aboard a chartered …

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ministers of Finance, Wale Edun, and Education, Prof Tahir Mamman to explore ways to pay the four months’ salaries being withheld from university non-teaching staff comprising Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU). President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, disclosed …

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has reacted to the N70,000 minimum wage presented to them by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Tinubu had through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris disclosed that the Nigerian government would pay N70,000 as new minimum wage to workers. Reacting to the development, a source in the meeting told Vanguard that organized Labour …

President Bola Tinubu and the organized labour have agreed on N70,000 as the new national minimum wage.  The agreement was reached at a meeting he had at the Presidential Villa, Abuja with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) led by their presidents, Joe Ajaero and Festus Usifoh, respectively.  Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed …

Professor Aiguosatile Otoghile, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Benin (UNIBEN), has warned that the worsening economic hardship in Nigeria could lead to a revolt. He attributed this hardship to the lack of a functional social security system for citizens. Citing the recent uprising in Kenya, Professor Otoghile cautioned that while a similar situation …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has urged police officers serving in Edo State to ensure they discharge their duties in a way that will attract the people’s prayers noting that the prayers he received from Edo people as Mopol 5 Commander in 2010 is still working for him. IGP Egbetokun stated this while addressing …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that “average Democrats” are still with him even if some “big names” are turning on him. The new survey by the AP-NORC Center for Public …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced on Wednesday, July 17, that the accreditation granted to election observers for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections is not guaranteed and can be revoked at any time. Speaking at a training session for election observers, Sam Olumekun, National Commissioner and Chairman of the Election and Party Monitoring Committee, emphasised that any observer …

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday upheld the nomination of Dr. Asue Ighodalo as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 2024 Edo State gubernatorial election. The court’s decision, delivered by Justice James Omotosho, came in a judgment on a suit marked CS/469/24. The court dismissed the case filed by Philip Shaibu, who had challenged Ighodalo’s …

The Edo State House of Assembly, led by Blessing Agbebaku, has appealed the judgment by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, which overturned the impeachment of ex-eputy governor, Philip Shaibu and reinstated him. The Assembly has also filed for a stay of execution of the judgment pending the appeal’s outcome. The 24-member Edo House of Assembly …