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BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Benin City, Edo, Nigeria – Gunmen suspected to be assassins have shot a Pastor and gunned down his wife in Benin City. The Pastor’s Assistant also sustained injuries on his heads during the rain of bullets about 7:36 pm on Monday August 14, 2023. Police identified the clergy as Rev. Dr. Samuel Chinyereugo, and his deceased wife …

Jami’iyyatu Ansariddeen Attijaniyya, an Islamic organisation, has urged the Niger military junta to develop a comprehensive transition plan for the restoration of democratic governance in the country. The National Secretary of the group, Malam Muhammad Yahaya, made the call at a news conference on Tuesday in Abuja. “We appeal to the military rulers in Niger to abide by the Islamic …

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Tope Ajayi on Tuesday said there were no plans by the administration of President Bola Tinubu to reintroduce fuel subsidy. Ajayi made the assertion on X formerly known as Twitter at 6:08 pm WAT. He said, “There is no plan to reintroduce any form of fuel subsidy. There is …

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has restrained the State Security Service (SSS) and its agents from arresting two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele. Justice E. Okpe, who is the court’s vacation judge, issued the restraining orders in two rulings on separate ex-parte motions filed by George Emefiele and Okanta …

The Federal Government on Tuesday applied to withdraw the charge of illegal possession of firearms filed against the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. Director of Public Prosecutions at the Federal Ministry of Justice Mohammed  Bakodo Abubakar who approached the federal high court in Ikoyi with an oral application said the withdrawal followed the result of further …

Following the ongoing review of the minimum wage by federal lawmakers, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, has said Nigerians will get a ‘survival wage’ that could take them home. Abbas stated this at a National Policy Dialogue on corruption, social norms and behavioural change in Nigeria, organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related …

A Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, Edo State capital, has affirmed Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party. Julius Abure and Lamidi Apapa This was disclosed in a statement issued Monday evening by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Obiora Ifoh. The case with No: CA/B/93/2023, which was filed by Mr. Lucky Shaibu against …

An Atlanta-based grand jury has indicted Donald Trump and 18 others on state charges stemming from their efforts to overturn the former president’s 2020 electoral defeat, the CNN reports. The historic 41-count indictment unsealed Monday is the fourth criminal case that Trump is facing. Trump and others “joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome” of the election, according to …

Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly (EDHA), has made a passionate appeal to supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Uromi, to liberate their local government by voting for all PDP candidates during the local government elections government election in September. The Speaker’s words: “We are here to beg you to liberate Uromi properly …

A former member of the National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has identified five reasons for the increasing reemergence of military takeover of governments in Africa, especially in the West African sub-region. Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, Mr Sani, a Senator, frowned at what he considers the increasing reemergence of juntas in the politics of especially …