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Ahead of the Bayelsa governorship election, Ebelechukwu Tamar, a 100-level student of Niger Delta University, departed campus for her hometown in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. Ms Tamar, 22, rooted for the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) but she did not vote. She said she has lost faith in the electoral system of the country, hence, …

The Federal Government has reduced to six counts the fraud charges it filed against the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele. The charges charges, bordering on alleged procurement, were originally 20. In the original charge, the Federal Government alleged that the procurement fraud was to the tune of N6.5bn. The original charges were first filed in …

• Suspected assailants of Ajaero arrested, says NSA• Imo gov warns ‘individuals pursuing personal gains at state’s expense’• HURIWA tasks industrial court on independence, integrity After barely two days at the trenches, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) reached a truce with the Federal Government, late yesterday, bringing to an end the indefinite strike called by former. …

Nigeria’s organised labour has suspended its nationwide strike, which began on Tuesday. The Joint National Executive Council of the two leading labour unions which declared the strike – the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) – announced the suspension of the industrial action at the end of a meeting Wednesday evening, reports said. The development came a …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa clearly rode on the inability of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to resolve its internal crisis, to emerge a formidable challenger to PDP’s age-long hegemony in the state. The governorship election in Bayelsa State was won largely on the character, and to some extent, performances of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) Governor …

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has again spoken on his rift with Joe Ajaero, the national president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Background There was an uproar in the state on 1 November when some thugs and police officers reportedly attacked Mr Ajaero and other members of the NLC who had assembled at the union’s council secretariat ahead of a planned protest …

Edo State State First lady, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki has reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to restoring New Era College’s lost sporting glory. Mrs. Obaseki gave the reaffirmation recently, while commissioning facilities at the school premises during an event to mark the College’s golden jubilee, with the theme, “Together we stand.” Edo State First Lady, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki (2nd right) during the commissioning of some facilities …

Bishop Joseph Strickland, who was removed as the leader of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, by Pope Francis on Nov. 11, 2023, leads the recitation of the rosary outside the site of the U.S. bishops’ fall assembly in Baltimore on Nov. 14, 2023. | Credit: Shannon Mullen/CNA Bishop Joseph Strickland didn’t join his fellow U.S. bishops at their annual fall …

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops on Wednesday stormed into Gaza’s largest hospital, searching for traces of Hamas inside and beneath the facility filled with hundreds of patients, including newborns, who have gone for days without electricity and with little food as fighting raged around them. Details from the raid remained sketchy, but officials from Israel and Gaza presented different …

For the second day in the week, the indefinite strike called by the national leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress has grounded activities at the Nigerian parliament, the National Assembly. The PUNCH reported that on Tuesday, the three gates to the National Assembly were only partially accessible as the strike commenced owing to the assault unleashed on the NLC President, Joe …