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The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC has drawn a battle line with the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike over the demolitions in the capital city, Abuja. The NLC president Comrade Joe Ajaero in an interview described the demolitions whichhe said were mainly directed at the poor as akin to Hitler’s tyranny. Responding to question during an interview on AIT, …

President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the construction of 1,000 houses in Sokoto, Kebbi, Katsina, Zamfara, Kaduna, Niger, and Benue States as part of a broad plan by the Federal Government to address the conflict in the north, according to Vice President Kashim Shettima. Shettima who represented President Tinubu, disclosed this at the weekend in Maiduguri, Borno State during …

Leaders and diplomats the world over expressed condolences and support on Saturday for Morocco after a devastating earthquake struck near tourist hotspot Marrakesh. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake that hit late Friday killed at least 632 people and injured 329 others, including 51 in critical condition, according to Moroccan authorities. Support poured in from leaders across the world, including – Europe – …

MARRAKECH, Morocco — A rare, powerful earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night, killing more than 800 people and damaging buildings from villages in the Atlas Mountains to the historic city of Marrakech. But the full toll was not known as rescuers struggled to get through boulder-strewn roads to the remote mountain villages hit hardest. People woken by the quake ran into the …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON  A gubernatorial aspirant on the platform of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Martins Azekhumen Okoukoni has pledged to change the present narrative of Edo State with institutional reforms if elected governor of the state come 2024. He expressed confidence that with the ideology of the LP and his own progressive personality, the needed apparatus to checkmate corrupt …

Bendel Insurance FC of Benin, Edo State is set for another thrilling continental showdown as they advance in the CAF Confederation Cup with a first-leg clash against Renaissance Sportive de Berkane (RSB) of Morocco in the Second Qualifying Round of the competition. The Edo-based team will host the 2021/2022 CAF Confederation Cup winners for a place in the group stage, …

…to showcase opportunities for State’s prosperity created by Obaseki in 7 years Asue Ighodalo, the Chairman, Alaghodaro Economic Summit Limited/Gte has said the seventh edition of the Alaghodaro Summit will be used to showcase the innovative policies and gains of reforms implemented by the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, to create prosperity for the State and improve the livelihoods of Edo people. Ighodalo said …

Africa requires the reform of global financial architecture as that would position countries in the continent to access Climate Change action funding, resources and ensure long-term adaptation according to Nigeria’s immediate past Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN). He made this statement while fielding questions from journalists on Wednesday during a media chat at the just concluded first Africa Climate …

TALLINN, Estonia — Russian authorities are holding local elections this weekend in occupied parts of Ukraine in an effort to tighten their grip on territories Moscow illegally annexed a year ago and still does not fully control. The voting for Russian-installed legislatures in the Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions has already begun and concludes Sunday. It has been denounced by Kyiv and the …

PAN Niger Delta Elders Forum, PANDEF, has opined that the legal representatives of the candidates of the Labour Party, Peter Obi and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, did not do a good job in the presidential election matter they handled. National Publicity Secretary of PANDEF, Ken Robinson, stated that the lapses in the presentations by the counsel for LP and …