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It happened, therefore it was a success. President Joe Biden’s summit with China’s President Xi Jinping south of San Francisco Wednesday may have closed a trap door under the world’s most critical diplomatic relationship, which has plunged to its most acrimonious level in 50 years. But with expectations set so deliberately low and with each side having significant incentives to declare the meeting productive, …

The National Election Commission (NEC) of Liberia Wednesday commenced the announcement of the results of the run-off presidential election held on Tuesday. Former Vice President of Liberia and candidate of the Unity Party, Joseph Boakai, took an early lead in the first set of results announced by NEC chairperson Davidetta Lansanah. According to results seen on the NEC website, Mr …

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal, yesterday, dismissed the appeals filed by the governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour and that of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, against the electoral victory of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for lacking in merit. The three-man panel presided over by Justice Yargata Nimpar, held that …

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 …