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The Edo Government began the payment of the N70,000 new minimum wage to workers in the state this month in fulfilment of the promise to increase the minimum wage from May, 2024. Gov. Godwin Obaseki had during the inauguration of the Labour House in Benin announced the increment in workers’ minimum wage from N40,000 to N70,000. Obaseki said the increment was to reflect the current economic realities of the country and cushion the impacts of the harsh economy on the people of the state. In a statement, the State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, said the payment of…

The Edo state chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has suspended the party’s national chairman, Julius Abure. According to Channels Television, this is following the party’s state executive ratifying Abure’s membership suspension from Arue, Ward 3, Esan North-East Local Government Area, as conveyed in a letter dated 14th May, 2024 and addressed to Abure. In a press conference in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Friday night where state, local government leaders and other members of the party were present, the LP Esan North East LG Chairman, Patrick Onogbenin, disclosed that he had on 14th May, received a letter…

Four years after Muhammadu Sanusi II was deposed as the Emir of Kano, Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has reinstated him to the throne. “With the full support of the kingmakers, I have approved the reappointment of Mallam Sanusi Lamido,” the governor said to cheers at the Art Chamber of the Kano State Government House around 5:16 pm on Thursday. Emir Sanusi II, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, was known as Lamido Sanusi before becoming king. Governor Yusuf reinstated him right after signing the Kano State Emirate Council (Repeal) Bill 2024 into law. The new…

Former Vice President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said he will continue to vie for the number one office in the land as long as he is alive and healthy. Justifying the number of times he had contested without making headway, the former vice-president said even the former President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln contested seven times before his eventual victory. Atiku said this during an interview on the Hausa service of the Voice of America, Daily Trust reports. “Of course, I will keep contesting again and again as long as…

STATE HOUSE PRESS STATEMENT PRESIDENT TINUBU DIRECTS COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF GOVERNING BOARDS OF TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS President Bola Tinubu has directed a total and comprehensive review of the recently announced governing boards of tertiary institutions in Nigeria before the inauguration and retreat being planned for the nominees. The Federal Ministry of Education recently released names of nominees for chairmen, Pro-Chancellors, and members of the boards and councils of universities, Polytechnics, and colleges of education. It also announced that the inauguration and retreat for the nominees will take place on 31 May. However, public reactions showed that the nominations did not reflect…

The lawmaker representing Arochukwu/Ohafia Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Chief Ibe Okwara Osonwa, on Wednesday urged the federal government to urgently intervene in the boundary crisis between Isu community in Abia State and Ukwa Community in Cross River State, which left one person dead, with at least 10 others injured. There had been acrimony between the communities of Isu in the Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State and Ukwa in the Odukpani Local Government Area of Cross River State. Our correspondent gathered that the boundary issue had been lingering for a long time as residents of the…

A frontline movement, National Youth Alliance (NYA) has condemned an attempted arrest of one of its members, Sheriff Banki, allegedly under the orders of the Borno State Government. According to a statement made available to newsmen in Kaduna, President of NYA, Ambassador Aliyu Bin Abbas, decried the alleged attempted arrest. The statement signed by the SA Media and Publicity to the NYA President, Okpani Jacob Onjewu Dickson, wondered why the Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum who is well respected, would think of such a thing, if really he is involved in the attempted arrest. "It is quite disheartening…

Ahead of the commemoration of President Tinubu’s One Year in office on May 29, some serving ministers of the President have been rated poor in their performance. According to a report released by a civil society group, Consortium of National Democrats (CND) , 17 Ministers scored below 50%. The group's assessment released on Tuesday through it's group's National Coordinator Prof. Shuaibu Dada urged Tinubu not to hestsistate to fire incompetent Ministers. Dada Stated that the Ministers failed to bring in the required inputs needed in their various Ministries to turn around the fortunes of the country. Leading the pack of…

Amidst the raging debate about the N10bn purportedly spent by the previous Abia State government on airport, we took a deep dive into what transpired and unearthed several documents to support our position. While it’s true that the past administration had proposed to spend the said sum in the construction of an airport, the project didn’t see the light of the day as the then State Executive Council opted to use the N10bn to complete the numerous ongoing projects in the state, because according to them, the fund won’t be enough to execute the project and the existence of Uyo…

Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State has declared that his administration has recorded giant strides in infrastructure since assuming office one year ago. Fubara said his administration has done better in the execution of projects than his predecessor, Nyesom Wike’s eight years. The governor spoke in Ngo Town at the inauguration of the Andoni section of the Ogoni-Andoni-Opobo Unity Road project, in Andoni Local Government Area on Saturday. He promised to ensure his administration carried out more infrastructural projects. According to Fubara: “Like I said the other day, we just started. We started about three or four months ago but…