Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo and the Deputy Governor, Dennis Idahosa, were sworn in on Tuesday in Benin City.Following his victory in the state governorship election held on September 21, 2024, Okpebholo officially took over from former Governor Godwin Obaseki.Amid heavy crowd and security presence, Okpebholo, accompanied by his two
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday raised an alarm over a plot to sabotage the interest of public universities in the country.ASUU’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, at an event marking the 2024 ASUU’s Heroes Day in Abuja, also accused the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund
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Multichoice Group, an African pay-TV operator, says its Nigerian subsidiary lost 243,000 subscribers across its DStv and GOtv services between April and September 2024.In its financial result for the year ended September 30, 2024, published on Tuesday, MultiChoice said high cost of food, electricity, and petrol have forced many of
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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) confirmed on Saturday that Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the incumbent Director-General, is the sole candidate nominated to lead the organisation for a second four-year term.Ambassador Petter Ølberg of Norway, chair of the General Council, informed WTO members that no other nominations were received before the 8 November
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The Nigeria Labour Congress has given state governments an ultimatum of Dec. 1, to implement the new minimum wage.The NLC made this known on Sunday in a communique signed by its President, Joe Ajaero at the end of its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting, held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.Mr
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Edo State Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, has announced the appointment of Fred Odianosen Itua as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS).According to a statement on Monday, the appointment, the first of Okpebholo’s incoming administration, will take effect on November 12.Itua was the assistant political editor at The Sun Newspapers.He also previously worked
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In a bid to ensure timely declaration of liquidation dividends to uninsured depositors of the failed Heritage Bank (In-Liquidation), the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced process for the auction of landed property and chattels of the failed bank.According to Bashir Nuhu, NDIC’s Director of Communication and Public Affairs
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said they have apprehended two major cross-border drug trafficking syndicates and confiscated their consignment of cocaine and opioids worth billions of naira.They added that six suspected leaders of the cartels were arrested in different parts of the country, according to a statement by
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The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, has bemoaned the conduct of some judges in the country.She lamented that the conduct of some judges is giving the judicial arm of government a bad name.Mrs Kekere-Ekun stated this at a public discourse on: ‘Ethics, Morality, and The Law,’ organized by
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The late Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, would be laid to rest in Abuja on Friday.His immediate elder brother, Moshood Lagbaja, made this known in Osogbo, Osun State, during a condolence visit by St. Charles Grammar School Osogbo Old Boys Association, SCOBA.According to him, the military
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