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As Nigerian workers celebrate this year’s May Day today, the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has expressed his administration’s commitment to improving the quality of work life for workers by implementing initiatives that promote employee engagement, job satisfaction, and a sense of purpose in their work. This was as  the governor-elect, Delta State, Sir

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court sitting in the Ogba area of Lagos State, on Thursday, remanded a 34-year-old man, John Agbo at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl, with his finger in the Orile-Iganmu area of Lagos State. Magistrate E. Kubenje made the order after the defendant, who is facing one count

THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), bowed to reality by postponing the 2023 Population and Housing Census, earlier scheduled for May 3-7 2023, rightly leaving the task to his successor. The move, following a meeting on Friday he held with some ministers and the Chairman of the National Population Commission, Nasir Isa-Kwarra, may have

The new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide,Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Sunday, called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra before leaving office on May 29. According to Iwuanyanwu, Kanu’s release is critical to addressing the insecurity situation in the South-East and that the release

The ruling All Progressives Congress on Sunday night distanced itself from the purported sack of APC South-South Zonal Chairman, Chief Victor Giadom and Secretary, Ita Udosen, describing the action as unlawful and unconstitutional. The removal of the APC leaders was ratified in a special resolution signed by acting zonal Chairman/Zonal Organizing Secretary, Blessing Agbomhere; acting

The nature of humanistic and social scientific research is such that they make all manner of interrogation possible, from the analysis of metaphysical and theological matters to critical understanding of politics and the political, as well as the application of, say, game theory to the understanding of voting patterns. Each research has varying levels of

The legislature is an important arm of government that can be described as the assembly of the representatives of the people. It is the heart beat of democracy to the extent that an appropriate aphorism reads “no legislature, no democracy.” In the run up to the inauguration of a new legislature especially at the federal

Tributes are pouring in as Dr. Mike Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga, GCON, celebrates his 70th. But most have focused on the indelible footprints he has left on the sands of Nigeria’s corporate landscape. This is a more personal tribute that will riff on the little-known aspects of this giant of a man. The gushing tributes

“At least when history is written, it will be said that Adenuga did it differently.” These are the words of billionaire businessman, Dr Mike Adenuga. The Globacom founder had so expressed his mind in the course of business discussion about a decade ago. But the essence of the assertion seems to be more real now

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has told the opposition parties to stop complaining about the 2023 presidential election and accept defeat, describing that claims the elections were rigged as “fraudulent”. In a statement signed by his Special Assistant (Media), Segun Adeyemi, on Sunday in Abuja, the minister stated that both Peter Obi

The Nigerian Ambassador to the Republic of Sudan, Safiu Olaniyan, has decried the glitches in the efforts to evacuate Nigerians, including students, trapped in Sudan amid the ongoing insurrection in the country. The envoy, who lamented that Nigerian students have been left stranded on Sudan streets, however, appealed for calm, explaining that the Nigerian embassy

Several soul-searching economic decisions and actions requiring informed comments are taking place virtually every day as we move towards the exit of the current government. Reports filtered in last week from the World Bank that Africa received remittances worth over $350bn in the past eight years with Nigeria receiving the largest of the share at

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission to court over “the failure to investigate allegations of electoral violence and other electoral offences, including bribery, against some state governors and their deputies during the 2023 elections.” The suit followed reports of voter suppression, voter intimidation and the destruction or theft of

The National Legal Adviser of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Ahmad El-Marzuq, has recommended the expulsion of the National Vice Chairman for North-West, Mallam Salihu Lukman, for taking the ruling party and his leadership to court. El-Marzuq’s suggestion was contained in a leaked ‘legal opinion’ written to the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi

The National Democratic Coalition Renewal Group says Nigeria’s democracy is evolving, hence the need for continued support and diplomatic ties with the international community to sustain it and better the citizens’ lives. The group, which described the February 25 presidential election as the freest, fairest and most credible election so far in the country, expressed

With rising concerns around the seeming disappearance of newly redesigned notes, the Central Bank of Nigeria has said it is supplying more quantities of the new notes to banks. This was according to a statement by the CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Dr Isa AbdulMumim, which was sent to our correspondent on Sunday. Banks are

The Presidency, on Sunday, released its 90-page fact sheet chronicling the high points of the Muhammadu Buhari-led government as it winds down on May 29. According to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the fact sheet highlighted the 37 bills signed into law, 12 executive

The corpse of a yet-to-be-identified man has been found dangling on a rope tied to a tree at the NEPA Junction in the Agboroko community, in the Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that one of the workers at a mechanic shop close to the scene of the incident found

The quality of life of many Nigerians could be improved through enhanced power infrastructure. Past failures in the sector proved to be the basis on which the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), campaigned in 2014 and 2019. DAMILOLA AINA examines what the regime has done in the sector From the days of the sudden

The Transmission Company of Nigeria says it will reconnect the three electricity Distribution Companies earlier disconnected from the national grid for non compliance with market rules.   The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Kano DisCo, Kaduna Electric and APLE Electric were disconnected by the TCN, a situation which left customers in their franchise areas

Elder statesman, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, on Sunday assumed office as the new President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide shortly after the Imeobi Ohanaeze ratified his nomination. The Imo State Government had nominated Iwuanyanwu to replace the former president-general of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Prof George Obiozor, who died in December 2022 after a brief illness.

The government of Djibouti announced Sunday a crackdown on irregular migration, with state-run television reporting that about 3,000 people had been rounded up by police to be deported.   Interior Minister, Said Nouh Hassan, said the strategic Horn of Africa nation had become “saturated” by an influx of people from neighbouring countries, with 220,000 arriving

Three persons have lost their lives while three others sustained varying degrees of injuries in multiple accidents on the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State. The spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, Babatunde Akinbiyi, on Sunday, confirmed the incident. Akinbiyi said that the accident occurred at 4:49 am on

The Federal Government on Sunday gave a breakdown of the $1.2m spent on the bus fare to evacuate stranded Nigerians from Sudan to Egypt’s borders for onward airlifting to Nigeria. This was as it revealed details of the $1.2m earmarked for the evacuation by the government. The Permanent Secretary of the Humanitarian Affairs Ministry and

Singer Sarah Aderibigbe, aka Ayra Starr, is set to miss her shows in different cities of the United States over ill health. In a statement on her Instagram story on Sunday night, the singer stated that her doctor had placed her on immediate bed rest. She also apologised to her fans over her inability to