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THE battle rages on between All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman Adams Oshiomhole and Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki. Oshiomhole on Tuesday urged Obaseki to focus on delivery of good governance to the people rather than blackmailing his personality. But the governor insisted that the party chairman should call his …

Joe Ajaero, ULC President: planned strike on minimum wage dead on arrival There is a crack in the ranks of labour union leaders as the date for their planned strike over the Federal Government implementation of the minimum wage looms. The president of United Labour Congress, ULC, Mr Joe Ajaero, …

…Gov appeals to Lagosians, says I feel your pains Lagos State Government has declared a state of emergency on various dilapidated highways and carriages within the State. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Sunday ordered massive construction work on critical roads and highways across the State, beginning from Monday (tomorrow). The Governor’s …

The Mayor of Banjul, a large state in the country of Gambia was a washed with the generosity and benevolence of Rohey Lowe who recently launched the Gambian faction of REFELA, a network of women elected officials of substantial and local governments in Africa. According to Mayor Lowe, she is …

  A group, the Ondo Movement for Accountability and Good Leadership (OMAGL), has urged the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to clear the air on the status of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu in the party. The group recalled that the governor was suspended, shortly after the last general …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has appointed a new registrar\CEO for the organisation. He is Mr Pateh Bah, from The Gambia. Mr Bah, who graduated with Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1997 from Pune University, Maharashtra, India, succeded Dr Iyi Uwadiae, a Nigerian, for a five- year single term …

Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday threatened to issue a warrant of arrest against the former governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, and four others who served under him as commissioners. The decision followed two preliminary reports presented by two different ad-hoc committees set up by the House to …

The University of Lagos Management has set up a Panel headed by Professor Ayodele V. Atsenuwa, a Professor of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lagos and the incumbent Dean of the Faculty. The Panel will probe into the allegations of sexual harassment levelled against Dr. Boniface Igbeneghu of …

The Akin Fadeyi Foundation, Conveners of the Corruption Not In My Country Project are set to launch a new mobile and web application device designed to empower Nigerians to report corruption on October 10, 2019 at the ShehuYar’Adua Centre, Abuja. The Report-Corruption-App, called FLAG’IT, a project initiated by the Akin …

THE Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman Dr Kayode Fayemi on Sunday said governors were not divided on the new minimum wage implementation. According to him, they do not see the national minimum wage increase as a general wage review. Fayemi, who spoke with our correspondent on the phone, said: “We …