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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has disagreed with the claim by former governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi that he (Obi) inherited N35 billion arrears of pension and gratuity. In a statement issued yesterday by his Media Office, Ngige described as false, recent claim by Obi in a media interview that he inherited N35 billion arrears of pension and gratuity. Ngige said it is unfortunate that Obi often prefers to falsify the history of the state and assault the memories of the people, all in an attempt to discredit his predecessor. “He creates a mischievous…

List former minister’s achievements The Ijaw-Women Connect (IWC) has said that it would not stand by and watch former Minister of Petroleum, Diezani Alison-Madueke, being misquoted and vilified by the press as a result of her recent speech, which it said was frank and audacious. Alison-Madueke had been in the eye of the storm since she spoke at the inaugural global virtual conference of the Ijaw Women Connect, in partnership with the Ijaw-Nation Development Group (INDG), on Friday August 7, 2020. She had in her presentation titled: “The Void of Fatherhood: Where are the Ijaw Men”, addressed a growing global…

Over 40 constitution alteration bills for consideration House yet to constitute committee The Senate Constitution Review Committee inaugurated in February 2020 by the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, is yet to take off, THISDAY investigation has revealed. This is coming just as the House of Representatives is yet to constitute its committee more than a year after the commencement of the ninth Assembly. The 58-member committee headed by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, was inaugurated on February 12, 2020, and had since not met on how to go about the constitution review business. Findings by THISDAY at…

Orders clampdown on prohibited firearms Groups rally support for Na’Abba over DSS invitation Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu, has kicked against arming of vigilantes, quasi-states and regional security outfits with prohibited firearms and weapons, saying it’s in contravention of the provisions of the Firearms Act, and a threat to national security. “The IGP, while observing that several civil groups, vigilantes, quasi-states and regional security outfits under various guises are arming themselves with prohibited firearms and weapons in contravention of the provisions of the Firearms Act, notes that the trend if unchecked will pose serious threat to national security,” a…

Rafael Benitez hit rock-bottom in the Chinese Super League Sunday after Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s Guangzhou R&F extended Dalian Pro’s winless start to the season. Israeli international striker Eran Zahavi scored a first-half penalty to give R&F a badly needed 1-0 victory, van Bronckhorst’s first win as a coach in Chinese football. However, defeat for Champions League winner Benitez — Dalian’s third in five matches this season — means his young side drop to bottom of their group with two points. The CSL, which began five months late because of coronavirus, has been split into two groups, in Suzhou and Dalian,…

Former Ondo Governor Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has said he would soon reply attacks on him by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Mimiko said he would speak out during campaigns and revealed why Akeredolu was able to do in one year what he could not do in eight years. Akeredolu had launched attacks on Mimiko for abandoning projects started by late Olusegun Agagu. Akeredolu also tagged the ZLP as a vehicle without engine. But Mimiko, who spoke while receiving Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, at his Ondo town residence, said Akeredolu was not a progressive Governor because he abandoned reproductive health care programme…

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, recently spoke to some select journalists about his re election bid and agenda, if elected for another four years. He, however, described the September 19 election as one between light and darkness. Chuks Okocha presents the excerpts: You are seeking reelection, but why should the people of Edo state reelect you for another four years? In my quest for the office of Governor of Edo State, I stated in my 2016 manifesto and the Policy Document on Edo State Development Roadmap and Work plan that my mission is to achieve prosperity for our people, because…

• Warns Nigeria is heading into sovereign debt crisis A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, has warned that with the rise in the country’s debt service to revenue ratio, Nigeria is heading towards a sovereign debt crisis. Moghalu, the 2019 presidential candidate of Young Progressives Party (YPP), also said the recent controversy surrounding the Chinese loans and Nigeria handing over its sovereignty was sensational. He gave this warning during a virtual conference organised by Elombah Television at the weekend, noting that the terms and conditions attached to the loans were not favourable…

Says comment vindicates allegation, president used military to win 2019 poll DSS summons Ghali Na’Abba over hate speech National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, on Saturday described as unfortunate a statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari that he could have used the military to undermine the integrity of the electoral process during the 2019 general election. Secondus said it was unbecoming for a president who claimed to have gotten majority of the votes in 2015 to insinuate compromising the integrity of his re-election in 2019. He stated that the statement by Buhari tended to give…

•Worries lives no longer matter in Nigeria •Advises Buhari to convene conference of past security chiefs Except something urgent and drastic is done to control the current wave of insecurity in Nigeria, resort to self-help by the citizens may be inevitable, and that would be too dangerous for the country to deal with, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned. CAN, which is the apex umbrella body for Nigerian Christians, alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari had been unwilling to accept counsel on how to tackle the raging of insecurity. It advised Buhari to, as a matter of urgent national…