He said: “The truth is that the real issues that led to the strike were addressed by management even before the union decided to go on strike.

By Simon Ebegbulem BENIN—THE authorities  of the Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, said yesterday that not more than 4,500 candidates were expected to participate in the forthcoming post University Matriculation Examination (UME), saying the number was reduced due to the new guidelines given to universities by the National University Commission (NUC).

It would be recalled that one Mr. Henry Okirikpa had sponsored an advert in the media declaring himself the king (Pere) of the community, a development which the group had described as illegal warning him and his sponsors to desist from causing trouble in the peaceful community.

You cannot build roads without making provisions for motor cycles and walkways.

In a statement by the State Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Felix Utubor, in Benin yesterday, the party said Action Congress (AC) was quite aware that the dissolution of the UBE Board by the state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, late last year, was still a subject of litigation at a Benin High Court.