The Federal Government has said it would spend about N34 billion on the ongoing payment of minimum wage consequential adjustments to education sector workers with effect from 2019. According to a statement by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the beneficiaries include the members of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has deferred the trial of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, till June 28. The court had on March 18, slated Thursday to continue further proceedings on the treasonable felony charge the Federal Government preferred against Kanu. However, lead counsel of the […]
Former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu has withdrawn from the Enugu Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary election holding today. His non-participation followed the withdrawal of two other aspirants, Capt. Evarest Nnaji and Denge Joseph Onoh from the race. The withdrawal is paving the way for the emergence of Mr. Peter Mbah a businessman and […]
Reports reaching us indicates that the president of the federal republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele who had earlier refused to resign his position to pursue his political ambition as president of Nigeria under the All Progressive Congress Party It is noteworthy […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has dissolved the State Executive Council. Mr Kelvin Ebiri, the special assistant to the governor on media, who announced this in a statement on Tuesday said the dissolution of the cabinet was with immediate effect. He added that the Chief of Staff to the governor and his Senior Special Assistant […]
The Federal Government has appointed Anamekwe Chukwunyere Nwabuoku to oversee the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF). The announcement was conveyed in a memo dated May 20, 2022, and signed by the Permanent Secretary (Finance) Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning. It comes about a week after the arrest on May […]
The Sokoto state Police Command has declared the suspects in murder of Deborah Samuel wanted for culpable homicide. The Prime suspects who claimed the murder of Deborah Samuel on a viral video according to the Police was on the run to evade arrest. In a statement made available to journalists in Sokoto by the Command […]
The Kano State Police Command has said a gas cylinder, and not a bomb, exploded in the Sabon Gari area of the state on Tuesday. Samaila Shuaibu Diko, Commissioner of Police, said the explosion occurred at a welding shop adjacent to the primary school on Aba Road. He said four persons died in the explosion […]
There has been an explosion on Aba Road in the Sabon Gari area of Fagge Local Government in Kano, leaving several people injured with some feared killed. Details of the blast and its cause are still sketchy but visuals from the scene show that it affected some buildings and left several injured including school children. […]
About 200 ex-military men who fought on the side of the Nigerian Government during the Nigeria-Biafran War, on Wednesday, staged a protest to register their anger over the non-payment of their pensions in the past 44 years. The aged men and women, armed with placards with various inscriptions to show their agonies, called on the […]
