By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the constitution of a committee to discuss modalities for implementing the new national minimum wage. Recall that President Bola Tinubu last month, signed the new Minimum Wage Act into law after agreeing to N70,000 with the organised...
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The escalating level of insecurity in the nation is forcing many citizens to wonder if the government can still save Nigeria. The minister of state for defence just ordered the service chiefs to relocate to the North West after militants seized two Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) armoured vehicles from...
The Concerned Nigerian Youths for Good Governance (CNYGG) are urging President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to consider replacing Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), amid concerns over the recent fuel price increase. In a statement on Wednesday, the convener of CNYGG, Ambassador...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja- Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has felicitated with the former Deputy Governor of the state and leader of the All Progressives Congress in Mopa-Muro Local Government Area, Architect Yomi Awoniyi on his 64th birthday anniversary. In his congratulatory message to the former Deputy Governor,...
No fewer than 6575 people benefitted from an eyecare outreach held in Bariga Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, August 26—30, as part of the Vision First Plus programme of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo). Beneficiaries from within and outside the...
A former Minister for Power and Steel, Senator Liyel Imoke has been confirmed as the keynote speaker at the annual conference of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) scheduled for October 3, 2024 in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. This is just as attendance and participation by other...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The former member representing Ado, Okpokwu, Ogbadibo federal constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Dr. Francis Ottah Agbo, (Ozigizaga), has sent a message of felicitation to Adirahu Ny’Igede, HRH Oga Ero CP Rtd, esteemed members of the Igede Intermediate Traditional Council and the...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 56 persons suspected to be internet fraudsters in Kwara capital, Ilorin. EFCC Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to Oyewale, the...
Motorists and commuters in Jos, have decried the hike in pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL). The NNPCL on Monday increased the pump price of PMS from N617 to N897 at its outlets. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), correspondent...
The Police Command in Niger has confirmed the attack on MI Wushishi Estate, Minna by persons suspected to be illegal artisan miners operating near the estate. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Minna. Abiodun said that, “on Tuesday at about...
Some energy stakeholders have berated the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPCL) over delay in getting the Port Harcourt Refinery operational, to address recurrent fuel scarcity and price hike. The stakeholders spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja against the backdrop of the unending...
Co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, has said Nigeria gets the largest intervention fund spent by the foundation in Africa. Gates said this during an interview session with selected journalists on the sidelines of the 2024 NutriVision Dialogue on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him,...
A repentant female Boko Haram member, who underwent deradicalisation and resettled in Mafa Local Government Area of Borno, Fatima Musa, says she regrets shredding into pieces her National Diploma Certificate (NCE). Musa made this known in Maiduguri during a community dialogue on understanding, tolerance and peaceful coexistence organised for...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the immediate reversal of the new price increase in pump price of petrol across the country. The Congress made the demand in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by its President, Mr Joe Ajaero and made available to newsmen. The...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday gave assurances that the Ibadan-Abuja-Kaduna-Kano railway project would be completed to the satisfaction of Nigeria and West Africa at large. Tinubu said this during a visit to the headquarters of China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) in Beijing, his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, said in a...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, issued a warrant of arrest against a British citizen, Andrew Wynne, and other Nigerians over allegations bordering on treason and terrorism. Justice Emeka Nwite granted the order in an ex-parte motion filed by the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police but moved by Audu...
President Bola Tinubu and Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Tuesday in Beijing, China, pledged to further strengthen the relationship between the two countries to advance trade and economic development programmes. The two leaders also promised to elevate the Nigeria-China ties to that of a comprehensive strategic partnership, by building...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has expressed his sympathies to his Yobe State counterpart, Mai Mala Buni, and both the victims and families of Sunday’s terrorist attack in Mafa, Tarmuwa Local Government Area of the state. The attack, which occurred last weekend, has left...
Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has sought the support of Sokoto State Government and citizens to flush-out bandits and other criminals terrorising North-West. Matawalle made the plea when he led the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa and other high ranking military officers on...
The newly crowned Miss Universe Nigeria, Ms Chidimma Vannesa Adetshina, has promised to make Nigeria proud in the course of her reign. Adetshina made the pledge when hosted by Dr Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) in Lagos, on Tuesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...