The Zamfara Government has approved the immediate implementation of N30,000 minimum wage for the State workforce. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday in Gusau, by Mr Babangida Umar, the Director-General Press Affairs, office of the Deputy Governor. The deputy governor, Sen. Hassan Nasiha, made this known while...
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday in Abakaliki displayed the list of governorship candidates nominated by political parties for the 2023 governorship race in Ebonyi. Mr Francis Nwifuru, Speaker of the Ebonyi House of Assembly, candidate of the APC, and Prof. Bernard Odoh, a former Secretary to...
The Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Bank of Industry (BOI) and National Pension Commission (PENCOM) have emerged as the top three organisations in the 2022 Transparency and Integrity Index ranking for Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the DBN came top of...
HUAWEI NIGERIA on Tuesday held its 2nd job fair in Lagos, which is aimed at generating employment for about 2500 youths in the next three years. The Deputy Director, Human Resource, Huawei, Mr Adebayo Akinsulie said on the sideline of the fair, that the programme was aimed at bridging...
An ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives on Tuesday queried the implementation of the Escravos gas-to-liquids (EGTL) Gas Project. The committee said the project which should cost 2.9 billion dollars was quoted as 10.7 billion dollars. The committee on the Joint Venture of the NNPC limited, raised...
Former Governor of Enugu State, Sen. Chimaroke Nnamani, has dismissed as false, the report of a $41.8 million judgment against him in the United States. Nnamani in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, said the report was fake news and targeted at maligning him because of his alternative views...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Toluwani Famotemi, a Disc Jockey (DJ) for allegedly impersonating a Nigerian hip-hop singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as ‘Portable’. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) on Tuesday said it has deactivated 395 illegal refineries in its efforts to curb oil theft in Nigeria. Mr Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director, NNPCL, said this at a meeting with Senate ad hoc committee on oil theft in Nigeria. Kyari,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has commended the United Nations for its interest and sustained commitment to the growth of democratic processes in Nigeria. A statement by Abubakar media office on Tuesday, in Abuja, quoted him as making...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) says it is aware of the ongoing outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) caused by the Sudan strain of the Ebola Virus (EV) in Uganda. The Director-General, NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, in a statement on Tuesday made available to News...
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Aminu Chinade, has warned soldiers not to aid or abet electoral malpractices in 2023. Chinadu issued the warning on Tuesday, when he paid familiarisation visit to the Headquarters of 4 Brigade in Benin. He said that involving...
Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has described corruption in education sector as stealing the future of the country. Owasanoye stated this in Abuja at the annual ceremony of the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector with...
The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Power, to investigate the causes of the reoccurring national grid collapse in the country. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance by Rep. Sani Bala (APC-Kano) at plenary on Tuesday in Abuja. Presenting the motion, Bala...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has tasked security agencies to ensure adequate security for the peaceful conduct of the 2023 general election. Dr Joseph Chukwu, the Ebonyi INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) said this at a meeting with the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) in Abakaliki...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed a total sum of N2,648,651,923.16 billion to the six area councils in the FCT and other stakeholders as its share of statutory allocation for the month of August, 2022. This figure represents 8.41712 percent decline, as...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – All is now set for the October 6th 2022 Public Presentation of the official Biography and Launching of the Solomon Lar Leadership Institute in Abuja. The Chairman, Planning Committee of the event who is the former Director General, DG of the National Orientation Agency,...
A 26-year-old Nigerian serial robber, Charles Chukwuma Onwuemelie popularly known as the “Blue Cloth Bandit” has been arrested by the The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). LAPD arrested Onwuemelie on Wednesday over alleged 68 armed robberies that have gone down in the LA area since October 2021. According to...
The Ekiti State Police Command has paraded 19 suspects on Tuesday at Ado-Ekiti one of whom allegedly broke into a church in Osun and stole N600,000 offerings. Police spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, said the suspect already confessed to the crime and would be arraigned after completion of investigation. He...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday presented SP Daniel Amah with a Public Service Integrity Award for displaying exceptional courage and integrity in the discharge of his duties. Amah, an indigene of Plateau received the award by President Buhari in Abuja at the 4th National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in...
An auto mechanic, Mr Eze Prince on Tuesday, denied being a ritualist who killed his baby. Defending himself, Prince told a Customary Court sitting in Nyanya, Abuja that he did not use his baby for sacrifice. “ My marriage was going smoothly until sometime in 2010 when my wife...