NewsReports

The negotiation committee set up by the Federal Government to negotiate the consequential adjustment arising from the  N30,000 new minimum wage has rejected what the government is offering. The committee, which was inaugurated on May 14, has also  failed to meet the four-week deadline  to submit its report. However, members  met twice last week with the enlarged membership collapsed into …

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday, felicitated with former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar, on his 77th birthday. He congratulated him on a life of purpose, “driven by a passion to serve his country and humanity’’. The president’s message was conveyed in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja. Mr Abubakar, a …

Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has said the state government would ensure that gains in digital teaching recorded in primary schools through the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST) initiative are sustained at the secondary school level.  This will be by designating special junior secondary schools to offer digital teaching in the state. The governor gave the assurance when …

Nigerians are now shocked by another story making the rounds, after last year’s JAMB money-swallowing snake, that a big Gorilla allegedly swallowed N6.8 million in the Kano Zoological Gardens during the recent Sallah celebration.  The Vanguard reported the BBC Pidgin, as saying the Chief Revenue Officer for the zoo, said on Wednesday, that the said money, approximately six million, eight …

Another Nigerian Citizen, Maxwell Ikechuku Okoye, from Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been allegedly killed by members of the South African Police Service in Ladysmith, Kwa-zulu-Natal Province. The Vice-President, Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Joshua Ogade Itua, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria that Okoye was allegedly tortured to death …

Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal by David Umaru to affirm him as the senator-elect of Niger East senatorial district. The court in a unanimous judgement led by Ibrahim Muhammad held that Mr Umaru, who was elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC), was not validly nominated by the party. The court said it was satisfied that the appellant, …

ABUJA- National Working Committee, NWC of the  Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Senators on the platform of the party, Thursday elected Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, Abia South as the Minority Leader. Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe. Also elected are Senator Emmanuel  Bwacha, Taraba South who  retained his position as the Deputy Minority Leader, same  position he held in the just concluded 8th Senate. …

Former Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha, has been sworn in as a senator. Mr Okorocha, representing Imo West, took the oath of office Thursday morning. The former governor’s certificate was initially withdrawn after the electoral umpire, INEC, said the issuing officer declared the result under duress after the February 23 senatorial elections. On day of inauguration of the ninth Senate, …

A former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fasoye, has again criticised former President Olusegun Obasanjo for failing to honour Moshood Abiola throughout his eight years in power. Mr Fayose made the rebuke in a tweet on Thursday. He said the honour done to Mr Abiola by President Muhammadu Buhari is a shame on Mr Obasanjo, as a fellow Yoruba as …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday denied having a server where the results of the February 23 presidential election were uploaded. INEC stated this position at the ongoing Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja . The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, are challenging the declaration of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress …