The Nigerian government has finally set a date for the transmission of a bill for a new national minimum wage, a move aimed to stop the organised labour from starting a strike about a month before presidential election. The federal government has repeatedly dithered on the labour’s demand for a new wage figure, refusing to commit to N30,000 recommended by …
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…optimistic ASUU will call off strike with approved new package The Federal Government on Tuesday chided those opposed to the planned nationwide security operation by the military ahead of next month’s presidential election, describing the antagonists as enemies of Nigeria. The Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made the declaration at a media briefing in Abuja, said only criminals …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has given reasons why he has not changed the service chiefs. Buhari in an interview on Arise TV Monday night said that “the head [him] has to be very careful on removal of the service chiefs because you don’t know [the] ambition of the ones coming up.” My understanding of security is that, when you have a …
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The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, has appointed Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Frederick Taiwo Lakanu, as the new Force Secretary. By this appointment,Taiwo has also become a member of the Nigeria Police Force Management Team. A statement to this effect, Tuesday,by the Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood,said the “appointment takes immediate effect.” The new Force …
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By NAN A Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday fixed February 11 and February 12 for the trial of a former Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Tuoyo Omatsuli, and others, charged with alleged N3.6 billion fraud. Other co-defendants in the case are Don Parker Properties Ltd, Francis Momoh and Building Associates Ltd, as second, third and …
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By NAN Nigeria lost an estimated 2.8 billion dollars in revenues in 2018, mainly due to oil-related crimes, according to the United Nations. This was contained in a new ‘Report by the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS)’ on Monday in New York. The report, which covered from July 1, …
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A team of scientists working with the staff of Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State has made a breakthrough with a “rapid portable genomic sequencing technology to identify viruses without prior knowledge of the cause of the disease.” The research led by scientists from Public Health England (UK), the Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine, Germany, in collaboration with the …
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* As 17yr old arrested for defiling 12yr old girl A 41-year-old commercial bus driver, Jelili Lawal, has been arrested for allegedly raping a stranded 78-year-old woman, in Oloti community, in Adeniji Jones, Ikeja area of Lagos State. According to Vanguard report, the septuagenarian, with an undisclosed identity, was on her way home, on January, 1,2019 but missed the way. …
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The Nigerian Army on Monday explained why its personnel invaded the offices of Daily Trust Newspapers in Maiduguri, Abuja, Lagos and Kaduna on Sunday. The spokesperson of the Army, Sani Usman, a brigadier general, in a statement said, “Soldiers of the Nigerian Army along with elements of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies were indeed at Abuja and …
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A federal high court in Port Harcourt on Monday nullified both the direct and indirect primaries conducted by two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State. The court, presided by Kolawole Omotosho, also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising any candidates of the APC for the 2019 general elections in the state. Two factions …
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