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• Govt earns N78.9 billion from resource in 15 months• Stakeholders accuse govt, private jet owners of aiding crime• Expert says PAGMI culpable in mining crisis• FG urged to be proactive to avoid possible collapse of the sector   Nigeria’s 21.37 tonnes or 754,000 ounce of estimated gold reserves, currently worth $1.8 billion at $2,352.84 per ounce spot price at the international market may …

Hong Kong – Chinese leader Xi Jinping will welcome Vladimir Putin to China on Thursday for the Russian president’s second visit in less than a year – the latest sign of their growing alignment amid hardening global fault lines as conflict devastates Gaza and Russia makes advances in Ukraine. Putin will arrive in China just over a week since entering a new term in …

Niger State House of Assembly Speaker Abdulmalik Sarkindaji has lashed out at the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, for opposing his decision to sponsor the wedding of 100 girls orphaned by banditry. He said she was being misled. Sarkindaji told reporters that the minister does not know anything about his constituency and their needs and has no right to …

The Police have urged Nigerians to take the advantage of its Complaint Response Unit, at the Force Headquarters, to report misconduct of its officers and men. The Head of the unit, CSP El-Musta Sani, made the appeal at a Summit organised in Abuja by the  Public Complaints Commission (PCC) in collaboration with the Foundation for Youth Empowerment and Social Justice. …

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has begun moves to stop the plan by the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, to marry off 100 orphaned girls in the state. She said on Monday that she had reported the case to the police by petitioning the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, and sought …

•As Tinubu receives report from c’ttee President Bola Tinubu yesterday received the report of the High Powered Presidential Committee, HPPC, on Nigeria’s extended continental shelf project, with a commendation to the team of experts who worked hard over the years to advance the project. The project aims to extend Nigeria’s maritime boundaries in accordance with the United Nations Convention on …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Gunmen who claimed to be Ijaw Freedom Fighters invaded Imariogha Community also known as AT&P near Okomu Oil Palm Company Plc in Ovia South-west local government area of Edo State killed the company worker, injured one and left buildings and vehicles razed in a midnight offensive. The warning note on the victim’s chest. The gunmen after killing …

Terrorists have sacked about 50 communities and abducted hundreds of residents after weeks of incessant attacks in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, a lawmaker from the area has said. Bello Hassan, who represents the Zurmi/Shinkafa Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives, told BBC Hausa Service on Tuesday that the gunmen also killed two police officers and three …

Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has said that Nigeria’s current system has expired, and that there is the need to redesign it to address the nation’s numerous challenges and place it on the path of growth and prosperity. Obaseki, while speaking to journalists in Benin City, said the federal system and over-centralization of power was limiting the nation’s capacity …

He said: “We are in the process of developing a productivity-led wage system that will ensure that those who are productive are rewarded for their efforts irrespective of their grade level. Under the proposed system, employees on the same salary scale can earn different wages.” When asked whether the new proposal on a productivity-led wage system was having the support …