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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 …

Netizens across social media platforms – X, Facebook and Instagram, have lent their voices behind a recently conducted poll seeking their opinions on whether they’d support a presidential ticket of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and an ex-Anambra State Governor, Peter Obi. Atiku, Obi hold first meeting after 2023 election The poll follows the news of the visit made by Obi to …

He observed that the coming of the Attorney General was at a critical time because there were lots of legal matters that needed to be tackled with bravery and courage. He said, “So, my brother, Dagogo Iboroma, you are going to be the brand new Attorney-General of our dear state. SSG, give him his letter; he is the Attorney-General. “Why …

Fed Govt targets less use of petrol to stem rising cost of living and boost economy All new vehicles, generators or tricycles being procured by the government and its agencies must be powered by Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), solar or electric, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) decided yesterday. It was one of the major decisions reached by the council before it …

Edo State Government has warned the All Progressive Congress (APC) and other political actors in the State against dragging the Benin Royal Palace and the revered Monarch, His Royal Majesty, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II, the Oba of Benin into their dirty and retrogressive politics. The State Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare gave the warning while briefing journalists on Monday, at the …

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was intimately involved with all aspects of a scheme to stifle stories about sex that threatened to torpedo his 2016 campaign, his former lawyer said Monday in matter-of-fact testimony that went to the heart of the former president’s hush money trial, the Associated Press reports. “Everything required Mr. Trump’s sign-off,” said Michael Cohen, Trump’s …

Attempts by previous sessions of the Senate to alter provisions of the 1999 Constitution ahead of election cycles, and the fresh amendment debate that follow afterwards all underscore the seemingly intractable deficiencies in the document. But stakeholders reckon that developing a new Constitution that would emanate from the inputs of various ethnic nationalities will halt the endless alteration debacle, SILVER …

Reacting to the hike in electricity tariff, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, shut down activities at the offices of electricity distribution companies, DisCos, in Plateau, Ebonyi, Kano and Kaduna states on Monday. The gate of Kano Electricity Distribution Company, KEDCO, locked by the leadership of the NLC and TUC in Kano State on Monday. Photo: Bashir Bello …