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By Eben Enasco  Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest and detention of five suspected cultists who allegedly engaged in street fighting in Benin City, the Edo State capital during the week. The command gave the names of those arrested as Emeka Eke, Chizoba Okolie, Samson Ochonobor, Friday Agbebayo, and Julius Eguasa. According to the police, the five suspects …

Northern Cameroon has for decades been a hub for ammunition, small arms and light weapons trafficking in the Sahel. The problem has fuelled regional insecurity since 1980. In response, states of the Lake Chad Basin Commission created the Multinational Joint Task Force in 1994. However, arms trafficking has worsened since Boko Haram’s emergence and expansion into Cameroon in 2013. In …

Workers and the Federal Government sharply disagreed, yesterday, over how the implementation of the Steve Oronsaye report will affect jobs in the country. While the Federal Government allayed fears of job losses in the implementation of the report, which seeks to rationalise government agencies and parastatals, workers warned that there will be massive job losses. However, the government’s move got …

The Nigerian currency has plummeted further against the United States dollar across both the official and unofficial markets again and again in recent days. The situation has provoked speculations that it will go down to as low as N2500 to the US dollar. According to data published on the Financial Dealers Market Quotations (FMDQ) website, the local currency closed at …

Emir of Gwandu in Kebbi State, Alhaji Muhammad Ilyasu Bashar, on Wednesday appealed to businessmen operating in the state and traditional leaders to help in tackling the menace of  inflation and use their wealth to curb hardship being experienced by the people across the state. Emir Bashar made this appeal during a meeting with businessmen and traditional leaders on the hardship …

All is set as President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is expected to commission the Red Line component of the Lagos Mass Transit Rail (LMTR) today. The first component of the project, popularly called the Blue Line was commissioned by the former President Muhammad Buhari on January 24, last year. President Tinubu during his tour of duty as Governor of Lagos State had in …

SaharaReporters gathered that while the Oronsaye report recommended that PTAD should be placed under the Pension Commission (PenCom) or made to stand alone, the permanent secretaries asked Tinubu to push it under the Federal Ministry of Finance to perfect some hidden corruption motives.  The body of serving Federal Permanent Secretaries which met with President Bola Tinubu last Thursday gave a …

Workers at the National Assembly want their retirement extended to 65 years of age or 40 years of service. Retirement age in the federal civil service is 60 years or 35 years in service, whichever comes first. Mr Sunday Sabiyi, chairman of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, the National Assembly workers umbrella body, urged the Senate on Thursday in …

Lagos Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Wednesday, said the much-anticipated Red Line Mass transit train is now ready and will be commissioned on February 29, 2024. Sanwo-Olu made the disclosure while speaking at the Lagos State Parking Authority (LASPA) Stakeholders Forum 2024, which took place at GRA, Ikeja, saying that the inauguration would be done by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. …

• Labour rules out engagements with FG on eve of nationwide actions• Group seeks Ajaero’s resignation over corruption allegation• Hardship may push more people to mental health issues – Psychiatrist After taking the wind off the sail of a well-mobilised protest with an abrupt suspension, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, yesterday said that they could not …