A suspected group of Boko Haram sect yesterday invaded Hambagtha and Limankara in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State killing scores of people and destroying houses. This came as three persons suspected to be members of the sect were apprehended in Terminus area of Jos North local government area of Plateau State but the…
The Association of Senior Civil Servants has demanded a minimum wage of N46,000 for workers. The union’s Secretary-General, Mr. Bashir Lawal, in Lagos State, on Wednesday, said that the existing N18, 000 minimum wage could not meet the socio-economic demands of workers. According to him, a minimum wage of N46,000 demand was arrived at after…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Wednesday that he chose the late former President Umaru Yar’ Adua as his successor because the others, who wanted the post, were corrupt. Obasanjo said one of the people who wanted to succeed him in 2007 was “stinkingly corrupt” and that the only way he (Obasanjo) could justify himself…
Non-payment of 7 Months’ Salaries: Kwara Council Workers Commence Indefinite Strike.
Ahead of the Eid-el- Fitr celebrations, security agencies in Kwara state have deployed about 10,000 personnel to maintain peace and security during the period. Already, security has been beefed up in Ilorin metropolis as well as the Eidi praying ground, Ilorin. The spokesman of the State Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ajayi Okasanmi…
Standard & Poor’s (S&P), a global ratings agency, yesterday stated that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) would have to devalue the naira at some stage, possibly by more than 15 per cent. S&P however predicted that the currency adjustments were likely going to be gradual. Director of Sovereign Ratings at Standard & Poor’s, Ravi…
Hopes of the alleviation of the suffering of people in parts of Rivers State were on Wednesday rekindled when the state governor, Nyesom Wike, commenced the rehabilitation of a section of the East-West Road valued at N3 billion. The maintenance of the dilapidated portion on both lanes of the East-west Road from Eleme Junction to…
Blame the leadership of the All Progressives Congress for the outcome of the National Assembly leadership election, writes Olatunde Odunyemi The emergence of the leadership of the current National Assembly in our country has thrown up many issues which will generate a heated debate for a long time. The June 9 inauguration of the eighth…
PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh Advises ruling party to stop propaganda Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed concern over what it described as growing penchant by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and President Muhammadu Buhari to undermine the freedom and autonomy of democratic institutions in the country.…
Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) Wants stolen funds repatriated to Africa Tobi Soniyi in Abuja
 The Vice-President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has called on the international community to develop appropriate mechanism to dismantle safe havens and ensure repatriation of stolen funds and assets to the countries of origin as mandated in the United Nations Conventions…