Shareholders of the Central Securities Clearing System (CSCS) Plc, have approved a cumulative dividend of N3.5 billion culminating in 70 kobo per share due to every investor of the company for the 2018 financial year. The shareholders, who spoke during the 2018 yearly general meeting of the firm, in Lagos, on Tuesday, said the 70 … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked the Federal government to backdate the implementation of the new national minimum wage to April 18 when it was approved. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, made the demand on Wednesday in Abuja at a parade to mark the Workers’ Day. Mr Wabba applauded Nigerian workers for their efforts … Read more
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has alleged that some state governors use insecurity as an excuse to steal public funds. Mr Magu said this while making a presentation on corruption, on Tuesday, at the induction ceremony organised by the Nigerian Governors Forum in Abuja for newly-elected governors. … Read more
Members of the 1976/’81 set of Muslim Grammar School, Ede, (now Muslim High School 1, Ede), Osun State, yesterday, confirmed that the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), candidate in the 2018 governorship election in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke was a member of the set and also sat for the West African School Certificate Examination(WASCE), and finished … Read more
Nigerian Army has debunked the claim that Boko Haram terrorists are better paid than Nigeria’s military personnel, saying it is a “pure lie.” “This is not true, pure lie and highly irresponsible comment coming from a supposedly knowledgeable person of his calibre,” Army spokesman Sagir Musa said in a statement. A member of the Presidential … Read more
A 75-year-old palm wine tapper, Camillus Onah, has been arrested by police operatives in Enugu State over the death of his son after allegedly drinking his product. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command, SP Ebere Amaraizu, in a statement in Enugu, yesterday, said the incident occurred in Ebor Village in Ehalumona community in … Read more
Sagir Umar, aged 20, who allegedly lured a four-year-old girl with N10 into his room where he raped her, said he was possessed by an evil spirit. It was gathered that Sagir Umar committed the act in Abdulsalam Quarters in Minna, the state Capital on April 14. The matter was reported to the police by … Read more
Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, has advised the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to devise ways of imposing ‘no fly’ sanctions for any Governor, Industrialist, CEOs who deliberately refused to implement the new National Minimum Wage recently signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. Sani said this while celebrating with … Read more
Ayo Adebanjo, a factional leader of the Pan-African Yoruba group, Afenifere, said he has evidence that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari rigged his re-election in February. “I maintain my stand that until the Supreme Court rules that he is validly elected, I will not recognise him. We have evidence that the election was rigged, let the … Read more
Two suspected ritualists alleged to have been killing aged women in Akoko areas of Ondo State were apprehended in Arigidi in Akoko North-West area of the state where no fewer than five octogenarian women have been murdered and their breast and other private parts removed by suspected ritualist, who have invaded the area in the last … Read more
A police Inspector, Dacha Ibrahim, who allegedly stole a motorcycle that was recovered from armed robbers by residents of Morogbo, a suburb of Lagos State, is in Police trouble. On March 29, four robbery suspects—Mutiu Lawal, Taiwo Toxin, Kareem Aderintan, and Adesina Wasiu—robbed said motorcycle belonging to one Emmanuel Nonye Godwin, a resident of Oke-Egbe … Read more
Lagos State Government, yesterday, flagged off the operation of new buses under the Bus Reform Initiative(BRI), with free service on five routes, saying the development would redefine public transportation and make the state globally competitive. President Muhammadu Buhari had during his one-day working visit to Lagos, commissioned the buses in company of his host, Governor … Read more
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said on Wednesday that there was no rift between him and his predecessor in office, Adams Oshiomhole, current National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC. Obaseki made the clarification at the Benin airport upon his arrival in the state following a one-month vacation. The governor described as fake … Read more
Civil servants in Cross River State have protested the payment of May salary on the first day of the month by Governor Ben Ayade. Ayade had consistently paid the May salary on the first day of the month in the last three years of his tenure. But speaking to journalists, the state chairman of the … Read more
National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has condemned the raids on popular night clubs in Abuja by the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, authorities and the Police, cautioning that citizens’ rights to freedom of association and movement cannot be abridged. Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu, who stated this in Abuja yesterday, also called on the … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, has ordered the redeployment of Kaduna State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Abdulrahaman, to Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja. Also redeployed is the Commissioner of Police in Bauchi State, Aji Janga, who will now assume duty as Kaduna State Police Commissioner. Others are CP Habu Ahmadu, former CP Intelligence, … Read more
The immediate past Deputy National Chairman (South) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Segun Oni, has been suspended indefinitely from the party. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oni, who was also a former governor of Ekiti, was suspended over alleged anti-party activities. In a letter dated May 1, 2019, and addressed … Read more
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu has ordered the immediate redeployment of the Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command, CP Ahmed Abdulrahaman from the State to the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force Headquarters, Abuja. He also directed the CP Aji Ali Janga, who until now was the Commissioner of Police in charge of Bauchi State, … Read more
Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has alleged that some state governors covertly promote insecurity as justification to inflate their security vote. Magu, who stated this while presenting a paper on “Imperative of Fighting Corruption/Terrorism Financing in Nigeria,” at the induction of new and returning governors at the Old Banquet … Read more
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has admitted that most Nigerian homes and business premises still lack electricity. During a May Day celebration yesterday in Abuja, he said government was committed to making power available to most Nigerians, adding that the sector needed a lot of re-engineering and re-working to deliver service. He thanked Nigerians for re-electing … Read more