President may transmit bill to National Assembly before January 23, Chris Ngige affirms
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari may transmit the minimum wage bill to the…
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Three feared killed as APC begins campaign in Lagos
Three persons were feared killed while others sustained injuries as the All Progressives Congress (APC) began its gubernatorial campaign in Lagos yesterday.Trouble…
Minimum wage: NLC meets FG again, says pensioners not excluded
The Nigeria Labour Congress has said the plight of pensioners has not been ignored in the negotiation on new minimum wage between…
Why the army raided Daily Trust: Spokesman
The Nigerian Army said it raided the offices of Daily Trust Newspapers in Maiduguri and Abuja on Sunday to invite the organisation’s…
Militants blow up Conoil facility in Bayelsa
A Niger Delta militant group, known as the Koluama Seven Brothers, has blown up a crude oil pipeline owned by Conoil in…
Man stabbed to death in Rivers for pasting campaign posters
A young man in his late 20s, identified as Chimezie Dike, was on Saturday stabbed to death during a fight with one…
Disquiet in APC over alleged Amaechi’s anti-Buhari comments
There was disquiet in the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja on Sunday over an audio, where a former governor of Rivers…
I hack into bank accounts using software – Suspect
The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspected hackers of bank accounts in Minna. The suspects, whose names were given as…
Expose errant electricity contractors, SERAP tells FG
Anti-corruption group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has asked the Federal Government to publish the names of contractors in the power sector…
We’ll protest if IG remains in office after Jan 15 – Opposition parties
Opposition political parties on Sunday have resolved to begin nationwide protests from January 15 to force President Muhammadu Buhari to name a…
Yul Edochie, Nollywood actor joins PDP
Yul Edochie, a Nollywood actor and former governorship candidate of the Democratic Peoples Congress (DPC) in Anambra, has defected to the Peoples…
Ebonyi not part of Biafra – Gov Umahi
Ebonyi state Governor, Engr. David Umahi, on Sunday said Ebonyi state was not part of the states that formed the “Sovereign States…
Python Dance III: South East governors’ forum tasks army on professionalism
The South East Governors Forum has called on officers and men of the Nigerian Army to be professional in the execution of…
Zakari is moral burden on presidency, INEC, says Fayose
The immediate Past Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose has described the outcry over the appointment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s niece,…
Dino Melaye denies booing Buhari during budget presentation
Embattled Nigerian lawmaker senator Dino Melaye has denied social media reports that he was among National Assembly members that booed President Muhammadu…
IGP Reverses Self, Recalls Imo CP
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday caved in to pressure from governorship candidates in Imo State and recalled the…