Minimum Wage: Committee to hold nationwide public hearing
The federal government’s Tripartite Committee on the new national minimum wage is to hold public hearing across the country, and gather inputs…
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VIDEO: Soldier beats up driver for refusing to give N20 bribe
A Nigerian soldier at a security check point along the Plateau – Abuja road on Wednesday maltreated a Plateau Riders transport company…
Buhari speaks on 2019 bid; farmers, herders clashes
President Muhammadu Buhari has said irresponsible brand of politics played by some unnamed persons was responsible for the perennial farmers/herders clashes that…
Russia warns any U.S. missiles fired at Syria will be shot down
Russia has warned that any U.S. missiles fired at Syria over a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel enclave would…
Another Victim Feared Killed in SARS Brutality in Lagos
Barely hours after the Lagos State Police Command initiated an investigation into the harassment and extortion of one Emmanuel James by operatives…
Nigeria gets 10 more years of GAVI support – Health Minister
Nigeria will not graduate from the GAVI intervention funds for the next 10 years as the ‘expiration term’ of the country has…
Human Rights Violation: Court dismisses IGP’s suit against Senate
Justice Abba-Bello Muhammad of the FCT High Court, Abuja on Tuesday dismissed the suit filed by the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,…
FIRS recovers N29 billion through partnership with EFCC
The management of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) say they will deepen and…
Buhari makes 23 new appointments including rectors for six polytechnics (FULL LIST)
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of chief executive officers of agencies in the Federal Ministries of Health, Information and Culture,…
Shell Paid $4.32bn to Nigerian Government in 2017, Says Oil Giant
Royal Dutch Shell Plc has said it paid $4.32 billion to the Nigerian Government in 2017, representing an increase of 19 per…
Soldier killed in renewed herdsmen crisis in another Benue community
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State Tueaday disclosed that the renewed herdsmen crisis in Guma local government area of the state had…
Looters’ list: Nigerians have not seen anything yet – EFCC
A top official of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that Nigerians have not seen anything yet concerning the…
Looters mobilise, protest against Buhari in London – Presidency
SOME Nigerians suspected to be among those that wrecked havoc on the nation`s economy yesterday reportedly mobilised and protested against President Muhammadu…
28 suspects arraigned by for gruesome murder of 10 herdsmen in Benue
The Police in Benue State yesterday arraigned 28 suspects at a Makurdi Magistrate court for their alleged involvement in last Saturday’s gruesome…
Suspected herdsmen kill widow in Anambra
A middle-aged widow has allegedly been raped and murdered in her farmland at Nteje in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State…
Nigeria high fertility rate fueling underdevelopment — Experts
When John and Josephine Adigwe got married several years back, all they could think about at that time, was making babies. Today,…