The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has ordered the reaccreditation of all operatives of the State’s Security Vigilante Network, numbering over 6,500, in a renewed effort to strengthen the state’s security architecture to combat crime and ensure the security of lives and property of residents. Obaseki gave the order on Monday during a security…
President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm the sack of the chairman of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), Babatunde Irukera. This is contained in a letter by President Bola Tinubu read out by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, during plenary on Tuesday. Tinubu also sought the confirmation of…
A court has heard that Run-DMC star Jam Master Jay was shot dead more than two decades ago by his godson as revenge for being cut out of a drug deal. Karl Jordan Jr, 40, and another man, Ronald Washington, 59, have gone on trial in New York accused of murder. In their opening statements…
Super Eagles trio of Victor Osimhen, Moses Simon, and William Troost-Ekong came out clean after an anti-doping test was conducted on them at the ongoing AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire. Our Sports reporter gathered that the test carried out on them did not detect any presence of a prohibited substance. This means the three players are…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally inaugurated a 37-man Tripartite Committee to fashion out a new National Minimum Wage. Vice President, Kashim Shettima inaugurated the committee on behalf of the President, who is on a private visit to France. Former Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Bukar Goni Aji, is chairing the Committee….
Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has condemned the spate of insecurity in Nigeria, adding that it has assumed worrying dimensions under President Bola Tinubu’s government. Atiku said this in a tweet on his X handle on Tuesday where he recalled the various kidnapping episodes in several parts of Nigeria. “Tinubu is playing fiddle while Nigeria…
The Ekiti State Government has vowed to ensure that it rescued teachers and students abducted by gunmen on Monday night Gunmen had abducted six pupils and three teachers of a private school and their bus driver while they were returning from Eporo-Ekiti on Monday night. But hours after the incident, the Ekiti State Government called…
The Federal Government is set for the inauguration of the 37-man Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage. The committee is to recommend a new National Minimum Wage for the country. Expected to perform the inauguration ceremony on behalf of President Bola Tinubu at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa Abuja, is the Vice President,…
A “dignified medal ceremony” will take place for athletes who missed out when Russian figure skaters took team gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Medals were not awarded after Russia’s Kamila Valieva failed a doping test, but the United States will now receive gold, Japan silver and Russia bronze. Valieva, 17 – and…
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded an improved ranking in the Corruption Perception Index (CPI), moving five places up to rank 145 out of 180 countries assessed. According to the latest corruption index released by Transparency International (TI), the country also gained one point added to its previous 24, ending up scoring 25 out of the 100…
