Special Adviser on Information & Strategy to President Bola Tinubu Bayo Onanuga has claimed that it would be difficult for the Nigerian government to peg the new proposed minimum wage at N100,000. Onanuga made this known on Monday in an interview with Arise Television monitored by Ekweanaedo. According to him, the country’s current financial strength…
The Department of Security Services (DSS) has invited for questioning a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Auwal Shariff based in Zaria, Kaduna State over his recent sermon where he criticised President Bola Tinubu’s government. Sheikh Auwal Shariff is a renowned critic of the Nigerian government and in one of his recent sermons during Juma’at prayer, he…
Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have insisted on going ahead with their planned nationwide strike after the expiration of the 14 day notice. At a meeting between the labour leaders and officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, headed by the Minister of State for…
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria has threatened to begin a nationwide strike from February 27, should the Federal government refuse to implement the agreement it entered into with the association in 2020. It called for the immediate implementation of financial support palliatives for bakers as promised by the Federal Government as…
A bill for an Act seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to change the educational qualification for elections into certain political offices, has been stepped down by the leave of the House of Representatives. Standing in the name of Adewunmi Onanuga, the proposed legislation aimed at pegging minimum qualification for elections into the governorship, presidential,…
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested four brothers for alleged internet fraud. The siblings, namely: Egbo Chukwuebuka, Egbo Favour Chibuike, Egbo Ifeanyi Francis and Egbo Victor, were arrested alongside thirty others. The other suspects include Great Eze, Ani Callistus, Ekpe Chigbo, Eze Eric, Nnaemeka Gabriel,…
The Imo Police Command has deployed a Special Tactical Squad to hunt down hoodlums responsible for the attack on Correctional Service Farm Settlement at Umualomoke in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Owerri. Okoye said the attackers forced the release…
The Governor of Ebonyi State Chief Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru has attributed dwindling revenue accruing to the State from the federation account to failure of solid mineral operators to remit royalties to the Federal Government. This he said is one of the indices in Federal allocation formula. He made his feelings known when he received Officials…
Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned Southeast governors, particularly Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah, not to establish Fulani cattle ranches in any part of the region. It said any attempt to establish ranches at Nimbo in Uzo-Uwani community of Enugu State or any part of the Southeast would be resisted. IPOB urged the governors…
The executive governor of Kaduna State has received in audience iconic Evangelist, Pastor Enoch Adeboye at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House. Pastor Adeboye who is in Kaduna for the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s Crusade with the theme “Light Up Kaduna” prayed fervently for the success of our administration and the peace and stability of Kaduna…
