Edo govt not responsible for LG wages —Oshiomhole
BENIN—GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said that the state government was not responsible for the failure of local government authorities in the state to pay their workers, explaining that he meets the monthly wage obligation to the state's workers and that local government workers must be paid by their respective councils and not by the state government.
Woman runs mad after husband shaves her pubic hair
LAGOS—A mother of three, simply identified as Remilekun, has run mad after her husband, identified as Oriyomi, allegedly shaved her pubic hairs and her head.
Kidnapped monarch can’t be released without N40m ransom — Abductors
Twenty days after a Lagos traditional ruler, Oniba of Iba Town, Oba Yushau Oseni was kidnapped in his palace, his abductors have explained why they are still holding him.
Exclusive breastfeeding, key to fight child malnutrition- UNICEF, MeCAM
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and Media Coalition Against child Malnutrition (MeCAM) have declared that exclusive breastfeeding is key to fight against child malnutrition even as they said it is more resilient in fighting malnutrition, especially in children.
Scholars kick against change of polytechnic to varsity
Lecturers from the University of Lagos, UNILAG have kicked against the federal government’s directive to scrap the award of the Higher National Diploma (HND) by polytechnics in the country. The lecturers claimed that the move would result in more unemployments for polytechnic lecturers. The Federal Government had given a directive that Polytechnics should upgrade to campuses of the proximate universities with the Vice Chancellors of the upgraded universities appointing provosts for the polytechnics, subject to the ratification of the Universities’ Councils.
National Convention still holds on August 17- PDP
ABUJA—The leadership of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, led by chairman of the National Caretaker Committee, Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has reacted to the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja on July 28, 2016, presided over by Justice Okon Abang, describing it as objectionable, questionable and strange in the history of Nigeria’s judiciary.
