Delta State Government has agreed to pay the new national minimum wage approved by the Federal Government with effect from November 1, 2019.

WARRI- MILITANTS and other interest groups in Niger Delta have said that the breakdown of talks between the Federal Government and Pan-Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, after the regional body successfully prevailed on agitators to cease hostilities in 2016 , was counterproductive and a huge threat to peace in the oil-rich region.

A patient died on Saturday from a mysterious illness after an outbreak in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, according to the local health commission. The emergence of the virus is raising concerns as hundreds of millions of people are getting ready to travel during the Chinese New Year holiday later this month. Experts who […]

…wants Electoral Offences Commission By Omeiza Ajayi As a way of reducing violence in future elections in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has called for a more strategic deployment of security operatives, taking into consideration the peculiarities of each polling unit. INEC Chairman and co-Chair of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola on Friday called on security agencies in Nigeria to remain committed, loyal and demonstrate a high level of integrity in discharging their constitutional responsibilities. He spoke at the opening ceremony of a two-day strategic retreat organised by the Ministry of Interior, held in Ilesa. Oyetola urged […]

A U.S. federal grand jury has charged a New York man,  Christopher Casacci, 38, with trafficking in African wild cats.

Ecobank Nigeria has announced an Agriculture Businesses Finance Scheme where it plans to disburse additional loan of N70 Billion for practitioners in different value chains of Agriculture within the next two years.

A prominent pro-Iran militia commander has been killed by unidentified gunmen in Iraq. High-level Popular Mobilization Forces leader Taleb Abbas Ali al-Saedi was shot dead late on Saturday in Karbala, a city about 62 miles southwest of Baghdad. READ ALSO: Iran jet admission important first step – Johnson Local media reported that al-Saedi was ‘assassinated’ by unknown […]

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau, says the 19 Northern states have gone far in their efforts to introduce community policing in the region. Lalong spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said he was at the Presidential Villa to brief the president […]

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has not hidden his desire to scuttle his successor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki’s chances of securing the party’s ticket to return to Dennis Osadebey House, this year.
Oshiomhole’s fury-laden attacks against Obaseki, which the latter has fought off gallantly and to the admiration of many political watchers, is obviously not based on the governor’s popularity, performance or management of party affairs but on personal grudge, egotism, and the desire to be seen as the permanent champion who calls the shots.  

Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC) has berated a northern group, Northern Youths Council of Nigeria (NYCN), for kicking against the Thursday launch of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed “Operation Amotekun” by the governors of the six states of the South West. This is just as Igbo Socio-cultural organization, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, lauded “Operation Amotekun”
Speaking a few hours after the inauguration of the security outfit, the northern group, had, in a statement by its National President, Alhaji Isah Abubakar, kicked against it describing it as a military wing of the OPC. In a swift reaction however, the Lagos state coordinator of OPC, Alhaji Mutairu Adesina, described the group’s comment as inciting and capable of causing unnecessary tension in the country.

Mr Geoffrey Mba, the Chairman, Enugu State House of Assembly Committee on Information, has said that the speedy passage of the 2020 Appropriation Bill was meant to restore the budget system in the state. Mba said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Friday, adding that the feat was […]

MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige is rated high in the South East. His achievement during his tenure as the governor of Anambra State between 2003 and 2006 is still rated high among Anambra people. In this interview, Ngige spoke on the easiest way for the Igbo person to become the president of Nigeria. He also spoke on the Second Niger Bridge, the ongoing repairs at the Akanu Ibiam International Ariport, Enugu, the leadership of APC in the South East and the controversial zoning arrangement for governorship in Anambra State.Excerpts:

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has directed immediate commencement of the state’s health insurance scheme for civil servants and the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) for local council workers across the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

Lagos State, commonly referred to as the pride of Nigeria, is said to have an estimated population of 24 million. Due to the state’s economic and socio political importance, Nigerians from other parts of the states troop into the city in search of greener pasture.
Due to its seeming over congestion, those with criminal tendencies also found their way into the state, thereby propelling security agencies to often visit their drawing boards to review their strategies as well as initiate far reaching approaches to curb the excesses of criminals.