Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said the increment in the state’s minimum wage from N30,000 to N40,000 as well as payment of the harmonised pension to retirees were to provide succour to workers and pensioners, who were overburdened by the weight of the harsh economic realities in the country.

A 12-year-old boy has shot dead his Nigerian mom in their home in Alabama in the United States of America.

The People’s Alternative Political Movement, TPAP-M, has blasted the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, over call to the Federal Government to sack civil servants attaining age 50 and above from the civil service

Akwa Ibom State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr.  Mike Igini, yesterday, restated the status of political party primaries monitored in the state, insisting that Senator Godswill Akpabio has not been recognised as the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the North West senatorial district.

Bank-Anthony Estate donates to Pacelli School

Artiste Development and Music Label, Chase Music Nigeria, on Thursday, announced the second edition of its annual recording camp, and partnership with global music distribution company, TuneCore.  Chase Music Nigeria, which has made its mark in the music industry, is home to Afro-pop artistes Jinmi Abduls, King AMO, Mohalizer, and F3line.  The announcement of the […]

Nasarawa State Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confiscated 1,659 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa worth N30 million.

An Osun State Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded a suspected cultist, Rasheed Hammed, popularly known as Oko-ilu, in Ilesa correctional centre over alleged murder.

The air component of Operation Whirl Punch in the North West has killed a notorious bandits leader, Alhaji Shanono, and 17 of his men at Ukambo, as village about 131km from Kaduna.

There was apprehension along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, yesterdayy, when some brave road users disrupted the activities of four robbery suspects by pelting pebbles at them.

The presidential candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his counterpart on the platform of Labour Party, LP, Mr Peter Obi, were yesterday locked in verbal war over the former’s accusation of the latter’s supporters of mudslinging and spreading fake news against other candidates, especially him, ahead of the 2023 general elections.

…arrest 9 persons By Godfrey Bivbere, Christiana Moneke & Mercy Opara The Federal Operations Unit, FOU of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS yesterday said the Unit impounded smuggled Premium Motors Spirit, PMS, foreign perboiled rice, used clothings, fairly used vehicles and other items with Duty Paid Value, DPV worth N537.4 million in the month of […]

By Godfrey Bivbere Nigeria’s Chief Inspector of Diving, Julius Ugwala has admonished all multinational and local companies to get requisite approvals from the Diving Governing Board of Ministry of Labour before the commencement of all diving operations and to pursue adherence to the 2018 Diving at Work regulation so as not to fall into the […]

As part of its contribution to drive entrepreneurship development in Nigeria, a Non-Governmental Organisation: Micro Sector Development Initiatives, MISEDI, on Tuesday, said it is poised to explore and bring finance opportunities to women in the micro, small and medium enterprises, MSMEs

THE candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Delta State House of Assembly, Patani Constituency, Mr Raymos Guanah, has vowed to show commitment and capacity to meet the needs and yearnings of the Patani people when elected. Guanah spoke when he unveiled the composition of his campaign organisation to members of the LGA chapter of […]