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Troops Engage Terrorists In Gun Battle, Rescue Passengers In Delta
The Nigerian Army has said its troops have successfully thwarted a kidnap attempt by suspected terrorists on the 46 KM Ughelli-Patani Road in Delta State. According to a post on its official X handle, the operation which took place on Sunday, led to a gun battle between soldiers and the criminal elements. The post said that the troops’ swift response to...
Hajj: Another Kebbi Pilgrim Dies In Makkah
The Kebbi State Pilgrims Welfare Board has announced the death of another pilgrim from the state in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. This was disclosed in a statement released by the Kebbi Hajj 2024 Media Team on Sunday. The Executive Chairman of the board, Alhaji Faruku Aliyu-Enabo, identified the deceased as Abubakar Abdullahi from Gulma in Argungu Local Government Area. According to Aliyu-Enabo, Abdullahi...
Gov Otti Orders Renovation Of NYSC Camp In Bende With Immediate Effect
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has directed the Commissioner for Sports and Youth Development, Mr. Nwobilor Ananaba, to visit the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) camp in Umunnato, Bende Local Government Area, to ascertain the extent of deterioration to fix the same. Governor Otti gave the directive on Friday when he played host to the State Coordinator of...
National Assembly Members, Governors Should Also Earn N62,000 Minimum Wage — Mbaka
Ejike Mbaka, spiritual director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, has said members of the national assembly should also earn the N62,000 minimum wage. He said this while reacting to the monthly proposal of the Federal Government following the strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress. Speaking in an interview with AIT, Mbaka said governors, senators, and members of...
Tinubu Makes Abia-Born Maduekwe DG Climate Change Council
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Dr Nkiruka Maduekwe as the Director General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Council on Climate Change, in an interim capacity, pending confirmation of her appointment by the Supervisory Council of the NCCC. The President, according to a State House press release signed by the Special Adviser to the President on...
EFCC Storms “Yahoo” Party In Ondo, Arrests 127
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 127 suspected internet fraudsters during a “Yahoo Party” in Akure, Ondo State. The suspects were apprehended in an early morning raid on Saturday, June 8, 2024, at simultaneous parties held at Signature and Abah Clubs in the state capital. According to an EFCC Statement on Saturday, credible intelligence indicated the party was initially...
Last One Year Has Been Very Challenging, Tinubu Declares
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared that the last one year has been a challenging time for the country. The President said he has been working, retooling and rejigging the financial system to bring prosperity and relief to Nigerians. President Tinubu who made the remarks at the inauguration of engineering infrastructure in Guzape District Lot II, in Abuja on Tuesday stated...
Minimum Wage: It’s N250,000 Or Nothing, Labour Says As FG Insists On N62,000
Members of the organised labour have brought its demand to the sum of N250,000 as the new minimum wage for workers while the federal government also raised its initial amount of N60,000 by N2,000, making N62,000 in total. President of TUC, Festus Osifo, disclosed this to journalists in Abuja Friday night at Nicon Luxury Hotel, venue of the National Minimum...
Labour May Resume Indefinite Strike As Tripartite Committee Okays N62k As Minimum Wage
The Tripartite Committee constituted by the Federal Government on National Minimum Wage has concluded negotiation with a recommendation of N62,000 as the monthly minimum wage for civil servants. The recommendation was disclosed late Friday night after a marathon meeting of the committee in Abuja. ABN TV reports that while the federal government and the Organised Private Sector (OPS) agreed on the...
Stop Calling IPOB A Terror Group, Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer Tells Presidency, Army, Others
The lead counsel of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor, on Friday, charged the Presidency, Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police, and Nigerians to desist from referring to the group as a terrorist organization. Ejimakor warned that such a defamatory and prejudicial label attached to IPOB would be “met and countervailed with muscular litigation and other...
