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Midnight fire guts Delta State University hostel
A midnight fire, on Friday, gutted a two-storey Post-Graduate Hostel in Campus Three of the Delta State University, Abraka in Ethiope East Council Area of the state. It was learnt that the fire started about 1:04 am, destroying about 10 rooms before help arrived. But there was no casualty recorded in the inferno. It was gathered that the parts of the hostel...
Five Die As Heap Of Sand Traps 6 In Kano
Kano State Fire Service has confirmed the death of five out of six people trapped under a heap of sand at Ramin Farar Kasa in Dauni village in Minjibir Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. Alhaji Saidu Muhammad, Public Relations Officer of the service said this in a statement on Friday in Kano. “We received a distress call on Thursday afternoon from Dauni...
Midnight fire guts Delta State University hostel
A midnight fire, on Friday, gutted a two-storey Post-Graduate Hostel in Campus Three of the Delta State University, Abraka in Ethiope East Council Area of the state. It was learnt that the fire started about 1:04 am, destroying about 10 rooms before help arrived. But there was no casualty recorded in the inferno. It was gathered that the parts of the hostel...
Alleged N700m fraud: Judge threatens to withdraw bail for Edo PDP chairman, 3 others
Justice M.G. Umar, of the Federal High Court Benin, on Friday, threatened to revoke the bail granted to Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, State Chairman of the PDP, Dan Orbih and three others, if they delayed the trial. Ize-Iyamu and others were arraigned on an eight-count charge of conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N700 million. Justice Umar who threatened to revoke...
House to strengthen marketing activities in Nigeria – Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the House would strengthen the activities of marketers in Nigeria to make the sector be in line with international best practices. The Speaker said a situation where young Nigerians are employed by financial institutions as marketers and given unrealistic targets should be discouraged. Speaking...
House to strengthen marketing activities in Nigeria – Gbajabiamila
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila has said that the House would strengthen the activities of marketers in Nigeria to make the sector be in line with international best practices. The Speaker said a situation where young Nigerians are employed by financial institutions as marketers and given unrealistic targets should be discouraged. Speaking...
ECOWAS challenges Nigeria’s border closure, sets up committee
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formed a committee to study and make a full report on the closure of Nigerian land borders. Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, who disclosed this yesterday, said the decision was reached Sunday at an extraordinary meeting of the heads of government of West African...
Minimum Wage: FG Suspends Salary Review
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Government will no longer review workers’ salaries as earlier promised. The acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, had said through the Director of Communications in her office, Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, that the FG would ensure that all states complied with the...
ECOWAS challenges Nigeria’s border closure, sets up committee
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has formed a committee to study and make a full report on the closure of Nigerian land borders. Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, who disclosed this yesterday, said the decision was reached Sunday at an extraordinary meeting of the heads of government of West African...
Minimum wage: FG suspends salary review
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Government will no longer review workers’ salaries as earlier promised. The acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr Folashade Yemi-Esan, had said through the Director of Communications in her office, Mrs Olawunmi Ogunmosunle, that the FG would ensure that all states complied with the...
