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The Nigeria Governors’ Forum has insisted that state governors cannot afford to pay the N30,000 minimum wage demanded by the labour unions. “There is no way states will abide by N30,000 minimum wage just because the president said so,” NGF spokesman Abdulrazaqe Bello-Barkindo said on Channels Television’s Sunrise daily. The governors of Nigeria’s 36 states […]

Democrats have pledged to check U.S. president, Donald Trump, after seizing U.S. house control in Tuesday’s polls. “Thanks to you, tomorrow will be a new day in America,” Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi told cheering Democrats at a Washington victory party, saying House Democrats would be a check on Trump. “We will have a responsibility […]

The Presidency has frowned at misinterpretation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s remarks when he received the report of the Tripartite Committee on the Review of National Minimum Wage from the committee’s chairman, Amal Pepple, on Tuesday. A presidential source, who preferred not to be named, said the president did not endorse N30,000 as proposed by committee […]

Seventy-nine school pupils abducted by gunmen this week in a troubled English-speaking region of Cameroon have been freed, the country’s communications minister told AFP Wednesday. “All 79 students have been released,” said Issa Bakary Tchiroma, without giving details of the circumstances under which they were set free. The kidnappings on Monday were the first such […]

The PDP gubernatorial candidate in Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde has expressed disappointment at the humiliation being experienced by the Shooting Stars Sports Club of Oyo State as a result of negligence by the state government. Speaking through the spokesman for his campaign organisation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, Makinde said that the state government and not […]

Nigeria’s Senate said Tuesday it was investigating claims that the state oil company illegally took more than $1 billion from natural gas proceeds to fund fuel subsidy payments. Despite being Africa’s largest crude producer, Nigeria relies on fuel imports to meet domestic demand because of its dilapidated refineries. The imported petrol is subsidised by the […]

Hon. Dada Awoleye and Hon.Adedapo Lam Adesina both from the ruling All Progressive Congress Oyo state has formerly announced their defection to other parties at the floor of the green chambers tuesday. While Hon. Awoleye a two term house of representatives member will be joining the Accord party, Africa Democratic Congress will be the new […]

Buhari restates commitment to transport, power infrastructure The Southwest Governors’ Forum has expressed concern on economic and security challenges posed by gridlock in the Apapa port and urged the Federal Government to create alternative routes.The forum said the planned alternative routes linking Tin Can Island through Tomoro Island to Ibafo in Ogun State should be […]

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has voided the powers of the Presidential Panel on Assets Recovery to prosecute alleged offenders or obtain forfeiture orders for assets belonging to fraud suspects. A five-member panel of the appellate court, led by Hussein Muhktar, ruled that the panel is not empowered to approach the court with any […]

A Kano High court on Monday ordered the state House of Assembly investigative committee to stop investigation on the bribery allegation against the state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, pending determination of a case filed before it on the matter. The order followed a suit filed by one Muhammad Zubair for himself and the national coordinator […]