The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of four Catholic Priests by unknown gunmen around Umutu/Abraka in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State. The Police dispelled earlier reports that the priests were kidnapped by herdsmen, saying that the identity of the kidnappers were still unknown. The priests, who were said to
The United States Institute of Peace has denied predicting victory for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 General Election in Nigeria. The Institute in a statement on its website on Tuesday captioned: “Correcting a Media Error: USIP Makes No Prediction on Nigerian Election”, stressed that the report by many Nigerian media that the Institute’s 20-page
The 65-year-old leader of Shiite Islamic sect, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife have been denied bail by the Kaduna High Court. The Court sitting on Wednesday denied the bail application filed by counsel to the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria. The Presiding Judge, Justice Gideon Kurada, said in his ruling that the accused
President Muhammadu Buhari has said he is distressed and depressed by the atrocious ethno-religious killings in the country, appealing to Nigerians to learn to live together in peace and harmony. Receiving leaders of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) Tuesday, at State House, led by Rev Dr Dachollom Datiri, President Buhari in statement by
On 27th November 2017, I inaugurated the National Minimum Wage Committee with a mandate to recommend a new minimum wage for the workers of our country. 2. This exercise became necessary for many reasons. The last review took place in 2011. We all know since then, the prices of key consumables have increased and the
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday endorsed the N30,000 minimum wage recommended by the tripartite committee. He said this while receiving the report of the tripartite committee on the review of the minimum wage, at the presidential villa in Abuja. Earlier, Amma Pepple, chairman of the committee, submitted a report on the agreement with labour to
The senate has set up an ad hoc committee to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC) alleged diversion of dividends from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to fund petroleum subsidy. The senate made this known after resuming plenary on Tuesday. Senate president Bukola Saraki had vowed to investigate the alleged diversion, after Maikanti
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday gave the federal government a seven-day ultimatum to resolve issues and honour agreements reached with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in October 2017 or face mass action by students across the country. While addressing a press conference in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on
MINISTER of education, Adamu Adamu, says the well-being of the education sector is dependent on oil prices. Adamu made the statement while addressing reporters at the headquarters of the ministry of education on Monday. The interaction took place after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on an indefinite strike. Abiodun Ogunyemi, national president
The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) has called for the immediate sack of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris over growing insecurity across the country. In a statement on Tuesday by its spokesman, Ikenga Ugochinyere, the coalition said, “the opposition wish to state it loud and clear that the President and his