Kebbi State Government Sets To Implement N70,000 Minimum Wage

Kebbi State Governor, Nasiru Idris said his administration is ready to commence implementation of the N70,000,00 new minimum wage to Kebbi workers as soon as the template to do so is delivered to the state government. The governor, made this known Friday in Birnin Kebbi when the leadership of the state council of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) paid him a courtesy call in Government House and debunked rumours that his administration would not pay the...

Nigeria Youth For Atiku Tells Tinubu To Resign As President

Nigeria Youth For Atiku (NYFA), former Vice President Atiku Abubakar support group, has asked Bola Tinubu to resign as president. The group which cited gross incompetence amidst unprecedented hardship in the country, as reason, spoke through Mr Dare Dada, its Director of Publicity in a statement on Friday in Lagos. Dada highlighted the soaring food inflation, fuel scarcity, electricity tariff hikes, proposed international passport price increments, unemployment, healthcare and education crises, economic stagnation, and rising...

Airport Employee Return $10,000 Found While Cleaning Aircraft

Auwalu Ahmed Dankade, an employee of a handling company at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano has returned $10,000 he found while cleaning an aircraft. The money, equivalent of approximately N15m, was found on Wednesday afternoon in an Egyptian aircraft, and Dankade immediately reported the discovery to his company manager, leading to the identification and return of the money to its owner. According to Dankade, he returned the money as his motivation to please...

Gov. Mbah Commissions Enugu State Asphalt Plant

The Enugu State Governor has commissioned an asphalt production plant designed to produce 160 tons per hour. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony on Thursday, Governor Peter Ndubuisi Mbah said the plant will enable his administration to achieve its goal of infrastructural transformation by paving 1000km of roads per year, thereby enhancing access to farmlands which in turn will boost the agricultural sector; the asphalt plant is located at Emene in Enugu East Local Government Area,...

Tinubu Heads to China for Economic Talks with Xi Jinping

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu left Abuja on Thursday for an official visit to Beijing, China. The visit is aimed at strengthening bilateral relations and exploring economic opportunities for Nigeria. According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, the President’s trip will include a brief stopover in the United Arab Emirates before arriving in China, where he will meet with President Xi Jinping to discuss cooperation between the two nations....

D’Tigress Breaks Record, Enters Top 10 in World Basketball Rankings

Nigeria’s senior women’s basketball team, D’Tigress, has soared to eighth place in the latest world rankings by the International Basketball Federation, FIBA, the governing body of basketball. With this achievement, they have become the first African team to break into the top 10. The team’s impressive outing at the Paris Olympics, where they defeated Australia and Canada, earned them a four-spot jump in the rankings. They secured their first Olympic victory in 20 years against...

Flood: Over 170 Persons Loss Their Lives In 15 States-NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has said the flood has so far killed 179 persons in 15 states and displaced 208,655 others in 22 states in 2024 alone. The 2024 Flood Updates released by the agency; also said 107,652 hectares of farmland and 80,049 houses were destroyed, attributing the cause to unprecedented rainfall and the rising of Rivers Niger and Benue are mostly in the northern part of Nigeria. According to the agency, all...

PHOTOS: Nigeria’s Defence  Chief Meets with Niger Military Leadership

In a move aimed at strengthening regional security, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, yesterday met with the leadership of the Niger Republic’s military junta in Niamey, the country’s capital. The meeting, which was confirmed through pictures posted by the counter-insurgency publication, Zagazola Makama, on X, was attended by top military brass from both countries.       General Musa, who is also the Chairman of the ECOWAS Committee of Defence Chiefs, was...

Bode George To Atiku: You Can’t Contest In 2027, Wait Till 2031

Former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Bode George has told former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that he cannot contest presidential election in 2027 but should wait till 2031. The PDP chieftain noted that even in 2027, the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general elections would be 81 years and would be expected to embrace the President Joe Biden concept of allowing the younger generation run for the highest office...

President Tinubu Consoles Flood Victims Across Nigeria

President Bola Tinubu said on Wednesday sympathizes with all victims of flood disaster across the country, especially bereaved families, farmers, displaced communities, and those who have lost property. In a statement by Tinubu’s media aide, Ajuri Ngelale, said the President had received the news of the devastation wreaked by floods on communities and farmlands across the country with profound grief. Tinubu re-emphasized the need to build a more climate-resilient and adaptive society and as well...

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