Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the spiritual director of the Adoration Ministries Enugu Nigeria (AMEN) says the N62, 000 minimum wage being proposed by the Federal government should also be extended to Governors as well as Nigerian lawmakers both in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. Worried by the Hardship being experienced by…
Barely a week after seizing a shipment of 175,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports complex in Onne, Rivers state, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have again intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of the same opioid imported from India. According to a statement released by…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has assured Indigenous investors that the National Assembly will make laws to encourage investment and protect local industries. Akpabio gave the assurance after leading the leadership of the Senate on a guided facility tour of the World largest single-train refinery, Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Fertiliser Plant in…
A Zimbabwean Prophet who claimed that God has provided him with the winning formula at casinos has been banned after winning $30,000 at an outlet. Commenting on getting banned, Prophet Archbishop Emmanuel Mutumwa, the leader of the Johanne Masowe eChishanu Apostolic Sect, who revealed that his winning is the biggest at a local casino…
Armed bandits have killed no fewer than 30 persons in attacks on villages in Dutsinma and Safana Local Government Areas of Katsina State. The affected villages are Tashar Kawai Mai Zurfi, Sabon Gari Unguwar Banza, Dogon Ruwa, Sanawar Kurecen Dutsi, Unguwar Bera, Kuricin Kulawa, Larabar Tashar Mangoro, Sabaru, Ashata, Unguwar Ido, Kanbiri, Kunamawar Mai…
Organized labour comprising both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have slammed the 36 governors for saying they cannot afford N60,000 minimum wage. The two Labour leaders described the governors’ comment and actions towards the Nigerian workers as act of wickedness, while calling on them to have a rethink…
Israeli forces rescued four hostages alive from two separate locations in the central Gaza area of al-Nuseirat on Saturday, the Israeli military has reported. The four hostages, three males and one female who were kidnapped by Hamas militants from the Nova music festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7 last year, were taken to…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the naming of the M18 road infrastructure in Guzape District, Abuja after renowned novelist, Chinua Achebe. The President stated this during his address at the inauguration of the road in Abuja on Saturday, June 8. This was contained in a post by Special Assistant to President Tinubu on…
The autopsy conducted on the body of late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) has revealed the possible cause of his death. According to the Cable, samples of the gastric content, blood, bone marrow, liver, kidney, and lung of the late singer were retrieved for a toxicology…
Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two drug dealers in Yola South Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday night, June 6, 2024, said the suspects, Bilyaminu Yarima, aged 25, of Toungo Ward, Yola South, and Halilu Saidu, aged…
