The All Progressives Youths of Abia under the banner of Abia Youths Interest Group (AYIG) has cautioned the state governor, Alex Otti, to stop funding the presidential court case of Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Otti is the only serving governor on the platform of the opposition Labour Party (LP), while Obi was the presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 elections. The Head of Media of the group, Henry Chigozie, while addressing a press conference on Sunday in Abuja, said the dangerous developments, that if not immediately checked would plunge the state into avoidable socio-political crisis and…
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President Bola Tinubu, says the federal government is introducing a provisional wage increment to enhance the federal minimum wage without causing undue inflation. The president who made the announcement during his maiden independence day speech added that for the next six months, the average low-grade worker would receive an additional N25, 000 per month. His words: “Based on our talks with labour, business and other stakeholders, we are introducing a provisional wage increment to enhance the federal minimum wage without causing undue inflation. “For the next six months, the average low-grade worker shall receive an additional N25, 000 per month.”…
President Bola Tinubu has pledged that there will be thorough house cleaning of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) which he described as the den of malfeasance. TheHintsNews reports that the former Governor of the Apex Bank, Godwin Emefiele has been in detention and being investigated for alleged corruption perpetuated under his watch. The President gave the assurance in his maiden independence day speech. Tinubu said: “I pledged a thorough house cleaning of the den of malfeasance the CBN had become. That housecleaning is well underway. “A new leadership for the Central Bank has been constituted. Also, my special investigator…
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike has expressed satisfaction with the pace and quality of work at the various road projects in the Federal Capital City (FCC) embarked on by the FCT Administration. The Minister inspected five projects on Saturday in the company of the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olusade Adesola, the Executive Secretary, Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Shehu Ahmed, former Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu and other senior officials of the FCTA. Addressing journalists shortly after the inspection, the minister said the ongoing projects in the FCT were abandoned by the contractors due to non-payment,…
Suspected bandits on Saturday unleashed mayhem in Angwanwaku community in Kufana Chiefdom of Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing a villager and abducting 19 others. During the attack, one Kukah Yari was killed, while Abuki Dogo was injured. There was no official confirmation of the incident either from the police or the state government. However, the Secretary of the Chiefdom, Tanimu Makaddas, said the incident happened around 12:00 a.m on Saturday when the attackers invaded the community. He said those kidnaped were: Genesis Ezekiel, Deborah Ezikiel, Salomi Dutse, Rifkatu Zaphaniah, Tamar Liazarus, Ejah Habila, Rejoice Ezikeil, Catharine Silas,…
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunals sitting in Jalingo, Sokoto and Abeokuta have upheld the election of Taraba State Governor, Agbu Kefas, Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State and Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun. Kefas is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), while Aliyu and Abiodun are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In Taraba State, the three-man panel headed by Justice Ayo Sunmonu dismissed the petition filed by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and its governorship candidate, Prof. Yahaya Sani, on the grounds of lack of sufficient evidence. The NNPP and its gubernatorial candidate had…
The Ondo State Police Command state Saturday rescued eight out of the 25 kidnapped Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) members. The victims, said to be members of church’s choir, were reportedly attacked and kidnapped on the Benin-Akure Expressway around Ifon axis in Ose Local Government Area of the state, Friday evening. A member of the church, who pleaded anonymity, said the vehicle conveying the victims was seen abandoned by the roadside. He said the matter had been reported at the police station. However, the police revealed that it had begun a search for the gunmen who, on Friday, kidnapped no fewer…
The federal government has deployed a team of engineers to collate relevant data and investigate possible causes of the collapse of Artisan Bridge in Enugu state and come up with a solution to restore it. The Director of Information, Ministry of Works, Blessing Lere-Adams, in a statement issued Saturday said the failed bridge is located on a subsisting project — which is the rehabilitation of Enugu – Port Harcourt Expressway, Section III: Enugu – Lokpanta in Enugu State, adding that the project was still ongoing. She noted that the Minister of Works, Sen David Umahi visited the site of the…
A pressure group, Stand Up Nigeria has urged the National Judicial Council (NJC) to, as a matter of urgency, relocate Appeal court justices from Kano to Abuja over alleged threat and intimidation from the supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)-led government in the state. The National coordinator of the group, Sunday Attah made the call while addressing a press conference on Saturday in Abuja The group recalled that the Kano State Governorship election sacked Engr Abba Kabir Yusuf and declared Dr. Nasir Gawuna as the duly elected Governor of Kano State. It, therefore, called on NNPP and the…
A bride lost her ‘entire family’ including her three brothers and her mother-in-law after a deadly fire tore through their venue during the newlywed’s first dance in Iraq, it has emerged. Newlyweds Haneen and Ravan had been slow-dancing during their Christian wedding in the northern town of Qaraqosh near Mosul when their ceremony turned into one of nightmares. New terrifying video shows hundreds of panicked wedding guests screaming and shouting for their loved ones before they sprinted towards the exits of the large hall as the flames quickly spread across a decorated chandelier on the roof. The room turned a…