October 2018

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday agreed to pay a national minimum wage of N22,500 from the existing N18,000. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the…
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Police in Federal Capital Territory said 400 members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN, also known as Shi’ites, had been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s violent protest in the territory. Commissioner of Police in the area, Bala…
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The Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) also known as Shiites on Tuesday again clashed with security operatives in Abuja. The Shiite members said they were holding a peaceful procession to mark the 2018 Arbaeen, a religious observance mostly…
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The Federal Government has denied an online publication alleging deplorable conditions of the troops fighting Boko Haram in the North East, saying the report is a classic example of fake news. Speaking at a news conference in Abuja on…
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Grassroots Mobilizers for Buhari (GMB), a political association promoting President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 presidential ambition, has expelled six of its members for allegedly fraternising with Buhari’s opposition, Atiku Abubakar. Atiku…
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Kano state government has empowered over two hundred thousand (200,000) youth in an effort to fight poverty and create a welfare state,  within the period of three and half years. The state governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje reveals this…
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Nigeria is to invest N500 billion to bridge housing deficit through Family Homes Fund (FHF) in the next five years.  The Special Adviser to the President on Economic MattersMr Adeyemi Dipeolu, said on the sideline of the second Nigeria…
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Former nurse Niels Hoegel admitted Tuesday to killing 100 patients in his care, on the first day of his trial in the biggest serial killing case in Germany’s post-war history. Hoegel, 41, has already spent nearly a decade in prison on a…
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The Organised Labour has frowned at the Federal Government’s delay in the process of promulgating new National Minimum Wage for workers in the country. Comrade Ayuba Wabba, President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), said this at a protest…
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About 5,000 members of the Kwankwasiya group in Kebbi have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Kwankwasiyya is the political structure of Sen.Rabiu Kwankwaso who represents Kano Central…
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