The Federal Government on Monday attributed the delay in payment of salaries in some Ministries , Departments and Agencies to the fact that the 2020 Budget was passed into law before the conclusion of negotiation on the new minimum wage and its consequential adjustment . It said the provision made for salaries of some MDAs […]
Rights groups, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) has urged restraint over military siege on Oyigbo Local Government Area (LGA) of Rivers state following destruction of lives and property by suspected Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). The said IPOB gang had on 21 October killed four policemen, burnt three police stations and courts while the […]
Four people were rescued Monday, during multiple accidents which occurred on Otedola Bridge, inward Berger, on Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. However, the victims three males and a female were said to have been critically injured just as one suffered a severed limb. The accident which occurred in the night involved an empty tanker with number plate XD […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday commended the youths in Bauchi state for resisting the temptation to partake in the #EndSARS protests. Buhari gave the commendation during a Town Hall meeting to discuss issues affecting the people. PM NEWS notes that President Muhammadu Buhari mandated high level ministerial delegations to visit various states and interact with […]
Nine women have been abducted by suspected insurgents in Takulashi village of Chibok town in Borno state. According to local sources, 11 men were killed in the operation that occurred on Sunday morning. The insurgents reportedly attacked mourners in Takulashi village, barely 15 kilometers to the local government headquarters. Villagers told Channels Television that they […]
Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Nigeria, AMEN, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to apologize to the country, especially to the youths, on behalf of himself and his predecessors, who had caused Nigerians so much pain. The fiery priest who made the calls while delivering a message, entitled “Impure Heart” during […]
Chairman , Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri- Erewa , has said that seven Nigerians who participated in the #EndSARS protest in Egypt have been slated for deportation . She said this in a series of tweets on Monday . The PUNCH had reported that eight Nigerians were arrested in Cairo , Egypt for protesting […]
Governors of northern states have called for the censorship of social media to “avoid the spread of fake news”. At a meeting in Kaduna on Monday, the governors said the effect of uncontrolled social media is devastating. They also condemned the “subversive” actions of some #EndSARS protesters, saying some people took advantage of peaceful protest […]
Nigerian youth calling for an end to police brutality and extrajudicial killings took to the streets of Abuja, painting #ENDSARS on the floor of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport entrance. The protesters also stormed the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force to draw similar graffiti while chanting solidarity songs. In the same vein, the youth […]
The National Examinations Council has announced the resumption of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination in all states and the Federal Capital Territory , effective Monday , November 9 2020. NECO Head of Information and Public Relations , Azeez Sani , made the announcement in a statement issued on Monday evening , titled , ‘ […]
