The Baale of Araromi Village in Ibadan Chief Tafa Apanpa and his wife, have been abducted by some suspected kidnappers. The duo was reported to have been kidnapped by gunmen, who stormed the village located in the Bakatari area of Ibadan, on Tuesday night. Reports have it that Bakatari in Ido Local Government Area of […]
Seven years after the Federal Government amended the Pension Reform Act, which stipulated that employers should remit 18 per cent of workers’ monthly emoluments into their RSAs, the government is yet to comply with its own law. The Pension Reform Act promulgated in 2004 had stipulated that workers and employers should contribute 7.5 per cent […]
Wakili Damina, chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeroa (MACBAN) in Kogi state, has been abducted by gunmen. Adamu Abubakar, Kogi MACBAN secretary, said Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army uniform. He said the abductors, numbering about eight, came in a white bus at about […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced the date for the 2023 general elections in the country. INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu made the announcement on Wednesday during a one-day public hearing on the National Electoral Offences Commission (Establishment) Bill 2021, organized by the Senate Committee on INEC. According to the INEC boss, the […]
United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will meet with Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday, during his first virtual trip to Africa since US President Joe Biden came into office. Strengthening democratic governance, building lasting security, and promoting economic ties and diversification, will top agenda at the meeting, according to Blinken’s […]
A nurse was reportedly dead on Friday after receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine in Georgia’s southwestern city of Akhaltsikhe on Thursday. The 27-year-old nurse, Megi Bakradze, who developed an alleged anaphylactic reaction after receiving the first shot of the vaccine, died after being transported to a hospital in Tbilisi, local Interpressnews reported. The report said four […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Awka The Anambra state police command have paraded suspects for attempting to murder three children at 3-3 area Onitsha Anambra. Haruna Mohammed, the state’s police public relations officer stated this in Awka on Thursday. The statement reads, “It will be recalled that on the 19/2/2021,following an intelligence report, police operatives attached to […]
The Trade Union Congress on Saturday says it will not go back on its decision to embark on a protest on Tuesday against the increase in the prices of fuel and electricity tariff despite speculations about a court order stopping the proposed demonstration . TUC Deputy National President , Chika Onuegbu , who disclosed this […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn The Catholic bishop of Nsukka Diocese, Most Rev. Prof. Godfrey Igwebuike Onah, has joined the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS to call for the re-opening of tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The students’ body had recently urged the federal government to re-open tertiary institutions in the country to save students from frustration […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn In a protest against the management of Daily Trust Newspaper, Weekend Editor, Lawal Danjuma, Sokoto Bureau Chief, Rakiya Muhammad, and many reporters of the media organisation have resigned. Crimefacts gathered that the newspaper had in June introduced a policy of converting all editorial staff to pay-as-you-publish basis. By this policy, all reporters […]
