Oshiomhole Rubbishes Tinubu’s Govt Over N70,000 Minimum Wage Senator Adams Oshiomhole, former Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, has expressed concern over the financial struggles of today’s Nigerian workers, suggesting that their economic conditions are more challenging than those who served the country in previous years. Oshiomhole, also a former governor of Edo State, questioned the adequacy of the recently announced N70,000 minimum wage, pointing out that when converted to U.S. dollars, the amount is roughly $42. He voiced his views during a lecture at the National Institute of Security Studies in Abuja, which was part of a distinguished personality series…
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VeryDarkMan Makes U-turn For Calling Self CSP, Use Of Police Uniform Martins Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, has tendered an apology to the Nigeria Police Force for the use of an outfit resembling a police uniform, at the same time calling himself CSP, a rank in the police force, In a video and statement shared on his Instagram account on Wednesday, VeryDarkMan revealed that he had recently visited a police station for questioning regarding the video. The statement: ”Back from the police station where I was interrogated based on the post I made wearing a costume that the police claim…
JUST IN: Nigerian Government Declares 2-day Public Holidays Cross River Government has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays to enable voters in the state to participate fully in the council elections scheduled for Saturday, November 1. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Nsa Gill, made this disclosure in a statement on Wednesday in Calabar. Gill said the decision was to give ample opportunity to those who have to travel outside Calabar to various parts of the state to exercise their civic duties. He, therefore, called on the residents, especially voters, to take advantage of the two-day holidays…
Physically Challenged Man Rapes Teenage To Coma The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a physically challenged man identified as Ojochogwu Baba for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl in Kogi State. Baba, a 49-year-old civil servant was arrested at Wada Estate, a suburb of the Lokoja metropolis in the state. The Kogi State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye Aya, confirmed the arrest of the suspect during an interview on Wednesday. It was learnt that the suspect had lured the minor to buy him alcohol and cigarette before committing the crime. Pastor Idris Abubakar, who is physically challenged in…
BREAKING: Jubilation In Northern States As Power Restored Electricity has been restored in four states under the Jos Electricity Distribution franchise – Plateau, Bauchi, Gombe, and Benue. The power was restored at approximately 7:20 pm. on Wednesday. Our correspondent reports that residents of Jos, Plateau capital, erupted into jubilation when light was restored. Daily Trust reports that for the past 10 days, several northern states have been plunged into darkness following the tripping of the 330kV transmission line between Benue and Enugu states. Consequently, residents of the affected states lamented the severe impact of the blackout on their daily lives…
FG Revoke Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church Airstrip License The House of Representatives on Wednesday called on the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Festus Keyamo to revoke airstrip licenses approved for Living Faith Church and other individuals. The House kicked against issuance of airstrip licenses to private individuals and organizations, citing security issues. The call followed the adoption of an urgent motion titled “NEED TO STOP ISSUANCE OF AIRSTRIP LICENSE TO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY by Rep Sulaiman Abubakar Gumi during plenary in Abuja. While moving the motion, Gumi noted that the Federal Government through Keyamo had confirmed…
EXPOSED: Pro-Wike Lawmakers Secretly Withdraw Court Affidavit Confirming Defection From PDP To APC Hon Martin Chike Amaewhule-led pro-Wike lawmakers in Rivers State have secretly withdrawn part of an affidavit they sworn to at the Federal High Court in Abuja, confirming their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC), SaharaReporters has learnt. The lawmakers’ defection followed a rift between Nyesom Wike, the immediate former Governor of Rivers State and his predecessor, Siminalayi Fubara. The defected lawmakers are loyal to Wike, the current Minister of the Federal Capital Territory. Sources said that the lawmakers were at…
BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints New Chief Of Army Staff President Bola Tinubu has appointed Major General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS). Oluyede will act in the position pending the return of the indisposed substantive Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja. This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by, Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the president. “Until his appointment, Oluyede served as the 56th Commander of the elite Infantry Corps of the Nigerian Army, based in Jaji, Kaduna. “The 56-year-old Oluyede and Lagbaja were coursemates…
South Africa Str!p Miss Universe Nigeria Chidimma Of Her Identity, Travel Documents Miss Universe Nigeria, Chidimma Adetshina, who has been embroiled in a nationality controversy, is to be stripped of her South African identity and travel documents. The Department of Home Affairs initiated an investigation into her case after she became a finalist in the Miss South Africa pageant, facing scrutiny over her eligibility due to her mother’s Mozambican roots and her Nigerian father’s nationality. In August, she withdrew from the competition after the department revealed that her mother might have committed “identity theft” to acquire South African citizenship. Adetshina,…
BREAKING: Fresh Trouble Looms As Court Stops CBN From Releasing Further Financial Allocations To Rivers State Govt The Federal High Court in Abuja has just made a significant ruling, restraining the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from releasing financial allocations to the Rivers State Government until a lawful appropriation act is passed by a validly constituted House of Assembly. This decision was made by Justice Joyce Abdulmalik in response to a suit filed by the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by Martins Amaewhule. Justice Abdulmalik held that the decision by Governor Siminalayi Fubara to present the Rivers State’s 2024…