Pastor Caught Defiling Church Member’s Daughter A pastor, Enoch Ebinyiam, has been sentenced to live imprisonment for raping a minor in Ekiti State by a High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti. The convicted cleric who was with the Winner Chapel Church in Omuo-Ekiti was sentenced Thursday after the court ruled that it was satisfied the charge against him had been proved beyond reasonable doubt. It was learnt that the victim, a daughter of one of the worshippers in the convict’s church, was said to have been raped by the pastor in one of her visits to the vicarage. The girl was…
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BREAKING: Dethroned Emir Bayero Has Jurisdiction To Be Heard, Court Declares Justice Liman Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Kano State, has declared that the dethroned Emir, Aminu Ado Bayero has jurisdiction to be heard. The case filed by the kingmaker, Aminu Baba Dan Agundi, is that of a fundamental human rights case in the emirate tussle. The development comes days after a Kano State High Court, ordered substituted service on Bayero and four other emirs in a case filed by the Kano State Government, to restrain them from parading themselves as emirs. Details later…
Tinubu, Other To Reduce Their Wages, Entitlements To Benefit Poor Nigerians The Nigeria Labour Congress has said that President Bola Tinubu and other political leaders in the country should agree to reduce their wages and entitlements amid current economic hardship. NLC spokesman Benson Upah stated this while explaining what the government should do to strengthen workers’ welfarism in the country during an interview with SaharaReporters on Thursday morning. He said the labour leaders’ demands are affordable by the government if there is political will to reduce the cost of governance and curb corruption. He said, “All the government needs to…
Minimum Wage: Tinubu Finally Reveals How Much FG Will Pay President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has hinted that the federal government will only pay the minimum wage it can afford, saying that the country will cut its coat according to its cloth. The President had in his Democracy Day broadcast alerted the National Assembly to expect his memorandum on the final settlement for a new National Minimum Wage. Tinubu spoke Wednesday night at the State House Conference Centre, Abuja, during the 25th Democracy Day Anniversary Dinner. On the minimum wage issue, speaking to the leaders of the National Assembly, represented by…
Minimum Wage: Massive Sacks Rock Nigerian MDAs The Federal Government has warned the organized labour against negotiating a new minimum wage that would lead to mass retrenchment of workers or endanger the welfare of about 200 million Nigerians. Speaking at the opening of the 2024 Synod of the Charismatic Bishops Conference of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, noted that the N250,000 minimum wage demanded by labour could undermine the economy. The Information Minister stressed the imperative of a realistic wage system that safeguards against mass retrenchment while addressing workers’ needs. Idris…
Nigerian Student Fakes Own Kidnap, Demands N50Million Ransom The Delta State Police Command has arrested one Nelson Eserada, a 400-level student of Banking & Finance of the Delta State University, Abraka for arranging his own abduction. The suspect had demanded a ransom of fifty million naira (N50,000,000) in bitcoin, according to the police. The spokesperson for the Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe made this known in a statement on Thursday, noting that the suspect’s father had already paid a sum of N5 million through a bitcoin account belonging to his son’s accomplice, Jerry Lawrence. Edafe said the suspects were…
Nigerian Govt Publishes List Of Institutions Submitting Data For Students’ Loan The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has published a list of institutions that have submitted their complete students’ data for upload on June 24. The fund made this known in a statement by its Head, Media and Public Relations, Nasir Ayitogo, in Abuja on Thursday. The fund said that the list of both federal and state-owned institutions would be published onto the NELFUND Student Verification System to ensure transparency and to encourage due access and participation in the scheme. It added that the list was for undergraduate applicants, and tertiary…
EFCC Should Focus On Tackling Massive Corruption Affecting Nigerians, Not Minor Cases Against Bobrisky, Cubana, Others –Peter Obi Blows Hot A former Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi has berated the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for the arrest of a popular crossdresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju, also known as Bobrisky and Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest over naira mutilation. Mr Obi said this when he appeared on a live broadcast of Arise News TV which was monitored by SaharaReporters on Wednesday night, saying the same energy should have been used to probe massive corruptions affecting poor Nigerians.…
‘Tinubu Has Done Excellently Well, Kept Campaign Promises’ – Peter Obi Praises President Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has insisted that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has kept his campaign promises to Nigerians. Obi stated this during a Democratic Day chat on Arise TV. In those days of electioneering, Tinubu had promised to build a Nigeria, especially for the youth, where sufficient jobs with decent wages create a better life. He said Nigeria would manufacture, create, and invent more of the goods and services it require, adding that the country shall be…
NELFUND Speaks On Godfather For Student Loan The management of Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has reassured the public that every eligible Nigerian student will have access to the interest-free loan scheme and that no “godfather” is needed. Executive Director, Finance and Administration, NELFUND, Dr. Fred Femi Akinfala, in a write-up, noted that the management of NELFUND is committed to creating an open, fair, and transparent application process. Akinfala said he was convinced that by the time President Bola Tinubu would be completing his entire constitutionally allowable tenures in 2031, the students’ loan initiative, being managed by the Nigerian Education…