Kaduna State Government has confirmed about 30 students, mostly females, were abducted at the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Afaka, Igabi LGA of Kaduna State. It however said 180 other students were rescued from the gunmen during the incident. The College, located opposite
A group of agitators, the Niger Delta Peace Volunteers (NDPV), has threatened to shut down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over failure to inaugurate the substantive board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The
The Federal Government on Thursday announced it has begun the selection process for applicants who indicated interest to be employed under the N-Power Batch C. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Farouq had last year announced that over
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has stated that his dialogues with bandits in the north have been fruitful. He said: “My interaction with bandits has yielded instant results. When you are dealing with somebody engrossed in criminality, if you approach him as a
Oyo State Governor on Thursday received the military service chiefs in his Agodi Secretariat office, Ibadan. The Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan represented Makinde to receive the Service Chiefs. After the initial pleasantries between the host and the visitors, the government team and the
The minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he will not descend to the level of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, by exchanging words with him. Speaking on Arise TV “The Morning Show” on Thursday, monitored by The Nation, Amaechi said he did
A bill seeking to re-order minimum wage negotiation will not see the light of day, federal lawmakers have said. They gave the promise to Labour leaders yesterday during a protest march at the National Assembly complex in Abuja. “The bill will be killed
The Nigeria Labour Congress has declared nine governors as “anti-workers”. President Muhammadu Buhari signed the wage Act in 2019. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, said one of them was using the sponsor of the bill, Garba Muhammad, against the interests of workers. Muhammad
A Lagos-based lawyer, Chukwudi Enebeli, has given three reasons why the Federal Government is not entitled to the £4.2 million expected from the United Kingdom as part of looted funds recovered from former Delta Governor James Ibori. Enebeli, partner in the law firm
….mocks FG’s narrow gauge railway project Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government of shielding the Minister of Transport, Chibuike Amaechi, from prosecution for allegedly misappropriating proceeds from the sales of some the state assets. The Governor