BY GODWIN OBI At least twenty-four persons are said to have been killed and several others wounded in a fresh bandits attack on Unguwar Sarkin Noma community in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Those killed were mostly vigilante members who reportedly came out to confront the bandits. AContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, says Nigeria is ready to commence local automobile manufacturing before the end of the year. At the African Association of Automotive Manufacturers and the Nigerian Automative Manufacturers Association’s meeting in Abuja, Uzoka-Anite said funds to grow the nation’sContinue Reading
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a gang of suspected ritualists who specialise in killing people and harvesting body parts for sale in various states. The suspects include a woman who is an Osun priestess, a community chief, an Ifa priest, an Islamic cleric, and a trado-medicine practitioner.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in conjunction with the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP) has launched a scheme it called Advance Ruling to enhance trade facilitation and creating transparent business environment. Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi said the scheme is a critical mechanism that allowsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI THE 36 State governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, have disclosed that they are reviewing their individual fiscal space as state governments and the consequential impact of various recommendations, geared towards arriving at what they described as an improved minimum wage they canContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Oil marketers have said they do not have details of the logistic challenges that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) claimed are responsible for the current low supply of products nationwide. Fresh petrol scarcity resurfaced on Wednesday last week and has worsened, leaving Nigerians to grappleContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested the masterminds of the kidnapping and murder of students of Greenfield University and the abductions along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. One of the arrested suspects is a notorious terrorist leader Ibrahim Abdullahi popularly known as Mande, who masterminded andContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has described as mischievous, the salary increase of between 25% and 35% for civil servants announced on Tuesday by the Federal Government. “The announcement appears mischievous because there is no wage increment that government is announcing,” AjaeroContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Nigerian workers on Wednesday joined their counterparts in other parts of the world to mark the 2024 International Labour Day, also known as May Day or Workers’ Day. The May Day, an annual ritual celebrated on May 1st of every year, honours the contributions and feats ofContinue Reading
L-R: President, NSC Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, Mr. Adeyemi Olaolu; NSC Executive Secretary, Barr. Pius Akutah; Apapa Area Officer, Mrs. Olubunmi Lawson; at the 28th Annual General Meeting/ Elections of NSC Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited, on Monday. …Olaolu Adeyemi Returned Unopposed As President of Council’s Multipurpose Cooperative SocietyContinue Reading