Local and regional news updates, covering events, stories, and developments in metropolitan areas.
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has declared a state of emergency in the education sector. The governor made this declaration while distributing educational materials to schools, awarding scholarship to students and soft loans to teachers on Saturday. At the event, the governor announced that the state government has recruited over 5,000 new teachers, with…
President Bola Tinubu has named the M18 road in the Guzape district of the federal capital territory as Chinua Achebe Expressway. The Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Olusegun Dada, said the president commissioned the expressway on Saturday before naming it after the late renowned novelist. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Commissions the M18…
Nigerian Alternative R&B and Afrobeats singer Temilade Openiyi, professionally known as Tems is as hot and curvaceous as they come. Without lifting a muscle or blinking an eye, she could light up a room with her voluptuous figure and quantum of sexiness oozing from it. But the Grammy award winner sent out a shocker when…
The Anti-graft agency,EFCC, on Saturday morning raided some lounges and event centres in the Alagbaka area of Akure, the Ondo State Capital. The EFCC operatives during the raid arrested over 50 people who they alleged to be internet fraudsters mostly regarded as yahoo boys. Among those taken away was a groom-to-be who was in one…
Following several hours of meeting on Friday, the Federal Government and the organised private sector have increased their offer for the new minimum wage to N62,000 from the earlier N60,000. However, the organised labour is proposing a N250,000 which is a shift from its earlier N494,000. This brings to and end the deliberations on the…
Federal High Court in Abuja has summoned the Vice Chancellor of the University of Abuja, Prof. Rasheed Na’Allah, to appear before it on June 13 to provide reasons why the planned inauguration of the newly elected Internal Governing Council Members of the university should not be halted. Justice Inyang Ekwo issued this order following an…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command, has apprehended eleven individuals for engaging in illegal mining activities in Kwara State. Along with the arrests, the Command seized eight truckloads of various minerals. The suspects captured are Ibrahim Gambo, Hakeem Saka, Ahmad Muktar, Sulaiman Ibrahim, Ibrahim Muhammad, Jamiu Mustapha, Rabiu Musa, Aisha Muham,…
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have rejected the N60,000 minimum wage earlier proposed by the federal government. The Director Media and Public Affairs of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Hajiya Halimah Salihu Ahmed, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, June 7. The governors said the N60, 000 wage is not realistic…
A human rights lawyer Mike Ozekhome has praised President Bola Tinubu’s government for the reintroduction of the old national anthem, Nigeria, we Hail Thee. “I am not a fantastic fan of the government but if there is one thing I think they have done right; they have gotten right, and I applaud them for it, it…
The Presidency has described as ‘unofficial’ documents doing the rounds that it was planning to yank off import duties on food and drugs. The response came on the heels of two fiscal policy documents being wildly quoted to have been from the presidency that it was making a provision for an N5.4trn petrol subsidy for…
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has extended the tenure of the party’s Rivers State Caretaker Committee for another six months. A statement by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, Esq., said the decision was reached at its 151st meeting held on Wednesday at the National Secretariat in Abuja….
A Magistrate Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan on Thursday ordered the remand of two men – Umaru Abubakar, 32 and Sidi Umaru, 20, in a correctional facility for allegedly kidnapping two men. The two men with no fixed addresses, were charged with conspiracy and kidnapping. The Magistrate, Mr Maruff Mudashiru, did not take the plea of…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, disclosed that its operatives have arrested some intending pilgrims to the ongoing Hajj in Saudi Arabia with cocaine consignments. The Agency said this came about after its operatives raided Emerald Hotel, Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos State, where the suspects were lodged and caught in the act of…
Former lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani, has alleged that the past government under Nasir El-Rufai, left behind estates and malls for their children, while leaving behind a mountain of debt for the children of the poor in Kaduna State. The statement comes amid the adoption of a report by an ad-hoc committee of the Kaduna State…
President Bola Tinubu says the appointment of Nyesom Wike as the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) is one of best by his administration. Tinubu, who was represented by Vice President Kashim Shettima, spoke in Abuja on Wednesday when he commissioned the extension of the Inner Southern Expressway (ISEX) and the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX)…
The Sultan of Sokoto and President General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Thursday, June 6th, 2024, as the day when Muslims should commence searching for the new moon of Dhul Hijja, 1445 AH. In a statement issued by Prof. Sambo Wali Junaidu, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee…
Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has dismissed as a “politically motivated hatchet job”, the Kaduna State House of Assembly’s adoption of a report of its ad-hoc committee asked to probe his governance of the North-West state from May 2015 to May 2023. In a statement on Wednesday through his spokesman, Muyiwa Adekeye, the former governor…
A Kano State High Court on Wednesday granted an order to serve the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, and other defendants in a high-profile bribery and corruption case through substituted means. A 10-count charge was brought against Ganduje, his wife Hafsat Umar, and several associates, by the state government alleging…
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday recommended the probe of the immediate-past governor of the state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, over alleged abuse of office and money laundering in his administration. The chairman of the ad hoc committee, Henry Zacharia, presented the report during plenary on Wednesday. Osun Defender reports that the committee, tasked with investigating…
The US government under Joe Biden is quickly invoking an authority to shut off access to asylum for migrants who cross the US-Mexico border illegally. Biden unveiled the sweeping executive action Tuesday afternoon, June 4 at the White House, attempting to use executive action to affect the situation on the border after a bipartisan…
A Nigerian lawyer, Stella, has advised men to marry female lawyers as they don’t cheat. “Female lawyers don’t have time to cheat on their men and husbands. Female lawyers are the best. Get one for yourself and have peace of mind. Female lawyers,” she wrote on Tuesday.
The face-off between Femi Otedola, billionaire businessman, and Jim Ovia, chairman of Zenith Bank, over an alleged multibillion naira fraud has taken a turn for the worse, TheCable understands. Otedola had accused Zenith Bank of unlawfully using the account of his company, Seaforce Shipping Limited, to trade in 2011 without his knowledge or consent. Although…
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged youths to desist from using technology for dubious activities. Sanwo-Olu issued the warning at the 27th Convocation Lecture of the Lagos State University on Tuesday, saying that youth should pursue dignity of labour. The convocation lecture was themed “Embracing the Future: Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Humanity.”…
President Bola Tinubu has named the Arterial Road N20 from Northern Parkway to Outer Northern Expressway in Abuja after Wole Soyinka, a playwright and Nobel Laureate. It was reported that the highway’s naming follows the recommendation of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, led by the Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike. In a post via his…
India’s Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his allies were heading for election victory on Tuesday, but the opposition said they had “punished” the ruling party to confound predictions and reduce their parliamentary majority. Commentators and exit polls had projected an overwhelming victory for Modi, whose campaign wooed the Hindu majority to the worry…
The lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Senator Abdul Ningi, has resumed his legislative duties in the upper chamber after a three-month suspension. He was suspended in March over budget padding claims. But on Tuesday, Ningi, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator, was sighted at the National Assembly premises in Abuja being driven in his black Toyota Landcruiser…
In the wake of the strike by organised labour, Femi Falana (SAN), says no state can claim inability to pay the minimum wage following the Federal Government’s removal of subsidy. He stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief, adding that the government cannot stop labour from embarking on industrial actions. “There is…
At least 30 people are feared dead following the collapse of a mining pit in Galkogo village, Shiroro local government area of Niger State. Sources indicate that the incident occurred late Monday night. So far, one body has been recovered, and six individuals have been rescued with injuries. Ibrahim Hussein, Public Relations Officer for the…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have called off their industrial action for a week. The TUC president, Festus Osifo, disclosed this in Abuja on Tuesday, June 4. He said a communique will be issued shortly to announce this development. Both unions began an indefinite strike on Monday June 3…
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has commenced the liquidation of Heritage Bank, assuring it will pay depositors of the failed bank N5 million in insured deposits, it said in an official statement. Following the revocation of the banking license of Heritage Bank Plc by the apex bank, the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) was…
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Nigeria has cleared 98 per cent of foreign airlines’ blocked funds, disclosing that the remaining two per cent of funds amounting to $19 million yet to be cleared is due to the Central Bank’s ongoing verification of outstanding forward claims filed by the commercial banks. It noted that…
