Boko Haram insurgents have killed 13 people and sacked two villages overnight in the restive town of Konduga in Borno, Brig.-Gen. Bulama Biu, the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, confirmed the attack on Thursday in…
Minimum wage: Identities of anti-N30,000 states unveiled (Vanguard)
The country is at present sitting on industrial powder keg over the N30, 000 new national minimum wage recommended by the Tripartite members of the National Minimum Wage Committee. No sooner had information leaked out that the committee had concluded…
Serena can still grab Slams record, says Keys (Vanguard)
American number three Madison Keys said she has no doubt Serena Williams can equal the record of 24 Grand Slam titles despite her stormy defeat in the US Open final. Keys said Williams, who argued furiously with the umpire during…
UK, EU strike tentative Brexit deal on financial services (Vanguard)
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has struck a tentative deal with the EU that would give financial services companies in the United Kingdom continued access to European markets after Brexit, The Times reported on Thursday. A woman walks past a…
Shocker! Kano Governor, Ganduje caught pants-down in another bribery video (Vanguard)
Another shocking video has emerged showing the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, in black Kaftan, collecting bribe in wads of dollars from a contractor. The video which has sparked outrage on social media has got many calling for the impeachment of…
Dangote responsible for over 10% of Nigeria’s GDP — Report (Vanguard)
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, and his conglomerate, Dangote Group, have been reported to be responsible for over 10 per cent of Nigeria’s gross domestic product, GDP. Alhaji Aliko Dangote The report, published by TIME Magazine, said Aliko Dangote was…
Alarm over Chinese “human flesh” drugs (Vanguard)
It sounds like a tale from a fictitious horror novel or movie, but unknown to millions of Nigerians they could easily be consumers of Chinese drugs made with human flesh! It would have been difficult to believe this shocking news…
Buhari receives Governor-General of Canada (Vanguard)
The Governor General Of Canada, Julie Payette, was on Monday received by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ms. Payette was received at the courtyard of the Presidential Villa in Abuja, alongside officials in her entourage. She is scheduled to address journalists after…
Minimum wage: Labour holds nationwide mass protest tomorrow (Vanguard)
Ahead of November 6 nationwide strike to compel the government to peg a new minimum wage at N30,000, organized labour will tomorrow hold mass protest across the country as part of sensitization of workers and Nigerians for the planned industrial…
FG will not restrain activities of organised labour – Ngige (Vanguard)
The Federal Government says it will not restrain the activities of organised labour in the country but will continue to engage them in dialogue. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, spoke in Abuja, when a delegation of…