Anxiety as Kogi varsity students’ abductors demand N50m ransom
The abductors of two students of Kogi State University, Kabba have reduced their ransom demand to N50m for their release. The students were kidnapped on August 2, 2024, at the same spot, and the same day the Caretaker Chairmen of…
27 states, FCT yet to set up minimum wage panels
Twenty-seven states and the Federal Capital Territory have yet to set up committees to implement the recently approved N70,000 minimum wage. The states are Plateau, Kebbi, Sokoto, Nasarawa, Bayelsa, Delta, Osun, Ekiti, Zamfara, Benue, Enugu, Taraba, Gombe, Kogi, Enugu, Adamawa,…
Osun vows to clamp down on tax defaulters
Osun State Internal Revenue Service has said it would begin to clamp down on business premises that have failed to fulfill their tax obligations to the government. In a statement he issued on Saturday, OIRS Information Officer, Oluwaseun Ayeni, said…
Cultists kill Ogun community leader’s son, one other
Some suspected cultists on Friday night reportedly killed a 48-year-old Point-of-Sale operator, Fatai Kehinde, under Kuto bridge, Abeokuta. The PoS operator popularly called Faity and son of the Baale of Kuto Community, Abeokuta, was said to have been butchered by…
Celine Dion slams Trump for playing ‘Titanic’ song at rally
Celine Dion took a jab at Donald Trump on Saturday for using at an election rally the song she wrote and sang for the disaster movie “Titanic,” about the ocean liner’s sinking. The Republican presidential candidate has been lampooned on…
Battle for Biafra moves to US
Leader of the Autopilot faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Simon Ekpa, has taken the Biafra case to the United States, seeking international support and recognition for the cause. Ekpa, who prides himself as the Prime Minister of…
Suspected cultists kill hotel manager in Kwara
Gunmen suspected to be cult members of the Eiye Confraternity, on Thursday night shot dead the manager of a hotel in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The deceased who was identified as Anthony Balogun was the one running the hotel…
Abia gov gives reasons for salary deductions
Governor of Abia State, Alex Otti has clarified the nagging issues surrounding some deductions in the salaries of some civil servants in the state. Otti made the clarification at the Government House, Umuahia, on Friday night during his monthly media…
Court declines jurisdiction in El-Rufai’s suit
The Federal High Court in Kaduna has dismissed a suit filed by the immediate-past governor of the state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, seeking to set aside the ad-hoc committee report of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, among other declaratory reliefs….