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COURT SENTENCES FIVE OFFA BANK ROBBERS TO DEATH Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court has convicted five suspects involved in the notorious Offa robbery incident, finding them guilty of illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide. The court ruled that these crimes, which occurred in April 2018, are punishable by death. News360 Nigeria recalls that …

NIGERIA DID NOT LOSE $49.8B UNDER MY ADMINISTRATION – GOODLUCK JONATHAN Former President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria did not lose $49.8 billion under his administration as stated by the 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, in his new book. Jonathan spoke Thursday in Abuja at the launch of the book titled: “and he is inPublic Policy and Agent Interests: …

FEDERAL WORKERS BEGIN TO RECEIVE N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE Civil servants under the federal government payroll have started receiving the new minimum wage payment from today, Thursday, the 26th of September. The Spokesperson of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Bawa Mokwa disclosed this in an exclusive interview with on Thursday. He assured that workers will begin to get …

NIGERIA NOT RIPE FOR TOTAL SUBSIDY REMOVAL – ECONOMIST An economist and public affairs analyst, Dr Samson Simon has urged the Federal Government not to heed advice for the total removal of subsidy on petrol. Simon, who is the Chief Economist, Economics & Data Limited was reacting to the interview granted Bloomberg Tv by the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko …

WE’RE EXECUTING OVER 1,000 PROJECTS IN ENUGU – PETER MBAH Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has said his administration is currently executing over 1,000 landmark projects across the state which would be completed in record time, in addition to the ongoing recruitment of 15,000 smart school teachers and skilled workers into the state’s workforce. Mbah who disclosed this on …

PRICES OF RICE, BEANS, EGG, BREAD STILL HIGH – NBS At the backdrop of significant reductions recorded in the prices of some food commodities since last month, the prices of local rice, beans, egg and bread have remained on steady increases. The Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS, in its report titled, “Selected Food Price Watch for August 2024” released yesterday, …

HARDSHIP: CIVIL SERVANTS GO TO WORK TWICE IN A WEEKMany civil servants at the federal, state and local government areas now go to work twice or three times a week to cut down the cost of transportation, Daily Trust’s findings have revealed.Cost of living has risen in the last one year due to several economic policies of the government, especially …

IT’S SHAMEFUL, KWARA HAS ILLEGITIMATE COUNCIL CHAIRMEN, COUNCILLORS – SARAKI Former President of the Senate Bukola Saraki said it is a shame that the 16 local government areas in Kwara State now have chairmen and councillors who would be in office without legitimacy and people’s mandate. The statement comes after the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission, KWSIEC, had declared the …

EDO GUBER: I’LL CONTEST AGAIN – OLUMIDE AKPATA Olumide Akpata, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the just concluded governorship election in Edo State, has said that he will continue to contest the number one seat in the state. Akpata stated this during an interview on Channels TV’s Politics Today. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared …

REAL REASON WABARA WAS DENIED JOB SLOTS – FCC The Federal Character Commission has said that former Nigerian Senate President, Adolphus Wabara was denied job placement because the request was not within its mandate. This statement comes in response to Wabara’s recent claims that the FCC refused job placements for individuals in his constituency because he refused to pay bribes. …