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EBONYI GOVERNOR, NWIFURU, APPROVES PAYMENT OF N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE Ebonyi State governor, Francis Nwifuru, has approved the payment of N70,000 minimum wage to civil servants under the employ of the state. Nwifuru, who made the announcement on Saturday at the grand finale of the Ojiji Izhi New Yam Festival 2024, said he has directed relevant government authorities to draft out …

CHIDINMA ADETSHINA WINS MISS UNIVERSE BEAUTY PAGEANT Chidimma Adetshina has emerged winner of Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 pageant. Chidimma was forced to withdraw from South African beauty pageant. The 23-year-old law student came to Nigeria after accepting to participate in the competition. This followed her controversial withdrawal from Miss South Africa 2024 due to xenophobic backlash over her nationality. Guy …

I’LL PUT FIRE IN THEIR STATES – WIKE FIRES SHOT AT PDP GOVERNORS SUPPORTING FUBARA Minister of FCT, Nyesom Wike, has warned PDP governors supporting Governor Siminalayi Fubara that he will “put fire in their states”. He said, “Not while we live will anybody take the PDP structure from us. I hear that some governors claim they will take the …

OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, BY SENATOR NED NWOKOYour Excellency,REIMAGINING NIGERIA’S SOCIAL SAFETY NET: A CALL TO REPLACE THE MINISTRY OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS WITH A NATIONAL SOCIAL SECURITY AGENCY UNDER THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTNigeria stands at a pivotal crossroads. The pervasive issues of poverty and the societal decay it perpetuates have reached a level of urgency that …

WHY POLICE CAN’T TRACK KIDNAPPER’S PHONESSeventy-four-year-old Emir of Gobir in Gawata town of Sokoto state, Alhaji Isah Muhammad Bawa was abducted by bandits on Sabon Birni road last month alongside his biological son on his way to his native town of Sabon Birni, near the border with Niger, after attending a meeting in Sokoto. His abductors demanded N1b ransom while …

SOUTH EAST KILLINGS: WE WANT ASARI DOKUBO ARRESTED, PROSECUTED– HURIWA Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called for the arrest of former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo. HURIWA believes that Asari has done enough to deserve prosecution by the authorities or, at the very least, an open investigation to determine the legality of his actions. The rights …

HOW ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST COST DSS, NIA BOSSES THEIR JOBS The reasons the immediate past Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, and the DG of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, resigned from their positions have been revealed.Sources within the Presidency told Saturday PUNCH that President Bola Tinubu and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, questioned the intelligence …

NNPCL TO HAND OVER WARRI, KADUNA REFINERIES TO PRIVATE OPERATORS The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited says it is seeking to engage reputable and credible Operations and Maintenance companies, to operate and maintain the Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company and the Kaduna Refining and Petrochemical Company. This was disclosed in a statement on Friday on its official social media handle. …

ANYAOKU GROUP, THE PATRIOTS, INSISTS ON NEW CONSTITUTION, INAUGURATES COMMITTEE The patriots, chaired by elder statesman and former Commonwealth Secretary General Chief Emeka Anyaoku, have reiterated their call for a new constitution for Nigeria. To advance this cause, the group yesterday inaugurated a 17-member advocacy committee led by Prof. Anthony Kila, a prominent political economist and professor of strategy and …

NIGERIANS PAID N1.048B AS RANSOM TO KIDNAPPERS IN ONE YEAR – REPORT SHOWS Nigerians paid N1.048 billion as ransom to kidnappers between July 2023 and June 2024, a report has shown. The report, released yesterday by the SBM Intelligence, showed that 7,568 people were kidnapped across the country within the period. SBM Intelligence is an Africa-focused market/security intel gathering consulting …