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At last, teachers’ rewards are here as Buhari approves special salary, retirement age for them.

As the world marks Teachers Day, President Muhammadu Buhari has announced a mouth-watering package for teachers including a special salary scale. He also raised...

Update: Police arrest Jealous wife who killed her children to settle scores with hubby

  A housewife, 26-year-old Hauwa Habibu has been apprehended by the Kano State Police Command over the killing of her two children at...

FSARS ban, greatest relief ever, say Nigerian governors 

  The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has hailed the banning of routine patrol by the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other Tactical Squads...

Anti-smuggling operations: Nigeria Customs dissolves, reconstitutes National Strike Force

    By Boye Ajayi   Poised to sustain the present border closure and the anti-smuggling campaign,  the Comptroller General of the Nigeria ...

Chevron embroiled in labour crisis, sack of 600 workers threatens its shut down

By Boye Ajayi Chevron Nigeria Ltd is embroiled in serious labour crisis following the sack of 600 Nigerian employees as the two unions...

IGP’s directive: Two FSARS operatives, civilian accomplice nabbed over extortion, intimidation

By Boye Ajayi Insps. Sale James and Monday Uchiola of the Federal Special Anti-robbery Squad (FSARS) and their civilian collaborator, Okechukwu Ogbonna, have...

Internet scammer, his pastor in EFCC net over N12.7m fraud

  By Boye Ajayi Suspected cybercriminal (Yahoo boy), Adebayo Olawale and his pastor, Gbenga Adesoju, a pastor in Ile-Ife, Osun State, are currently...

SERAP to Buhari, Osinbajo: Publish your assets, follow Kebbi Deputy Governor’s example

    For the umpteenth time, President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) have been taken on by a non-governmental rights organization...

NPA CEO Usman re-elected International Maritime Organization Facilitation Committee Vice-Chair

      The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has been elected Vice-Chairman of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...

We either restructure now or we break, warns RCCG General Overseer Adeboye

  The church in Nigeria has lent its voice to the groundswell of calls for the restructuring of the country, saying it is...

Don to Buhari: Create more jobs to stem banditry, cybercrimes among youths

  By Boye Ajayi Worried by an army of youths taking to high-pressure cybercrime and other violent crimes, a university administrator has urged...

Akeredolu pockets N750m monthly as “security vote”,  says estranged Deputy Governor

  Ondo State Deputy Governor,  Mr Agboola Ajayi, has accused his  boss, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of collecting N750 million monthly as security vote.   Akeredolu,...

Kogi monarch, 10 others to cool their heels in prison over alleged culpable homicide

A 69-year-old traditional ruler in Adavi Local Government, Asema Uka (Otumi-Ajoko) of Kogi State, Momoh Nasir and 10 others have been remanded in...

Collapsed bridges: We are going through  hell, Niger gov. cries out to Pres. Buhari

  Following the of collapse of two bridges on Minna-Bida and Bida-Wushishi-Zugeru roads, Niger State Gov. Abubakar Bello has told President Muhammadu Buhari that his people...

Nigeria at 60: How I became an accidental Head of State at 31, Gowon reminisced

    Nearly 54 years after, a former Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu Gowon, on Friday reminisced on his fortuitous emergence as...

Inside Abuja’s booming Tramadol, Codeine black market – an investigation

  By Edwina Ogiri   The massive patronage and consumption of Codeine, Tramadol and other opioids are usually by teenagers and young adults...