The Federal Government has approved a 600 per cent increment in hazard allowance for senior health workers and 350 per cent for their junior counterparts. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, made the disclosure in Abuja after a meeting between the Federal Government and representatives of professional bodies and unions in the health […]
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The logo of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF – Doctors Without Borders) is seen at the international medical humanitarian organisation MSF logistique centre in Merignac near Bordeaux, France, December 6, 2018. Reuters/Regis Duvignau Rising violence in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state is stoking a humanitarian crisis, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday. The region has struggled with […]
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Cost of production, investment, hurdles cast shadow to 40b reserves Stakeholders pick holes, say $500m signature bonuses an economic buffer Bid more of ability to pay than play, says Iledare About $7 billion (N3 trillion) revenue may be added to Nigeria’s economy from the development of the nation’s marginal fields going by the rebound in […]
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President’s comment suggests violence, may incite bloody reactions – SANs, CSOs, others FG threatens US firm, accuses Twitter of polarising Nigeria, alleges mission suspicious Senior lawyers, human rights groups and the Igbo socio-cultural organisation, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, have hailed a social media giant, Twitter, for deleting a controversial post by President Muhammadu Buhari on Nigerian […]
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Twitter deletes Buhari’s ‘civil war’ post for violating rules FG lampoons action, says social media giant applying double standards Igbo youths petition UN, ICC, USA, UK over ‘genocidal comments’ Tender apology to Igbo people, Ohanaeze tells Buhari Statement not presidential, say Fayose, Aare Ona Kakanfo, Northern youths Group backs Buhari on stiffer measures against secessionists […]
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Two commercial banks and police stations were on Wednesday attacked by armed robbers in Apomu and Ikire towns in Osun state. During the attack, it was learnt many people were shot dead by the robbers, even though the state police command said the number of casualty was not available. The robbers were said to have […]
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By Abdu Rafiu There is this inexorable sliding down the slope of the cliff in most parts of the world. In Nigeria, robust discourse is fast giving way to rancorous threats of violent conflict. The air is filled and thick with talk of imminent war and you wonder: Do we know what we are saying? […]
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Governor Bello Bandits who kidnapped pupils of the Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina town in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have contacted the management of the institution. The bandits contacted the school headmaster, Alhaji Abubakar Alhassan, around 4pm on Monday, asking him to pay N110m as ransom for the release of […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, warned people behind security problems in the country, saying he would soon be hard on them. He also said secessionists were too young to know loss of lives and other tragedies that attended the Nigerian civil war of 1967 to 1970. Buhari said these at the Presidential Villa, Abuja after […]
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The Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra on Tuesday said that the success of the Monday sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra had shown that nobody can ignore the Igbo any longer. MASSOB’s leader, Uchenna Madu said the overwhelming compliance to the order had proven that the Igbo […]
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