The House of Representatives on Wednesday urged President Muhamadu Buhari to get foreign mercenaries to help in the fight against insurgents. The House on Wednesday made the decision following a motion moved by Abdulkadir Rahis from Borno State on the recent spike in Boko Haram’s assaults on Maiduguri. A modification by Mansur Sorro from Bauchi State urged the federal government …
Angry youths of Ihitte-Uboma LGA in Imo State have taken to the streets of the Isinweke community to protest the alleged killing of an indigene of the area by a suspected policeman. It was gathered that the protesting youths had set on fire, the LG council headquarters in Isinweke, the Ihitte-Uboma Divisional Police Headquarters and a court building in the …
A convicted internet fraudster, Akinrinmade Adeniyi, who was sentenced to three months imprisonment in Abeokuta, is to forfeit his car, a laptop and a cellphone to the Federal Government. The Economic and Monetary Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, stated it secured the conviction of Adeniyi on Tuesday for impersonation. He was discovered guilty of the charge preferred against him …
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has disclosed that the organized labour will embark on an indefinite strike if the bill to change the law on minimum wage is allowed to pass. The bill sponsored by Garba Datti, which has scaled second reading within the House of Representatives has been referred to the House Committee on …
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the deployment of additional 6,000 soldiers to Zamfara in an effort to bring lasting peace to the state. The state governor, Bello Matawalle, made the disclosure on Tuesday in a statewide broadcast on the current security challenges within the state. The governor additionally said the federal government had given an ultimatum of two months within …
