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Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has come out to say that the new N30,000 minimum wage cannot even take workers home because of the current hardship in Nigeria. According to him, it will, therefore, be wickedness on the part of any governor to not pay the already small N30,000. He ...

Ex Ogun State governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba is fully against the ‘Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulation 2019’ bill trying to regulate Nigeria’s social media space. According to him, everybody will be victimized if the bill is signed into law. As he accused sponsors of the bill of trying to ...

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has come out to say that FG remains committed to ending impunity and aiding recourse to justice for victims and due punishment for evildoers. Malami revealed this in a recent statement issued by Dr. Umar Gwandu, Special Assistant on ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the military to respect human rights and international humanitarian laws as they do their jobs. He disclosed this in Kaduna during the Chief of Army Staff conference and the commissioning of the ultra-modern Army Reference Hospital. According to PMB, his government will keep supporting the ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has come out to say that he is yet to give any date for the reopening of the land borders. According to him, the decision to close it will not be changed until the situation improves. His spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, shared in a recent statement in ...

Executive Director, Kaduna State Rehabilitation Board, Alhaji Aliyu Yakassai has come out to say that those living with disabilities feel the most terrible effects of corruption due to their peculiarities. Aliyu revealed this at a symposium in Kaduna organized to celebrate the International Day of People with Disabilities. According to ...

Bayelsa State governor, Seriake Dickson has come out to say there was no governorship election conducted in Bayelsa on November 16, 2019. According to him, the election conducted by INEC on that day was an insult to the people of the state. He added that what happened on November 16 ...

Ex governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) in Imo State, Mr Uche Nwosu has praised President Muhammadu Buhari for turning down the call for a 3rd term in office. Mr Uche, who revealed this in a statement issued in Abuja recently, said Buhari’s declaration proves his commitment to the ...

Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari has engaged 5,000 out-of-school students in WAEC and NECO tutorial classes across the 21 local government areas in Adamawa State. State Supervisor, Future Assured Foundation, Alhaji Yau Babayi, revealed this during the graduation of 600 women and youths, trained in several skills acquisition and ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the Federal Ministry of Transportation for convincing the China civil engineering company (CECCC) to construct a university of transportation in Daura, Katsina state. He revealed this during the colorful ceremony of the newly established university in Daura on Monday. According to PMB, the institution will ...

Sex contributes to the rise of Boko Haram fighters, according to researcher and Deputy Director at the National Defence College, NDC, Abuja, Dr. Yusuf Abubakar Mahmud. He believes this is the reason why they target young secondary school girls and also why packets of condoms and enhancing drugs are found ...

Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has come out to say that he does not regret siting the Transportation University in Daura, Katsina. He disclosed this at the groundbreaking of the university on Monday. According to him, the decision was not made for him to make any gain and he only ...

Winner of the supplementary senatorial election for Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi, has urged Nigerians to forgive the bad display by his co-contestant, Dino Melaye during the recent senatorial polls in Kogi State. According to him, the misdemeanor did not represent the real character of Okun people and he was not ...

Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi has come out to say that those against the Hate Speech Bill are not aware of the dangers ahead if the bill is not passed into law. In a recent statement by Senator Abdullahi, he said the opponents are only ...

Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources Upstream, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, Young Progressives Party, YPP, Anambra South has said with the right machinery, the party can develop to be the ruling party in not just Anambra, but other Nigerian states. Having his say in the midst of YPP Stakeholders, members ...

President Muhammadu Buhari and his wife, Aisha have jumped on social media to mark 30 years of being together. In a recent Twitter post, Buhari flaunted a throwback photo of himself and his wife, and also shared a picture of their grown-up kids. Despite being famous for disagreeing on several ...

The Lagos State Government has urged Lagosians to be careful of the way they store and use gas for domestic and commercial purposes. The General-Manager of the Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA), Dr. Dolapo Fasawe, urged residents to instantly flee from areas where suspected air pollution from any gaseous ...

Taraba state governor, Darius Ishaku has said the reports saying he is sponsoring the impeachment of principal officers of the state House of Assembly is just a plot to ruin his relationship with the state legislature. In a recent statement by his senior special assistant on Media and Publicity, Bala ...

Lt-Gen. Jeremiah Useni, the Governorship Candidate of PDP in Plateau in the 2019 elections has told his lawyers to head to the Supreme Court to challenge the judgment of the Court of Appeal which affirmed the victory of Gov. Simon Lalong. He disclosed this during a review meeting with his ...

Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the 2016 governorship election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has talked about why he joined APC. He revealed this in a recent interview with Punch. According to him, he joined APC despite their current crises because that is where his people want him to ...