The Federal Government has said that the Presidential Committee on Salaries is working on salary increment for civil servants and public officials due to the steady increase in the prices of consumer goods. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige told State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting on Tuesday with the President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso …

Seven persons died and 29 were injured in an incident at the annual Calabar Carnival on Tuesday, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC). FRSC Sector Commander, Maikano Hassan said that the incident occurred in front of the Jumat mosque in Bogobiri in the capital city of Cross River State during the Bikers Carnival activity of the carnival. Hassan …

The South South Reawakening Group (SSRG) on Tuesday insisted that the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele should defend himself against terrorism financing allegations made by the Directorate of State Services (DSS). In a statement its Convener, Joseph Ambakederimo, SSRG, one of the major pressure groups in the Niger Delta region, said that whatever was alleged …

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has said that two persons drowned at Baracuda beach, Abraham Adesanya, Ajah during the Christmas festivities. According to the report by LASEMA, investigation furthered revealed that “two adult male were trying to rescue an adult male from drowning before the high tide of the ocean drowned the two adult male”. LASEMA said that “the …

Bandits have killed no fewer than four farmers and abducted over 100 others, including women and children from 14 communities in Mashegu and Rafi Local Government Areas of Niger State in the last three weeks. More than half of the victims were kidnapped while harvesting maize, beans, guinea corn and soya beans on their farms. Those killed were a traditional …

President Muhammadu Buhari will commission five projects in Lagos State in January 2023. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the projects include the first phase of the Blue Line rail from Marina to Mile 2, and the groundbreaking of the second phase of the project from Mile 2 to Okokomaiko. Others are the Lekki Deep Sea Port, Imota Rice Mill, the 18-kilometre …

A peace advocate, Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam has berated the Federal Government for its inability to secure the freedom of Leah Sharibu, who celebrated her fifth Christmas in the captivity of Boko Haram insurgents. On Monday, the activist called on President Muhammadu Buhari and his All Progressives Congress-led administration to fulfill his promise to release the victim from Boko Haram den. …

A frontline anti-domestic violence advocacy group, Men Against Rape Foundation (MARF) has chided the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly being used to intimidate and harass the mother and brothers of late Bimbo Martins Ogbonna by her husband, Mr Ikechukwu Ogbonna. Bimbo, documented by some respected anti-domestic violence bodies and activists as a victim of Intimate Partner Violence, died after …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has condemned in strongest term the alleged shooting and killing of a lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, which took place yesterday under the Ajah bridge following shooting by a police officer attached to Ajiwe police station, while the victim and her family were on their way out for Christmas Day celebration. The Governor expressed shock …

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has promised that Nigerian would not spend the next Christmas queueing for petrol, if he is elected in the 25th February 2023 election. Amid scarcity, fuel stations in major cities across the country are offering the product at about N240 per litre as against the official rate of …