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Many villagers were feared dead while several others injured as a fighter jet targeting Lakurawa terrorist group mistakingly bombed two communities in Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State.The affected communities were Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa. According to locals, the incident occured around 7am today. A resident of Silame, who gave his name as Malam Yahya, noted that the two villages were located close to Surame Fore...

Nigeria’s telecom regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has approved long-awaited tariff hikes for calls, SMS, and internet services, set to take effect in January 2025.This move ends over a decade of lobbying by telecom giants like MTN Nigeria, Airtel, and 9Mobile, who have faced mounting operational costs amid inflation.The approval marks the first price adjustment in 11 years, potentially reshaping Nigeria’s tele...

An Abuja High Court has given an order of interim injunction restraining the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and others from selling a landed property located at Plot No. 4411, Cadastral Zone A09, Guzape District, Abuja.Justice Mohammed Zubairu made the order following an ex parte motion moved by counsel to the applicant, Reuben Atabo (SAN).  Although the motion ex parte marked: M/16807/2024 w...

The Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria has revealed that the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, is set to submit a memo to the Federal Executive Council regarding their demands to harmonise the retirement age for medical consultants to 70 years.Additionally, Pate and the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, plans to submit a joint memo to the Presidential C...

The Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress has appealed to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to grant a 50 per cent downward review of the new tax policy of the State Government for workers in the state.It also begged the Governor to extend the tax holiday for employees in the state public service for another three months, in view of the current hardship in the country.The state NLC Chairman, Com...

Thousands of passengers besieged the designated motor parks in Abuja, Lagos, and other states to benefit from the 50 per cent reduction in transport fares provided by the Federal Government.Recall that the Federal Government through the Ministry of Transportation announced last Thursday that it had agreed with stakeholders in the road transport sector to support Nigerians who will be travelling during the Yuletide....

Civil servants under the employment of the Federal Government are facing low-key Christmas celebrations following the delay in payment of their December 2024 salaries.It was learnt that Federal workers suffered delayed salaries in November 2024. Findings revealed that most Federal workers received their November 2024 salaries during the second week of December.Multiple sources within the civil service, tha...

The Ogun State House of Assembly passed the 2025 Appropriation Bill of N1,054,542,020,147, presented by Governor Dapo Abiodun exactly 20 days ago. The Assembly made slight adjustments to the recurrent expenditures of about 21 agencies, while the capital expenditures of five agencies and the revenue targets of two agencies were also revised. This was contained in a statement issued by Lekan Adeniran, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor. ...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has declared that oil production must continue to rise at all costs.He stated that the only way to improve the nation’s economy was to ensure a sustained increase in oil production.Oluyede said this during his maiden visit to the Headquarters of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt.The COAS, who was accompanied by other se...

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has commended Mr. Peter Omoh Dunia (also known as Peter Black) and members of Ogbona Youth Forum for building and donating an ultra modern police station with fully equipped ICT centre to the Nigeria Police force for the security of lives and property of the people of Ogbona community in Etsako central Local Government Area of the state.The elated Edo State Governor, while on a ...