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Barely a week after killings of 18 soldiers in the Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, another similar manner of killings has happened ! The Force Headquarters of the Nigeria Police on Saturday released the identities of 12 policemen, six of whom they said were gruesomely murdered and the six others still missing during ...

The Kaduna State Government has announced the release of the 286 schoolchildren kidnapped from Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State. Although it was initially reported that 287 schoolchildren were abducted, official sources said some had escaped earlier that day, and that the actual number was 138. In any case , one of the victims died in captivity. It was ...

While today’s date, Sunday, March 24, may pass imperceptibly for many, millions around the world will gather at sundown to commemorate the death of Jesus Christ. Considered the most important day of the year for Jehovah’s Witnesses, the Memorial is observed annually on Nisan 14 of the Jewish calendar in adherence to Jesus’ statement found in the Bible. Profound Bible ...

Acceptable minimum wage for the country is yet to be fixed. And many are waiting, but there are trending and burning issues. The new wage should come into effect on April 1. The law says it should be concluded by early April. The labour unions had said the existing national minimum wage of N30,000 was no longer realistic, citing the ...

A peep into Minimum Wage Committee has shown that consideration is far below the one million naira per month proposal by NLC president, Joe) Ajaero. In January 2024, the Federal Government had inaugurated the tripartite committee responsible for deliberating on the national minimum wage. Vice President Kashim Shettima inaugurated the 37-member panel at the Council Chamber of the State House ...

The Organised Labour has warned state governors that it will not accept anything less than full implementation whenever the new minimum wage becomes law as it is ready to go into battle with such governors. Labour’s position is coming at a time when the governors are asking the National Minimum Wage Committee to consider each state’s peculiarities in arriving at ...

The gunmen were said to have stormed the community at about 3 pm on Thursday and shot indiscriminately, leaving many dead and injured. The Village Head of the Madaka community, Saleh Kakuri, and one Commander Iko, who was the Deputy Commander of the vigilance group in the area under the Madaka District of Rafi were also killed in the attack. ...

The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, on Friday, released results of the first-ever Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates, 2024–First Series. The council commenced migration from traditional paper-based examinations to Computer-Based Examinations for its private candidates’ examinations. A statement by the council added that the novel CB-WASSCE entailed using a hybrid method where all questions were ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said its management has adjusted acceptable statement of result for Direct Entry, DE, registration from 2022 to 2021. The Board said the three years validity period would be 2020/2021, 2021/2022 and 2022/2023 academic years. This was made known in a post on its official X handle on Friday. “Attention 2024 DE Candidates – ...

At the meeting, President Tinubu reconciled MC Oluomo and the new Chairman of NURTW (Lagos Chapter) Alhaji Mustapha Adekunle who’s popularly known as Sego. MC Oluomo will vie to become the new National Chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW). President Tinubu reportedly listed why they should work together. As it is now, the former Lagos Chairman of ...