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Cross Rivers State Governor, Ben Ayade yesterday disputed the claims of the Revenue Allocation Mobilisation and Fiscal Commission (RAMFAC) that that the federal government released $500 million monthly to the state for the loss of Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon. However, the governor claimed…

The Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) has said that its operatives were not barred from bearing arms by the Federal Capital Territory Security Committee (FCTSC). Reacting to a circular issued by the committee, the Commander General of the organisation, Navy Captain Umar Bakori (rtd), said…

The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, on Saturday, described as “hasty” and a “selective judgement”, an interim forfeiture of 40 landed assets belonging to a former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. Ohanaeze said Ekweremadu, who is being prosecuted for alleged organ harvesting in…

The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has berated the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, for her recent comments on the 2022 flood situation in the country. Farouq had during the weekly Ministerial Briefing on Thursday said …

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has petitioned the Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, complaining of the plight of the workers in the state being owed arrears of salaries. In the letter dated November 1, 2022 and addressed to the state governor, the labour…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set for a fresh war with the federal government over the government’s decision to pay lecturers half salaries for the month of October, 2022. On the same day, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris…

The Nigerian Football Federation has admitted that it owes Super Eagles coach Jose Peseiro his salaries. The media had reported this week that the Portuguese was owed six months salaries. Peseiro, 62, who was appointed in May, signed a one-year performance-based contract with the…

Kwara State government has approved that the bursary allowances paid to students of the state origin in tertiary institutions across the country be increased by 100 per cent from N5,000 to N10,000. A statement signed by Mansura Amuda-Kannike, Press Secretary of the…