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The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has said the organisation will, by the middle of next week, review the indefinite nationwide strike action it declared on Tuesday night if the government is willing to open more windows of dialogue. He made this known on Thursday morning while speaking on Political Platform, a Ray Power FM programme, which was monitored in Abuja. Wabba explained that the NLC leadership will convene another meeting to review and assess the impact of the industrial action and see if the government will change its decision to raise the pump price of petrol to N145.00 per litre. The NLC President described as untrue the speculation that the organisation has been invited to another round of talks with the Federal Government, saying the NLC and the government maintain the positions they held before the strike. Wabba, however, said he could not give an exact date for the review of the strike, but assured Nigerians that it will take place nex...

The Federal Government has released about N13bn to the National Youth Service Corps to assist the agency to pay the outstanding allowances of corps members. With this development, the NYSC can now proceed with the mobilisation of prospective corps members in the country. Our correspondent learnt that corps members and the NYSC workers had been jubilating since the news got to them. The spokesperson for the NYSC, Mrs. Abosede Aderibigbe, confirmed the release of the N13bn in an interview with The PUNCH on Tuesday in Abuja. She was reacting to enquiries about the amount following an earlier statement in which the NYSC was commending the Federal Government for “its prompt intervention, approval and release of funds to accommodate the 2016 Batch ‘A’(Stream II) Orientation course.” She said, “The management of the NYSC also wishes to use this medium to inform and assure prospective corps members, parents, guardians and the general public that the 2016 Batch ‘A’ stream II orientatio...

A human trafficking victim, Love John, says she slept with more than 400 men in less than five months in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State. Love, 22, and her 23-year-old sister, Happiness, were lured into prostitution sometime in January by their eldest sister, Mary. Mary also tricked a cousin, Joy Lawrence, 25, promising the three ladies that she could give them jobs that would help them make a decent living. However, by the time they discovered that they had been trafficked, the victims said they had become trapped. PUNCH Metro learnt that Lawrence and another victim fled the hotel on Monday when they could no longer bear the pain they were subjected to. Lawrence was reported to have been brought to the Lagos zonal headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service, which then stormed the hotel and rescued other victims. The agency also arrested Mary and the owner of the hotel, one Mrs. Akpojaro Rose, an indigene of Warri, Delta State. It was learnt that the ladies collected...

SaharaReporters has obtained a photograph of 19-year old Amina Ali Mkeki, one of the Chibok girls infamously kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 when she was 17 years old. Amina was rescued near the Sambisa Forest, government sources and activists told SaharaReporters earlier today. Amina was found in the Kulakeita area in the company of her Boko Haram husband, now identified as Mohammed Hayatu, and was immediately rescued by members of the local vigilante task force then handed her over to Nigerian troops in Damboa. She reportedly told the soldiers that six of the girls have died while the others have been married off to Boko Haram commanders, and that they were all still in Sambisa Forest as of the time of her rescue. Confirming the development, the Nigerian military said in a text message by Colonel SK Usman to SaharaReporters that she was rescued by Nigerian troops. A later statement by Mr. Usman revealed that Amina and Mr. Hayatu were brought to the military headquarters of ...

No fewer than  40 vehicles have been burnt in the clash between Yorubas and Igbos in Mushin area of Lagos as the army and police moved in the quell the violence. LEADERSHIP learnt that there was blood bath as over 15 people were injured in the fracas that left  Odushina, by Oloje; Dramola Street, Olapeju, Oshoro, Akinwunmi and Ladipo Market deserted. It was gathered that residents in the affected areas have fled to avoid being caught in the mayhem. To this end, the streets have been deserted as police and men of the OP-MESSA took over. As of the time of filing this report  an Armoured Personnel Carrier, APC, was cited in one of the streets. A police source said he counted 40 vehicles burnt and several others with broken screens. People have taken refuge in their houses as shops were hurriedly shut by their owners who fled to safety. Witnesses said the trouble started when one Agunleri, who is the Secretary of one of the market unions allegedly stormed an ...

SaharaReporters on Friday published the phone numbers of 15 of Nigeria’s Federal Ministers on Facebook and Twitter as part of its efforts to enhance governmental transparency and accountability in the country. By arming Nigerians with those contact numbers, SaharaReporters hopes to foster greater interaction and communication between voters and their government. In April, SaharaReporters published the direct lines of members of Nigeria's National Assembly and of all the State governors. SaharaReporters promise to release the second batch of Minister's phone numbers in the coming days. Below are the members of the first batch of Federal Ministers: This post is credited to Saharareporters.com not by any means my own original publication

Nigerians from diverse groups on Thursday, rejected the call by the country's organized labour to mobilize against the new pump price. Rather, the labour is urged to focus on its agitation for minimum wage increase, instead of a new pump price, which Nigerians according to them have been indirectly contending with since the fuel scarcity began four months ago. In a current affairs radio programme, "Day Break show on Rocky City FM" monitored in Abeokuta, on Thursday, about 80% of the callers rejected the agitation by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to protest against removal of the subsidy, while 20 % said they were ready to join the protest. Callers in support of the NLC's stand faulted government stand, as one remarked that, "Nigerians were not adequately carried along before  taking the decision." Few others claimed that since the immediate past government attempted it and was rejected, the present administration should also not continue wit...

As the tenure of the incumbent Inspector General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase comes to an end in June this year, intense lobbying and profiling of possible successors of his successor has commenced, with six top Police officers jostling for the number cop position in the country. They are AIG Hassan Bala Abdulahi, AIG Johnson Ogunsakin, Olufemi Adebowale Adenaike, CP Austin Iwar, AIG Umar Abubakar Manko and Ibrahim Idris. By next month, Arase, the number one police officer in the country would have attained the mandatory age of 60. LEADERSHIP Weekend recalls that presidency deliberately allowed the IGP to complete his tenure by ignoring the option of sending him on terminal leave due to the impressive manner he was handling the high rate of insecurity in the country. A dependable source revealed to LEADERSHIP Weekend that Arase’s retirement date draws closer, some senior police officers and prominent persons have have started lobbying for themselves and on behalf of others...

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has released a statement explaining the rationale for the new fuel pricing and supply framework introduced by the Federal Government on Wednesday. The new deregulation policy saw the price of petrol skyrocketing from N86 per litre to N145. The statement, personally signed by Mr. Osinbajo, is the first explanation by the presidency since the policy took effect midweek. In the statement, entitled, “The Fuel Pricing Debate: Our Story”, Mr. Osinbajo said he had followed the various observations about the fuel pricing regime and the attendant issues generated but that as far as the presidency was concerned, what was most important is how to shield the poor from the worst effects of the policy. “I will hopefully address that in another note,” he said. The vice president then explained why the new pricing regime was introduced, and why it should be supported. Read his full explanation below. THE FUEL PRICING DEBATE: OUR STORY Fellow Citizens: I have r...

Controversial musician known as Charly Boy, who said he met Jesus recently, has revealed decisions he took after their ‘meeting’ Controversial Nigerian entertainer Charly Boy Controversial Nigerian entertainer known as Charly Boy, shared a post revealing personal ‘life-changing’ decisions he took after his encounter with Jesus. Charly Boy who is often seen as an ‘extreme person’ based on pictures he shares regularly, striking different ‘unnatural’ poses with skulls and rings, has revealed he had to kill his pet python (yes! you read right) after his encounter with Jesus. In a post he titled “Don’t Mess With my Jesus!” he had this to say: “In February, 2016, one cool and unusual breezy night in the comfort of my room, I had a strange encounter of the freakiest kind with Jesus, which I shared with you all. In that encounter, our Lord left me with specific instructions. He had instructed me to tell you all, that Nigerians should STOP disturbing him by substituting prayers fo...

Students of the Kogi State University (KSU), Anyigba, are worried that for three weeks running they are still at home, as a result of the industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), KSU chapter. According reports, the industrial action has grounded activities within the campus and its environs. Recall that members of ASUU, KSU chapter, had previously embarked on a ‘no pay, no work’ action, of which government turned deaf ears to their demands, before they finally dropped tools three weeks ago. According to the report, government’s insensitivity to the plight of the lecturers is seriously taking its tolls on the students, who are now pleading that government should facilitate moves to call off the strike. Responding to questions filed to him by Campusnews, Promise Emmanuel, a 400 level student of Mass Communication of the school, called on the government and the lectures to find a way out of the problem, adding that the situation does n...

It takes two to tango. The person that entered the ceiling to steal a jar of palm oil and the person that assisted to bring it down are both thieves..... At the ongoing anti-corruption summit in London, Nigerian President Buhari responded to David Cameron's statement yesterday that Nigeria and Afghanistan are "fantastically corrupt countries", Saying "Am not going to demand any apology. All I'll demand is return of assets. What would I do with apology? I need something tangible." Buhari, said I call for establishment of an anti-corruption infrastructure that will trace and return stolen assets to their countries of origin. "Unfortunately, repatriating stolen assets is tedious, time consuming, costly. It entails more than just signing of bilateral agreements. Buhari also revealed that the anti-corruption agencies have been revitalized to tackle the monster...A radical departure from the past.

– Statistics shows that security and education are also among top priorities of the present administration – A huge part of the budget also goes into servicing of foreign and domestic debts – Minister of Budget and National planning promises proper execution of budget The ministry of Works, Power and Housing headed by Babatunde Fashola, has the highest allocations of the 2016 budget, Daily Trust reports. In the breakdown of the budget, a total sum of recurrent and capital budgets of N467 billion was allocated to the ministry of the former Lagos state governor, a clear signal that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is ready to execute capital projects in this fiscal year. The allocations of the 2016 budget by ministry. Source: Daily Trust Security also got a huge chunk of the budget with the ministry of Defence getting N428,098,182,742 while the Police Formation got an allocation of N300,100,330,698. Others are ministry of Interior (N198,352,766,543) and the Offi...

                                                                     Patoranking The ‘GirlieO’ crooner took his fans by surprise this afternoon after he posted a picture of himself signing his autograph on a lady’s boobs…yes, you read right, a lady’s boobs! He captioned the picture: ”She said sign it there…I follow instructions and I listen to My fans 🏃 #GOE2016 #Whayasay!!!”

The Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Danladi Umar, at the resumed hearing of the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki over false asset declaration, ruled in favour of Saraki as he permitted his counsel to continue the cross-examination of a principal witness, Michael Wetkas of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Counsel to the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Rotimi Jacobs, objected to Paul Erokoro (SAN), one of Saraki’s lawyers, cross-examining Wetkas, arguing that the defence counsel kept changing the lawyers examining the witness. Kanu Agabi (SAN), Saraki’s lead counsel, and Paul Usoro (SAN), had earlier cross-examined the witness. “The counsel that started cross examination should finish it. The witness cannot be cross-examined by three lawyers. My learned brother should conclude cross-examining the witness. You can have several lawyers, but only one of them will address the court. That’s why we have lead counsel. The lead counsel who has started...

Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi state, on Monday signed into law an appropriation bill of N99.99 billion, disregarding the directive of the national assembly that he should send the budget for approval. The budget comprised N41.71 billion as capital and N58.228 billion as recurrent expenditure. Assenting to the bill in Lokoja, Bello described the bill as budget of change and promised its full implementation. According to him, a budget monitoring implementation committee will be set up to coordinate and monitor its full implementation. He said that government was fully aware of the implication of the drop in the allocation from the Federation Account. He said the state Internal Revenue Service had been directed to embark on aggressive revenue collection to address the shortfall. Bello promised to be fair and transparent in the management of the state’s scarce resources and commended the state House of Assembly for ensuring its speedy passage in spite of unnecessary distractions. ...

f you are going overseas, for work or a holiday, it pays to give some thought to your finances. There are lots of benefits of using your cards abroad, especially if you don’t want to carry large amounts of cash around. Now, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is finally lifting some of the restrictions as Nigerians can now make foreign exchange deposits at local banks and also use bank cards abroad. Though various banks in the country have placed limits on amounts to be used abroad on cards, there are a number of ways you can access your money while on overseas trip. Using your cards overseas When you are overseas, you can use your debit or credit card at an ATM or to make purchases. •If you are not sure whether your debit card will be accepted in certain countries, ask your bank. But generally, if it has a Maestro or Visa symbol, it will be accepted. This is one of the reasons the CBN’s recent policy on card usage for travellers was released to inform their banks before travel...

– Senator Dino Melaye posted a photo on his twitter page – In the photo he had on his head a well balanced tray of groundnut – The aim of the photo was to inspire hawkers to not lose hope.. The senator representing Kogi west on Sunday, May 8, took took to his twitter account and tweeted a photo of himself hawking groundnut. Senator Melaye balances a tray on his head to send a message to Nigerians. Dino posted the photos in a bid to inspire his followers and all who cared to read, as well as give insight to his own struggles. In the picture, the senator looked well dressed as per usual with his flashy and huge ring, fitting timepiece and properly tailored native attire. @dino_melaye one senator I respect, sir is this for real or Photoshop? pic.twitter.com/QbI6pZxaPz — Is Ma (@ikwomta) May 8, 2016 However, the picture has stirred dust, as many have said it made more of a paradoxical statement. The neighborhood was one of affluence, with preened lawns. Sparkling luxurious Rang...

Edo state first lady, Iara Oshiomole was at the 3rd Annual Vintage Red Ball Gala & Awards Night held in London on Saturday, May 7. The beautiful woman stole the show as she came ‘fully dressed’ for the event. She was clad in a black dress with a gold-sequenced hand…accompanied with her flawless makeup. ..