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The Federal Government on Tuesday said it was working on how to inject sanity into social media which it said was currently out of control. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this at a press conference in Abuja. Mohammed said no responsible government would sit back and allow such activities capable of setting the country on fire to continue unchecked. “It has reached a level that the government may just no longer fold its arms and allow this to continue,” he said. The minister also said no amount of attacks or criticism would stop the government from implementing the tougher sanctions for broadcast stations who breach the nation’s broadcast code especially as it concerns the dissemination of fake news as well as inciteful and divisive comments which were approved by President Muhammadu Buhari recently. He assured stakeholders that responsible journalists have nothing to fear as the government’s intention is not to gag the media. ...

Appeal court hearing the case between Hon. Wemi Jones a candidate of APC in the last House of Representatives election of Kabba/Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency challenging the Victory of Hon. T. J Yusuf of PDD has upheld the tribunal judgment in favour of PDP candidate Hon. T. J Yusuf thereby dismissing the petition of APC and its candidates. Details later...

Members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will be enjoying the new minimum wage like other workers across the country as confirmed by the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare. The Youth Minister who disclosed this in series of tweets, said details of the new allowance for NYSC members will be provided by the Director General of NYSC, Brig Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim after being briefed by officials of the Ministries of Finance And MYSD. He wrote; New Minimum Wage: NYSC members to enjoy new minimum wage/ allowee Details coming … Next week the DG NYSC will provide details of the new allowee for the Youth Corp members after full briefing from the Ministries of Finance And MYSD Meanwhile, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has ordered that payments of the new minimum wage and the consequential adjustments must be completed by the 31st of December, 2019. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, made this known when he briefed State Hou...

The Federal Government has assured that the payment of the new minimum wage would take immediate effect. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who gave the assurance while speaking with newsmen yesterday in Abuja, stated that the payment cuts across both the public and private sectors. Ngige said the consequential adjustment agreed upon were as follows: “For COMESS wage structure grade level 7 gets 23%, level 8 gets 20%, level 9 gets 19%, levels 10 to 14 get 16% while levels 15 to 17 get 14%. “For those on the second category of wages structure, CONHES , CONRRISE, CONTISS etc, level 7 gets 22.2%, levels 8 to 14 get 16%, levels 15 to 17 get 10.5%.” The Minister stated that the third category of the country’s “wage structure which includes the military and paramilitary was also factored in the agreement since they are not in the civil service, theirs would be communicated through the appropriate channels.” DAILY POST had reported that the  federal government...

The deputy governor of Kogi State, Elder Simon Achuba has been removed from office by the Kogi State House of Assembly on Friday. Achuba’s impeachment followed the submission of the judicial panel of Enquiry set up by the Kogi State Chief Judge, Justice Nasir Ajanah to investigate the allegation of gross misconduct leveled against him same Friday. Chairman of the panel, Barrister John Baiyeshea on Friday led six other members of the panel, submitted the report to the Speaker, of the state House of Assembly, Kolawole Matthew, at the State House of Assembly in Lokoja. But the House few hours after the mission announced the deputy governor’s impeachment after an emergency meeting. Majority leader of the House, Bello Balogun announced that the house met, sat deliberated on the recommendations of the panel to arrived at their conclusion. Meanwhile, the running mate to governor Yahaya Bello, Chief Edward Onoja is to be sworn in tomorrow Saturday as the new deputy govern...

After days of intense negotiations, the federal government of Nigeria and the country’s labour unions have reached a deal on the implementation modality of the new minimum wage. Disagreement over how the new minimum wage law signed by President Muhammadu Buhari in April would be implemented had lingered for months, with organised labour threatening to strike. The Minister for Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed news of the much-awaited agreement early Friday morning in Abuja shortly after a government team he led concluded a meeting with labour. The meeting, which began at 8:24pm Thursday, ended 3am Friday The disagreement had centred around the consequential adjustments in salaries that must be implemented across board in line with the new minimum wage law. Labour is demanding a 29 per cent salary increase for officers on salary level 07 to 14, and 24 per cent adjustment for officers on salary grade level 15 to 17. But the federal government offered 11 per c...

The 650,000 barrels per day(bpd), Dangote Petroleum refinery has announced the completion of pilling works described as the largest in the world. Group Executive Director (GED), Strategy, Capital Projects and Portfolio Development for Dangote, Mr. Edwin Devakumar, disclosed this on the sidelines of the close out/graduation ceremony for the Ibeju/Lekki Youth in Lagos yesterday. The GED explained that the pilling work is a 148,000 pile, making it a construction project with the largest number of piles in the world. He equally said the civil works and underground works have been completed while the super structure work and some of the building works are coming up. ‘‘The next phase of the work is piping. And as you know, we have announced the plan to complete mechanical works by December 2020 which I believe we will be able to do. As planned, December 2020 is the plant and mechanical completion while commissioning will come up in the first quarter of 2021. On the skill acqu...

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to approve the payment of N10.069billion as settlement of promissory note to the Kogi State Government. President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter of request on the floor of the Senate. Buhari, in the letter, addressed to Senate President,  Ahmad Lawan,  said the money would be used by the state government to settle local debts it incurred as a result of the projects executed on behalf of the Federal Government. Credit: Ralph Omololu Agbana Facebook page

Liberia's lawmakers have agreed to cut away 30 per cent of their total earnings in the country's 2020 budget  The lawmakers said the move is to help the West African nation meet the important IMF Standard  The actions of the Liberian lawmakers occurred about one month after Nigerians sued their own senate for proposing to buy N5.5bn worth of cars its principal officers Reports in Monrovia say federal lawmakers of Liberia have passed the country's 2020 budget with massive cuts to their salaries and allowances.  According to Front Page Africa, a magazine in the West African country, the lawmakers, in a selfless move on Tuesday, October 1, voted unanimously to have their earnings slashed. The lawmakers cut the proposed budget by the executive arm led by President George Weah, a former international football player, by almost $7million.  Weah had proposed $532.9m but the lawmakers approved $526 million after cutting their own earnings and those of the officia...

Nigerian lawmaker Dino Melaye on Friday lost the appeal of a tribunal ruling that nullified his election as the Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate. “I just lost my election at the Appeal Court and Fresh election ordered,” Dino Melaye tweeted on Friday. The Kogi State National Assembly Election Tribunal Friday, 23 August  nullified Dino Melaye’s election . Melaye, a candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was declared the winner of the February election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). His victory was challenged in court by Smart Adeyemi, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Adeyemi challenged Melaye’s victory on three grounds of irregularities, over voting and non-compliance with the electoral acts. The three-man panel led by Justice A. O. Chijioke in a unanimous judgment accepted Adeyemi’s appeal and ordered reelection. Despite the court ruling, Melaye said, “In all thin...

Sadiya Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, is in New York promoting a UN campaign against poverty as rumour of a wedding to President Muhammadu Buhari ripples. In a tweet, the minister, whose rumoured wedding to Buhari is scheduled for Friday, canvassed for active participation of citizens in ending poverty. “On October 17, join us as we #WalkOutPoverty. The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is commemorated to encourage active participation by all to respect the rights & dignity of people living in poverty. #WalkOutPoverty#EndPoverty#Children @ossap_sdgs,” the tweet read. Nigerians on Twitter have asked the minister to disclose details of the alleged wedding. Adewale, a Twitter user, asked the minister to display pre-wedding pictures as well as pictures of the venue. “Hon, her Excellency in coming,we should be seeing pre-wedding pictures, pictures of venue. You and baba should not disappoint us o! Wai...

A JSS three 12year old David Francis of Onward Comprehensive Academy Lokoja who has ambition of becoming an electronic engineer woo his parents and mate with his new invention. David Francis was first noticed when he was sourcing for raw materials such as spoil extensions, wire, light glob and lamb holders of which his parents has little or no knowledge about what he need those materials gathered for. After some while Francis seeing melting and joining some wire together inside the extension and to the amazement of his parents and mates Francis was seeing connecting wire with the lamp holder in his hand and later inserted the electronic glob to the lamp holder and went ahead to plug it on the extension he early prepared and suddenly the Bob bring light without any electronic source. From www.dealerprince.blogspot.com finding, David Francis comes from a middle class family which may serve as a stomping block for his desire career of becoming an electronic engineer. His mot...

A match between Al-Nassr and Al-Fateh has been marred in controversy after VAR had technical issues due to a bizarre blunder. One of the workers at the ground unplugged the VAR device to charge his phone instead. Al-Nassr went onto win the league clash thanks to a 49th minute goal from Firas Al-Buraikan. Arab football isn't the only territory experiencing problems with VAR. A referee in Bolivia caused outrage after awarding a late penalty through VAR despite the Bolivian Primera Division not using the technology. Club Always Ready were trailing 1-0 deep into injury time, but footage emerged of referee Raul Orosco talking with the fourth official and someone speaking to him in his earpiece before making a controversial decision. The referee signalled for the use of VAR, only to quickly realise that the league doesn't use it and proceeded to point to the spot. The match descended into chaos as the Bolivar players were visibly upset with the decision and riot pol...

The Lecturer we earlier report of harassing admission seeker of sexually has been suspended by the the University of Lagos.  The lecturer was exposed in a video by BBC Africa where an undercover journalist, Kiki Mordi, disguised as a 17-year-old admission seeker. The vice-chancellor of the institution, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, confirmed the development to PREMIUM TIMES in an interview Monday afternoon. Mr Ogundipe said the lecturer has been suspended indefinitely. ”A panel will be set up to investigate the issue,” he said.

A lecturer at the University of Lagos has been caught on camera making sexual demands to offer admission to a ‘student’. The lecturer was exposed in a 13 minutes video by BBC Africa where an undercover journalist, Kiki Mordi, disguised as a 17-year-old admission seeker. The investigation is part of a broader one that uncovers the sex for grade crises in West African Universities. The lecturer, Boniface Igbeneghu, is a former sub-dean of Faculty of Art and head pastor of local Foursquare Gospel Church. Mr Igbeneghu invited the ‘admission seeker’ to his office for ‘tutorials’ and at their first meeting asked: “how old are you?”. After responding, the lecturer started commenting on her appearance. “Don’t you know you are a beautiful girl? Do you know I am a pastor and I am in my 50s but if I want a girl of 17 years, all I need is a sweet tongue and put some money,” he said. Documentary From the documentary published on Facebook by BBC Yoruba and seen by PREMIUM TIMES, th...

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Huge quantities of frozen chickens, rice, fabric and cars arrive at the port of Cotonou, Benin’s economic capital, where they are taxed locally before being routed — often illegally — to Nigeria. Benin has few functioning petrol stations, and its fuel is far more expensive than in Nigeria, where it is subsidised by the state. A common sight is smuggled Nigerian petrol, sold by the side of the road in jerrycans. Beyond contraband, though, trade with Nigeria is crucial for Benin and Niger. Ranking among the world’s poorest countries, they find themselves as David opposite the Nigerian Goliath — a market of 190 million and Africa’s biggest economy. – ‘Fear of God’ – In Benin, business people in some parts of the economy are panicking, and unfounded rumours that Nigeria will even go so far as to cut off its electricity supply are spreading in local newspapers. “Buhari and his country want to put an end to us,” said Barthelemy Agon, a pineapple producer. He like many other...

BBNaija Season 4 winner, Mercy Eke, has provided an insight into what she would do with her prize money. As the winner of the BBNaija Grand Finale, 26-year-old Mercy goes home with N30m cash prize, in addition to other eye-popping prizes that include a brand new G80 SUV, electronics and a trip for two to Dubai. At the outset of her stay in the house, when the starry-eyed video goddess was asked what she would do with her prize money in the event she wins, she had answered, “I want to start my own fashion brand or label.” Her fans are eagerly waiting to see that dream come true.

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on  Friday, presented cash gifts of N100,000 to each of the South African returnees of Ondo origin for resettlement activities in their various communities. Akeredolu, who received the returnees in his office also promised to give necessary support and provide an enabling environment for the returnees to start new lives. Represented by his deputy, Agboola Ajayi, the governor particularly condemned the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other nationals living in South Africa by the indigenes. He described the attacks as unwarranted, barbaric and condemnable. Akeredolu commended President Muhammadu Buhari for his visit to South Africa to condemn the ugly incident and find a lasting solution to it. He charged the returnees not to be discouraged by what had happened to them but to be ready to start a new life as they returned safely to Nigeria, their fatherland. Source: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/10/04/akeredolu-d...

For former Deputy Governor Of Osun State, Titi Laoye-Tomori and Prince Michael Ponle, their marital status changed when they married a few days ago. Laoye-Tomori, who was deputy to former Governor of Osun State, Ogbeni Rauf-Aregbesola took another shot at marriage after her previous marriage to a professor that produced four kids. Also, the new groom, Prince Michael Ponnle, lost his wife, Comfort Olufunke in 2012 . Comfort, lost the battle at Cardiff Hospital, London, United Kingdom after a brief illness. She was aged 68.

A medical doctor, Dr Oluwole Yusuf has cautioned against the use of toothpaste to tighten the vagina to prevent irritation and inflammation among other diseases. Yusuf told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ilorin that the recent obsession by women having tight vagina was unhealthy and resorting to the use of toothpaste to tighten the vagina was a harmful practice. According to him, the vagina is self- cleansing organ that the body system does without help. “Toothpaste is caustic and too abrasive for a sensitive body part like the vagina and using such on it can destroy the organisms meant to protect the vagina from possible infections. “When the vagina can no longer protect itself, the body is prone to infections which could later destroy the tubes and block the chances of getting pregnant,’’ Yusuf said. He urged women not to allow themselves to be “body shamed’’ by their partners thereby, leading them to “a journey of ruin and regret’’. “If a man tells you t...

The Buhari government has announced plans to reintroduce toll gates across Nigeria. The government of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo had scrapped tolls on federal roads in 2004. Babatunde Fashola, Minister of Works, told State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday that there is no law against toll plazas. He added that some of the logistics being worked out before the reintroduction include acquiring more lands that will provide up to 10-lane plazas. The minister also disclosed that the council had approved additional N15.765 billion for two roads in the country. The roads are Suleja-Minna-Lambata road and Ibadan-Lagere-Ilesa bypass. He said the two roads contracts approved on Wednesday were upward review from initially approved rates. On the 101km Suleja-Minna-Lambata road, he said FEC also approved additional N12.6 billion, while additional N3.165 billion was approved for the Ibadan-Lagere-Ilesa bypass. Credit:...

The Ghanaian Police has arrested a 25-year-old lady identified as Sarah Kwabla for selling  her 3-months-old baby to sponsor her boyfriend Akwasi Botwe’s trip to France. Akwasi Botwe’s friend who resides in France, had promised to invite him to France if he could raise Ghc10,000 (N67,000) but he was only able to raise Ghc2,000 because he is unemployed.  He however got surprised and started asking questions after hs girlfriend credited his bank account with Ghc8,000 on September 24.  When he questioned her on how she came about the money, she told him that she sold their only child who was just 3-months-old to a certain “Mallam” who lives in their neighbourhood.  Sarah was reportedly arrested after Akwasi reported the incident to Sefwi Wiawso police. It was further learnt that investigation is currently ongoing.

The Sokoto State Governorship Election Tribunal on Wednesday ruled that the petition filed by Ahmed Aliyu  challenging the declaration of  Aminu Tambuwal as the winner of the governorship election is valid. The tribunal, sitting at the Wuse Zone 2 Magistrate court after it was relocated from Sokoto State to Abuja for alleged security reasons, declared the petition as ‘proper in law.’ On the objections raised by the petitioner against the petition urging it to dismiss the petition for lacking in merit, unanimously, the tribunal dismissed the objections and held that the petition was properly filed. The tribunal equally ruled that the petitioners, Aliyu and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) duly paid the filling fees. It held that against the argument of the respondents that the petition disclosed substantial cause of action and was properly signed by the petitioners. It further held that the non-joinder of the running mate to the petitioners is not en...