A salary increase for civil servants has been approved by the Nigerian Federal Government. The salary increment ranges from 25 per cent to 35 per cent across the remaining six consolidated salary structures. The increment affects the remaining six consolidated salary structures, namely, Consolidated Public Service Salary Structure (CONPSS), Consolidated Research and Allied Institutions Salary…
Drama played out on Monday when power supply was seized as the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, was speaking at the National Assembly. Adelabu was fielding questions from senators at the investigative hearing on “the need to halt the increase in the price of electricity” organised by the Senate Committee on Power. Power was, thereafter,…
The Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has said that he could not risk backing Philip Shaibu to succeed him as the leader of the state. Shaibu and Obaseki, former allies, fell off in the former’s quest to become the governor of Edo State. The former deputy governor was later impeached by the Edo State House…
A letter from the executive arm of the Lagos State government to the state House of Assembly has announced a decision to set the last week of September every year for the celebration of the Yoruba culture. The decision of the government followed a resolution passed by the Lagos Assembly at a sitting held on…
The husband of late singer Morenikeji Egbin Orun has said that the singer had the knowledge of her passing before she passed. The singer died over the weekend but not much was known about the circumstances that led to her untimely demise. In his video, the man said that she knew it was her time…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has barred some microfinance banks, including Moniepoint, Opay and Kuda, from opening new accounts and accepting new customers. The ban is over allegations that they were being used to funnel cryptocurrency and manipulate the naira’s value. Sources asserted that the CBN deemed the new-account-ban necessary to curb money-laundering activities which…
A former director at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), John Ikechukwu Ayoh, has made some allegations against the embattled former governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele. Ayoh made the allegations while testifying in an ongoing case of abuse of office at the Lagos High Court on Monday, April 29. Emefiele and his co-defendant, Henry…
The Senate is currently weighing options on whether to recall Senator Abdul Ningi from suspension at Tuesday plenary or allow him to serve out the punishment. The Senate in March suspended Senator Ningi for claiming during a BBC Hausa Service interview that the National Assembly passed two 2024 budgets. He also alleged that the 2024…
Renowned Televangelist, Pastor Benny Hinn has taken to social media to tender an apology to Christians for his false teachings. The popular Israeli cleric, Benny Hinn, in a video on his Facebook page, apologized for his teachings on prosperity, sowing of seed, and monetizing the gospel. According to the cleric, the apology was a necessity…
The Benin Monarch, Oba Ewuare II, has suspended some traditional functionaries over their engagement in “sacrilegious show of shame and falsehood against the Benin Custom.” The functionaries are JohnbullIgbinosun, Iduhonre (Ihogbe), S.E. Aigbiremwen, Efesieoghoba (Ogbelaka) and two other Ogbelaka functionaries identified as Ogbeide Osagie and Osamudiame Edo. They were accused of declaring themselves subjects of…
