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The National Drug and Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says the rate of women addiction to drug is on the increase in Kebbi state is on the rise. The Commandant of the agency in the state, Alhaji Suleiman Jadi, said this when he received officials of the National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) on a visit to his office in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday. “The trend has now taken a new turn as the number of women addicts is on the increase,” Jadi said. Jadi, however, did not disclose the number but called on the group to support relevant agencies in…

Workers in Nokia Solutions Networks Limited have commenced a three-day warning strike to protest anti-labour practices by the management of the company. The workers said they embarked on the strike as members of the Private Telecommunications and Communications Senior Staff Association of Nigeria. The General Secretary of the association, Mr Okonu Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday that the workers would proceed on an indefinite strike at the expiration of the warning strike. Abdullahi said the strike became necessary because the management of the company had continued to engage in anti-union activities and were…

Russia will not interfere in Zimbabwe’s upcoming elections, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov promised during a visit to the country. Mr Lavrov made the promise as he revealed the two countires had signed deals on agriculture and mining, and were hoping to increase military cooperation and diamond mining in the future. Russia and Zimbabwe are already working together to exploit one of the largest platinum reserves in the world, just west of the capital, Harare. Mr Lavrov’s visit coincides with Washington’s decision to renew economic, travel and arms sanctions against Harare. READ: VAIDS supported by existing tax laws – Adeosun Russia…

Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has explained that the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) is underpinned by the existing tax laws in the country. She gave the explanation on Thursday evening while speaking on Channels Television’s Core programme. According to the minister, VAIDS is a tax amnesty scheme, which offers people with tax compliance issues the chance to declare honestly in exchange for waivers such as tax audit, interests on owed taxes and freedom prosecution. “In terms of the legal underpinning, we have not passed any new law. The law has always been there and what we are…

Thousands of fans and representatives of every Serie A club have gathered in Florence for the funeral of Fiorentina captain Davide Astori. The Italy international defender died at the age of 31 on Saturday after a sudden illness. Members of the Juventus squad that beat Tottenham on Wednesday night were in attendance, including Italy’s national team captain Gianluigi Buffon. Astori will be buried in Bergamo, where he grew up and his parents still live. Astori leaves a wife and a two-year-old daughter. Audio of the service was broadcast to the thousands outside the church, many of whom were in tears.…

The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has been adjourned indefinitely. Chairman of the Tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar, announced the adjournment in a short ruling on the resumption of trial in Abuja today. He said the tribunal would await the decision of the Supreme Court on the appeals filed by both Saraki and the Federal Government. Saraki is being tried on three of the 18 count-charge for false declaration of assets. Umar gave the ruling after listening to the addresses of both the defence and prosecuting lawyers. In his address, the prosecuting counsel…

Britain will build a new 112-bed wing at Kirikiri Prison in Lagos so that it can transfer Nigerian prisoners there, foreign secretary, Boris Johnson announced in London today. In a written statement to parliament, Johnson said tenders had been placed and a supplier identified to conduct the building work at Kirikiri. He did not name the supplier. The project will be funded from Britain’s Conflict, Stability and Security Fund, which has an annual budget of more than 1 billion pounds and aims to commission projects that can help prevent conflicts and stabilise countries or regions. The new 112-bed wing, which…

“Don’t let your inner critic get the best of you, advises Citi’s Bola Oyesanya” “Confidence is so important, so embrace who you are because it’s what makes you unique,” she says. She herself learned this firsthand, when earlier in her career she regarded her Nigerian accent as a potential issue, which even led her to talk herself out of some client-facing jobs. Her colleagues had assured her that her accent was an advantage as it made her memorable, but a defining moment came when a client mentioned that she liked her voice. “Don’t ever tell yourself that the things that…

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly has revealed Nigerian Senators best kept secret: their pay packet. In a major interview with TheNews magazine, Sani said he and his colleagues received N13.5 million monthly as running cost. The revelation by the Senator was the first time a member of the National Assembly will confirm speculations that Nigerian senators are earning N41.5 million quarterly as a running cost. The Kaduna Senator said the earned running cost was in addition to the over N700,000 monthly consolidated salary and allowances of each member of the Senate. The Senator…

More than 20 people have died in clashes between herders and farmers in central Nigeria, police said, part of an outbreak of violence that has piled pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari less than a year before elections. Two herders went missing in the central state of Benue on Monday and one was later found dead, a state police spokesman said. In revenge, a group armed with machetes attacked people, including women and children, in the district of Okpokwu the same day, the spokesman said. Twenty-four people died in that violence, he added. “Four suspects have so far been arrested in…