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Mr Kayode Aderanti, the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 1, Kano, says the arrested former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido would remain in their custody for further investigation. Aderanti, who, spoke through the Public Relations Officer, Zone 1, DSP Sambo Sokoto disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Kano on Sunday. According to him, the former Governor ‘honourably’ presented himself before the Police after an invitation was sent to him to answer questions. “The invitation was as a result of a complaint we received from the Jigawa State Government on April 27, following an inciting statements…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has been sued over the N13billion that it discovered at Osbourne Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos state. According to The Punch, the EFCC was dragged before a Federal High Court in Lagos by an activist lawyer Olukoya Ogungbeje. Ogungbeje wants the court to suspend action on the forfeiture application filed by the anti-corruption agency until the EFCC has found out the owner of the money. Ogungbeje is praying that the court order the EFCC to provide a report of its preliminary or final investigation on ownership of the monies and how the funds got…

Over 400 persons of Fulani ethnicity across the country have converted to Christianity, NAN reports. This was disclosed in a sermon by Reverend Copper Sebok of COCIN Church Panyam, Plateau state, on Sunday, April 30, at the end of a 3-day conference organised for all Fulani converts of all denominations nationwide. Rev. Sebok urged the converts to preach the gospel of peace to their kindred in order to reduce the prevailing crises in the country. He said: “The conference is also a re-union service for all Fulani converts regardless of their denominations and to share experiences and encourage one another…

Mr Musa Kimo, the Commissioner of Police of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has warned the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) against its planned protest in Abuja. Kimo gave the warning in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesman, Usen Omorodion, in Abuja on Sunday. He said as a professional organisation, the command would not fold its arms and watch criminal elements hide under the guise of such protest to cause breakdown of law and order. Kimo advised residents to go about their lawful duties without fear and molestation. In a related development, the FCT spokesman the command arrested a…

Undergraduates of the University of Manchester are currently on hunger strike in protest and solidarity with the way Palestinian prisoners are being treated in Israeli jails. Student activists at the University of Manchester have hinted that the hunger strike will last for at least one week while also demanding that authorities drop disciplinary action against activists for protests in March. The hunger strike is coming after more than 1,500 Palestinian political prisoners, led by senior Fatah figure Marwan Barghouti, refused food to raise awareness of alleged abuses by Israeli prison authorities. Mohammed Ezzeldin, one of the five UK students on…

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) has called on the Federal Government to shelve its planned harmonisation of salaries of health workers in the country. The association’s position is contained in a communiqué issued by Dr Mike Ogirima, President of NMA, on Sunday at the end of the 57th Annual General Meeting and Delegate Conference of the association, held in Calabar, from April 24 to 29 . It noted although health workers faced many hazards in the discharge of their duties, their output could not be compared to doctors who performed the bulk of the medical services. “There is an attempt…

– NLC and TUC say the cancellation is to show their anger at the state government’s treatment of workers – Labour leaders say it is not true that the state government has paid workers and pensioners – They said the actions of the state government is affecting the civil service and the lives of workers. Angry workers in Kogi have vented their anger against the state government by cancelling the celebration of Workers’ Day. Vanguard reports that organised labour in the state said it would not be honouring the May Day event. Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Onuh…

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) said that Nigeria, the ninth largest gas producing nation in the world, lost over 850 million dollars to gas flaring in 2015. Mrs Pat Maseli, Deputy Director, Head, Upstream, DPR, gave the statistics at the just concluded 10th Annual Sub-Saharan Africa Oil and Gas Conference in Houston, Texas, US. This is according to a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Lagos on Sunday by Mr Sonny Oputa, Chairman, Energy Corporate African, the organiser of the conference. Maseli said that the development led to a loss of 3,500 megawatts of…

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has promised to spare no effort in ensuring that the state clears the four months outstanding salaries of workers in the state. He made the disclosure in a statement signed by his Special Adviser, Communication and Strategy, Mr Yomi Layinka on Sunday, ahead of the commemoration of 2017 Workers’ Day celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state owes the workers four months salaries, having cleared the backlog till December 2016. Ajimobi urged the workers to continue to put in their best and key into the state government’s reform agenda aimed…

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara has stated that the House is committed to passing a new minimum wage bill. In a statement to mark the 2017 Workers’ Day, Dogara, reiterated the resolve and commitment of the parliament to enacting the New minimum wage bill for Nigerian workers. He said that increasing workers’ salary and wages has become necessary in view of the current inflation, naira devaluation and rising cost of living. “I wish to congratulate the entire Nigerian workers as they join their counterparts the world over in commemorating the International Workers’ Day. “While commending you…