Author: David Great

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has approved the immediate payment of N70,000, the new minimum wage for all administration staff. This was contained in a statement signed by the Press Secretary to the Head of the Civil Service of the FCT, Anthony Odeh, and made available to journalists on Tuesday. Recall that President Bola Tinubu, signed the new Minimum Wage Bill into law in May 2024, approving N70,000 as minimum wage for workers, following months of negotiation with organised labour. The FCT Chapters of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress had also threatened…

Two officers attached to the Abia State Police Command, Inspectors Dunna Jatau and Bala Mohammed, were ambushed by armed assailants while on official duty on Sunday night. According to a statement on Monday by the command’s spokesperson, ASP Maureen Chinaka, the officers were attacked by armed men dressed in black attire after dropping off a member of the House of Representatives, Ginger Onwusibe. The statement read, “On 17/11/2024, at about 20:30hrs, two police officers from the Special Protection Unit Base 4, Makurdi—Inspector Dunna Jatau and Inspector Bala Mohammed—assigned to Hon. Ginger Onwusibe, a member of the House of Representatives representing…

Tottenham’s Rodrigo Bentancur has been banned for seven matches after the Uruguayan made a racist remark about South Korean people when talking about teammate Son Heung-min during a television appearance, the Football Association said on Monday. Bentancur had denied the charge, but an independent regulatory commission found it to be proven and imposed the sanctions, which includes a fine of 100,000 pounds ($126,160). The FA said in a statement the midfielder “acted in an improper manner and/or used abusive and/or insulting words and/or brought the game into disrepute”. “It was further alleged that this constitutes an “aggravated breach”… as it…

An Officer of Department of State Service, DSS, attached to Kebbi State Command (names witheld), has assaulted a Correspondent of Authority newspaper, Mallam Shuaibu Zubair, when the journalist asked him to pay up his electricity bill. The DSS officer, who got angry because his co-tenants reminded him that he only paid N4,000 out of N5,000 he ought to have paid, suddenly got angry, assaulted Mallam Zubair, who led other tenants to confront him six times and bragged that he could kill Zubair, and nothing would happen. Briefing newsmen about his ordeal, Mallam Zubair explained that the DSS officer, who…

After a nightmare spell at Al Hilal, which has been plagued by injuries, Neymar Jr could be set for a shock move back to Santos – the club where he made his name as a teenager. The former PSG and Barcelona forward, according to prominent journalist Cesar Luis Merlo, has agreed a deal to return home despite having a contract with Saudi club Al Hilal until June 2025. His current club are working on a deal to terminate the rest of his deal, so he can go back to Santos, with the club wanting to announce him after they clinch…

Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk praised opponents Hungary for their decision to play on in their Nations League clash on Saturday after assistant coach Adam Szalai appeared to have suffered a fit on the bench only minutes after kick-off. There was a 13-minute medical delay as Szalai was treated pitch side before being taken to an Amsterdam hospital. The Hungarian federation said he was recovering. He could be seen lying on the floor, next to the team’s bench, with his legs twitching and kicking uncontrollably as staff and substitutes quickly formed a protective barrier around him. “That was quite a…

Prof. Helen Paul, an acclaimed entertainer and educator, has climbed another rung of the success ladder by receiving the renowned Honorary Georgia Citizen Award in the United States of America. The award certificate issued by Brad Raffensperger, Secretary of State of the State of Georgia, reads: “May this outstanding citizen be offered every courtesy as a Goodwill Ambassador from Georgia in her travels to other states, to nations beyond the borders of the United States of America, or wherever she may hereafter travel or reside. Thank you for your service to our state.” A female Senator from Georgia, who presented the award, praised Helen Paul, who had recently completed training as Substitute Teacher, ‘as an asset to the people of Georgia’. She stated, “Everybody is touched by a professor or someone who creates an atmosphere for learning. Thank you so much for being a public servant to a point that you pour out so much to educate people.” Prof Helen, an Independent National Electoral Commission ambassador, earned the award shortly after joining a Nigerian delegation to observe the US presidential election won by former president…

Four people, including a soldier, were reportedly killed by suspected cultists at North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi, the capital city of Benue State, Friday night. Clashes among rival cult members have been on the increase around the North Bank area in the past few weeks. Eyewitness accounts disclosed that those killed on Friday night (the two young men) were not cultists but victims of cultists who were on the rampage. Confirming the incident, Chairman of the Vigilante Group known as Operation Shara in the North Bank, Nura Umar, said that four people, including a soldier, were killed in separate…

After a sensational end to proceedings, Uruguay beat Colombia 3-2 in FIFA World Cup qualifying (WCQ), continuing a 51-year and nine-game unbeaten run in home World Cup-related head-to-heads against La Tricolor. Now on opposite sides, Liverpool pair Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez both made early defence-stretching runs but were halted by Jose Maria Gimenez and Jhon Lucumi respectively, with the former’s challenge even pulling up a chunk of turf. The first notable opportunity fell to Jhon Duran in the 12th minute when Richard Rios flicked the ball past Nahitan Nandez and provided a pinpoint cross for the striker, who reached…

Paul Pogba’s Juventus career is over after the Serie A club announced on Friday that the France midfielder’s contract had been terminated even though his doping ban was cut to 18 months on appeal. Pogba will be able to return to competitive football in March after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) chopped last month an initial four-year suspension handed down by the Italian anti-doping authority NADO. But Juventus have decided to cut ties with Pogba, whose return to Turin from Manchester United was ruined by a string of problems on and off the pitch. In a statement, Juve…