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The Minister of Youth Development, Jamila Bio-Ibrahim, says it is not certain that the Federal Government will increase the monthly allowance of serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Bio-Ibrahim, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics programme, said the government would find innovative ways of ensuring that corps members’ welfare are well-taken of. On plans to increase the monetary allowance for corps members Minster of Youth had this to say#PoliticsToday, pic.twitter.com/F4vpNv6e6g In January 2020, the government raised allowance for corps members from N19,000 to N33,000, about a year after then President Muhammadu Buhari signed the…

The Presidency and ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday, traded words over the state of the Nigerian economy and the monetary policies of President Bola Tinubu. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Atiku, the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said there is hunger in the land as basic commodities, including bread, are becoming out of reach for average Nigerians. However, in a swift response, the Special Adviser to the President on Information & Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said Atiku has embarked on a mission as a poor opposition-in-chief, noting that the reforms the Tinubu government will…

Residents of Minna, the Niger State capital, on Monday, protested high cost of living in the country, blocking major roads within the metropolis. The protesters including women and youths were heard chanting protest songs, while security agents including policemen looked on. Roads blocked as residents in Minna, the Niger State capital protest high cost of living.#ChannelsTVNews pic.twitter.com/bsNFxvlpZy The protesters said the rising cost of food items and poor government effort to arresting the situation forced them to block major roads so that government will hear their cry. Protesters in Minna on Monday, February 5, 2024 The Deputy Governor of Niger…

To ensure the smooth conduct of Saturday’s rerun elections in Kaduna, the State Police Command says it has beefed up security measures in designated local government areas and constituencies where the exercise will take place. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun had on Thursday imposed restrictions on movements – from 12:00 am to 6:00 pm – in areas in 26 states of the federation where by-elections and run-off polls are set to be held on Saturday. Proving clarification, the Kaduna State Police Command, Mansir Hassan, listed the local government areas as Chikun, Igabi, Kachia, Kaduna South, Kagarko, Kudan, and…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded the palace of the Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, killed Oba Peter Segun Aremu, and kidnapped his wife and two others. The traditional ruler, said to be a retired army general, was reportedly shot dead in his palace on Thursday night with his wife and two others taken away. The state government confirmed the recent incident. In a statement by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, the governor described the incident as reckless, shocking, and horrific. Kwara governor, who is also the…

A multiple accident involving four vehicles along the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway has claimed the lives of two passengers while eight others were injured in the late-night incident around Danco petrol station. The Ogun State Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Public Education Office and Chief Routes Commander Florence Okpe confirmed the Thursday incident in a statement. “Officers at Sagamu Unit Command carried out a rescue operation late last night till this morning on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway around Danco petrol station,” she said. “The crash which occurred late last night at about 22:25hrs, involved 04 vehicles with registration numbers as follows: JBD17ZY truck,…

Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court in Abuja has declined to dismiss the terrorism offences charges brought against the Chief of Staff to the Rivers State Governor Edison Ehie. Justice Olajuwon held that Ehie who was the then Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly lacked legal powers to request for dismissal of the charges. He upheld the submission of the counsel to the Inspector General of Police, Simon Lough, that Ehie was not yet competent to make any application until he appears in court to take his plea in the terrorism charges. Ehie through his lawyer, Oluwole…

Police authorities in Lagos State say the restriction of vehicular movement in the state owing to a by-election is only limited to the Surulere area of the state where the exercise for a federal constituency seat is taking place. The Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun had on Thursday imposed restrictions on movements – from 12:00 am to 6:00 pm – in areas in 26 states of the federation where by-elections and run-off polls are set to be held on Saturday. But while providing further clarification, the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command Benjamin Hundeyin said the restriction only…

Trial of the former Accountant-General of the Federation, AGF, Ahmed Idris, who was accused of siphoning public funds to the tune of about N109.4 billion, resumed on Thursday, with the defendant, alleging that he was deceived by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to implicate himself. Idris is facing a 14-count charge the anti-graft agency entered against him and three others before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, sitting at Maitama, Abuja. Other defendants in the matter are; an aide to the former AGF, Mr. Olusegun Akindele; a Director of the Federation Account, Mohammed Usman, as…

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Thursday, September 7, 2023 The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Nyesom Wike says his administration won’t leave any stone unturned in the quest to make the nation’s seat of power secure. Bandits and other criminal elements have in recent months held sway in some parts of the FCT, killing and kidnapping others. But Wike told a gathering at the flag off of the construction of Paikon-Kore Road in the Gwagwalada area of the FCT that his administration is on course to flush…