DSS ARRESTS ABDULRASHEED MAINA

This is to confirm that the Department of State Services (DSS), in a combined operation, on 30th September, 2019, arrested Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT).

Breaking: Minimjm Wage: Strike looms as NLC, TUC, Give FG one week to conclude talks on Consequential Adjustment

Organised labour in Nigeria has given the federal government one week to conclude stalled negotiations on consequential adjustment of salaries of workers between grade 7 and 14

Over 177 Guns recover in Sokoto, Kebbi & Zamfara from armed bandits

Over  177 guns were recovered by Police in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states in the ongoing efforts to stamp out criminal activities in the three states.

Mr Bashir Musa, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Zone 10 of Nigeria Police Headquarters Sokoto disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday.

Nigeria @ 59: What We’ve Overcome Gives Us Confidence in a Better Future- Tinubu

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has predicted a better future for Nigeria, saying what the country had overcome in the past had given us the confidence and courage to believe that we can achieve even more.

PTAD SCREEN. 1400 PENSIONERS IN SOKOTO

Over one thousand four hundred pensioners from Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara stateS have been screened in the ongoing verification exercise by the Pension Transition Arrangement Directorate PTAD

Breaking: Tribunal Dismissed Ogboru's petition against Okowa

The  Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Asaba, Delta State has dismissed the  petition filed by Great Ogboru of the All Progressives Congress against Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the Peoples Democratic Party.

GROWING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY: SENATOR IFEANYI UBAH AND ANAMBRA SOUTH INDUSTRIALISTS, CHIEF ALLEN ONYEMA, CEO OF AIR PEACE, CHIEF AKAI EGWUONWU, CEO; ANAMBRA RICE/STINE MILLS HOLD BI-LATERAL MEETING WITH CHINESE CONSULAR GENERAL IN LAGOS.

In furtherance of my Bi-lateral meeting with the Chinese Consulate, yesterday, I led two of my constituents and illustrious key players in the Nigerian economic sector; Chief Allen Onyema, CEO of Air Peace and Chief Akai Egwuonwu, CEO of Anambra Rice to a strategic partnership meeting with the Chinese Consul General; Mr Chao Xiaoliang in Lagos.

Chairman Christian Chukwu advocates Inclusion of home based players in National Team

Former Nigeria Coach and captain of the 1980 Green Eagles national football team,  Coach Christina Chukwu has thanked Nigerians and philanthropist Femi Otedola for their care and support throughout his medical travails.

STABILIZATION OF THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr. Mrs. Folashade Yemi-Esan as the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation with immediate effect.
Dr. Mrs. Yemi-Esan, who is the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources takes over from Mrs. Winifred Ekanem Oyo-Ita, who has been directed to proceed on an indefinite leave to allow conclusion of the investigation being carried out by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

XENOPHOBIC ATTACK 314 NIGERIANS RETURN

The second batch of Nigerians have returned from South Africa.
They are 314 in number.
The returnees arrived at 7.40pm Nigerian time.
We have more in this report.
After the long wait, over 300 Returnees from South Africa arrived  Nigerians
Journalists were not allowed into the arrival point for security reasons.