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NGF says only Lagos can afford N30,000 minimum wage

Nov 16, 2018 topnews

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, has said that only Lagos State Government can pay the new minimum wage of N30,000. The governors who met last night in Abuja also resolved to downsize, if they must pay the new minimum wage. They, however resolved at the emergency meeting to send another delegation to President Muhammadau Buhari to canvass their position on the new Minimum Wage. Members of the committee to see President Buhari are governors of Lagos, Akinwumi Ambode; Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, Simon Lalong of Plateau State; Mohammed Abubakar…

Dasuki, Diezani, Shema, Fayose Houses Top List Of Seized Assets

Nov 15, 2018 topnews

Owners of the mansions seized by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been unveiled. They are former governors, ex-ministers, top military officers and businessmen. Leading the pack is a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, who has forfeited some prized assets. Lost to the Federal Government by the ex-Minister are a multi-storey building in Banana Island Foreshore Estate in Ikoyi, Lagos; a real estate comprising six flats in Ikoyi and an estate of 21 mixed housing in Yaba, Lagos. Many properties allegedly linked with Diezani have…

Wisconsin School Students’ Nazi Salute Photo Provokes Uproar

Nov 14, 2018 topnews

A photo of mostly white US students laughing as they make a Nazi salute has triggered outrage. More than 50 boys from Baraboo High School in Wisconsin were pictured making the “Sieg Heil” gesture. The school district and local police have launched an investigation into the image, which was reportedly snapped before a junior prom. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum condemned the photo. One of the boys in the picture made an OK sign with his thumb and forefinger, a gesture that has been adopted by white power groups. An…

MTN To Acquire Banking Licence In Nigeria

Nov 14, 2018 topnews

Rob Shuter, the chief executive officer at MTN Group, says the group will acquire an independent banking licence in Nigeria by 2019. Speaking at a telecoms conference in Cape Town, South Africa on Tuesday, the MTN CEO said it will put in an application in December and should lunch the bank in second quarter 2019. “We will be applying for a payment service banking licence in Nigeria in the next month or so,” Shuter said. “And if all goes according to plan, we will also be launching mobile money in…

Prisoners To Sit For 2018 Neco Exams In Ogun State

Nov 13, 2018 topnews

The Nigerian Prisons Service, Ogun State Command, has registered 35 prison inmates for the 2018 National Examination Council (NECO) examination that will commence on November 15, 2018. On Tuesday, the State Prison Service spokesman, Victor Oyeleke, said the 35 inmates were drawn from three of the six prisons in the state. Oyeleke said, “The approval is made possible through efforts of the welfare officer of the Old Abeokuta Prison Ibara, ASP Abdulhakeem Awesu who is also the education coordinator of the prison.” The inmates registered for subjects in Arts, Sciences,…

Tony Elumelu tasks African leaders on attractive investment policies

Nov 13, 2018 topnews

Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings, and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, has called on African heads of state to develop policies that will attract private sector investment. He made the call while speaking to private sector captains, global investment leaders, and key players in Africa’s development sector at a plenary discussion at the Africa Investment Forum, titled: Championing Investments in Africa – Conversations with the private sector. Organised by the African Development Bank (AfDB), he event featured robust and interactive conversations on Africa’s investment landscape, with a view to articulating…

40m Nigerians suffering from mental disorders— FG

Nov 13, 2018 topnews

An estimated 40 million Nigerians are believed to be suffering from mental disorders. This was made known by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Health, Abdulaziz Abdullahi, at the ongoing mental health action committee and stakeholders workshop in Abuja. Abdullahi, who attributed the country’s high burden of mental disorders to inadequate attention to mental illnesses, misconceptions and lack of awareness on the part of the public, said more people would be disabled by psychological challenges than complications arising from HIV/AIDS, heart disease, accidents and wars combined by the year 2020. He…

UI international school shut over hijab controversy

Nov 13, 2018Nov 13, 2018 topnews

The International School Ibadan, owned by the University of Ibadan, was on Monday shut over the appearance of some students, dressed in hijab against what the management prescribed as the dress code. Some parents, under the aegis of the International School Muslim Parents’ Forum, in a letter dated November 9, 2018, and signed by Abdurrhaman Balogun (chairman) and Bilikis Badiru (secretary), and sent to the Principal of the school, Mrs Phebean Olowe, and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics, UI, Prof. Abideen Aderinto, stated that they were “putting the schools’ management on…

Two children, dog found dead in father’s freezer in Lagos

Nov 13, 2018 topnews

Ikorodu residents woke up to a shocker on Sunday when the corpse of two children and a dog were found in a freezer. The incident was said to have occurred at 2, Christian Onoja Street, Igbogbo in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Government Development Area at 4.30pm. A neighbour who preferred anonymity said the children, Emmanuel Edeh, seven years and Darasimi Edeh, female, four years and their father, Mr Michael Edeh, were at home on the day of the incident. “On Sunday afternoon, we were alerted by their father who emerged from within…

APC And PDP Have Nothing To Offer Nigerians – Donald Duke

Nov 13, 2018 topnews

Former Governor of Cross River state, Donald Duke has warned Nigerians not to replace failure with past failure in the forthcoming election. Donald Duke, who is the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party(SDP) informed Nigerians that both the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) have nothing to offer Nigerians other than expanding and creating more problems. Duke, who was a PDP member and flew on the party’s platform to become governor twice, said this in a tweet on Sunday. According to him, Nigerians must flush out…