Author: Kwara Reporters

Traders Association Singer Market, Kano State on Monday pledged to reduce and stabilise prices of essential commodities in the state.The Chairman of the Association, Ibrahim Danyaro, disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Kano.He said this shortly after meeting with the Chairman of Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission, Muhuyi Magaji Rimin-Gado.The commission on Sunday burst and sealed 10 warehouses that allegedly hoarded assorted food items at Dawanau International Grains Market and Singer Market.Mr Danyaro said, “We are going to work hand in hand with the commission to ensure that there is price control to ease life for people in…

The National Youth Service Corps coordinator in Katsina State, Aisha Mohammed, has warned officials against extortion of corps members.Mr Mohammed gave the warning in Katsina while addressing the heads of assignments for the forthcoming 2024 Batch ‘A’ stream I orientation course.The NYSC three weeks orientation course is scheduled to begin on Thursday.She said, “The warning is to draw your attention to redouble your commitment against such acts while on duty. I will be embarking on unscheduled inspection to local government areas. Any official found not on ground will face sanctions.’’The coordinator called on the staff members to handle their assigned…

The organised private sector, Ekiti, Sokoto, and other states have faulted the demand by the Nigeria Labour Congress for N1m minimum wage, stating that it is not realistic.The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, in an interview on Arise television on Monday, said the organised Labour might ask for N1m during the minimum wage negotiations with the Federal Government if the value of the naira continued to plummet.Reacting to the proposal, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, said the Federal Government would make a reasonable decision in line with national interest and after due consideration of available resources and…

The federal government has said all affected federal workers in about 90 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have received their January salaries.Top officials at the Head of Civil Service of the Federation (OHoCSF) and selected MDAs told Daily Trust that they have interacted with colleagues and their subordinates, who all confirmed that they received their salaries.They pleaded not to be named since they were not formally authorised to speak on the matter.One of them told our correspondent that she received her salary Sunday night and that as at 11.00am yesterday (Monday), she did not hear of anyone that had not…

Governor Bala Mohammed (centre) at a briefing after the PDP governors in Abuja on Monday, February 12, 2024 Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Monday, restated their position on state policing, as the solution to the country’s worsening security situation.The opposition governors also decried the free fall of the naira and its attendant consequences, and asked that the Federal Government’s economic team should find appropriate solutions to the challenge.The Chairman of the Forum, Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State briefed journalists after a meeting of the governors in Abuja.He decried the high cost of living…

ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer. Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Bureau – Intelligence Response Team, have eliminated several suspected kidnappers, including kingpin, Musa Wada-Magaji aka Sabo, in the Mpape area of Abuja.The killing of the bandits followed an attack on their hideouts in Mpape, by police officers.The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.He noted that Wada, aka Sabo, was the mastermind behind numerous kidnappings for ransom activities plaguing areas including Mpape and Bwari in the FCT; Kagarko in Kaduna; Masaka, and Nukun Village in Nasarawa State.He added that Wada’s…

The operatives of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have apprehended a Pastor Simon Kado, and two others for allegedly trafficking 12 children from Nasarawa State.The FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh, who paraded the suspects in Abuja, said they were arrested by the operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS 74), on Friday.He said the operatives intercepted one Muhammad Isah of Kafanchan, Kaduna State in a Toyota Hiace bus with registration number APP 489 XE, conveying the 12 children, comprising four males and eight females.He said the under-aged children were being conveyed from Akwanga, Nasarawa State to a…

The Nigeria Union of Pensioners says its members will take to the streets naked, if the welfare of pensioners in the country does not improve significantly any time soon.The National President of the union, Godwin Abumusi, told journalists at a news briefing in Abuja on Friday that his union will take the action to draw the attention of the world to the plight of pensioners.“I am going to lead Nigerian pensioners naked,” he said. “I mean, when we are going to protest, we are going to go naked on the street, so that the world will see the pensioners in…

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) wants the Federal Government to go beyond promises and get to work to cushion the economic hardships facing Nigerians. Since assuming office in May, President Bola Tinubu ended the fuel subsidy and also floated the naira, resulting in a tripling of the prices of petrol and a hike in the cost of living.Although the Federal Government has rolled out plans to cushion the impacts of the moves with several meetings held between it and organised labour, the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Festus Osifo is lamenting the hardship in the country and wants actions…

Within 36 months (2021-2023), Dangote Cement Limited has paid over N110 billion as tax to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Ogun State government, documents obtained by DAILY POST have shown.The documents showed that both Ogun and the federal governments got a total of 32,462, 664,910.08 in the year 2021. While Ogun got N921, 094, 294.6, the federal government got 31,541,570,615.45.Also in 2022, they shared 39,354, 705,409.22, with the government at the center getting, 37,703, 832,035.03; the state government got 1,650,873, 374.19.Both governments also shared 38,715, 913, 399.70 in 2023. Ogun got 2,238,591,155.26, while the federal government got 36,477,322,…