Insecurity: Kebbi State Bans Mining Activities Till Further Notice

Kebbi state government has today issued an order banning all mining sites and activities around them in the state till further notice. This was made known by the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Yakubu Tafida, through a statement issued to journalists at the state government House in Birnin Kebbi citing some reason for the order.

VON Confirms Murder Of Missing Zamfara Journalist, Hamisu

A missing Zamfara journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, has been found dead, according to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). Confirming the death, VON in a statement on Thursday signed by its Director General, Osita Okechukwu, said “It is with a heavy heart that the staff and management of Voice of Nigeria (VON) announce the murder of Hamisu Danjibga, our correspondent who was kidnapped in the early hours of Monday, 18th September 2023, by terrorists at Zamfara State.

NDLEA Set To Host 31st African Anti-Drug Conference

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is set to host delegates from 54 African countries and 15 observer nations on September 26, 2023 in Abuja for the 31st meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa (HONLAF). This was made known on Tuesday at joint press briefing by the Secretary to NDLEA, Shadrach Haruna and the Country Representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Oliver Stolpe.

Insecurity: Bandits Kidnap Students of Federal University Gusau

In an early our of today, some number of yet to be identified students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara state wake up to an unfortunate day as kidnappers stormed the campus and whisked away some students. It was learned that the bandits in their large number invaded the student community of the off-campus student hostel where student constitutes the tenants of the community and whisked them away whom were mostly females.

Minimum Wage: What Labour Minister told Us – TUC

President of the trade union Congress, TUC, Comrade Festus Osifo has revealed the outcome of its meeting between the Labour and the Federal Government. Recall the TUC gave the federal government two weeks ultimatum to address Nigerian workers concerning wage review or risk an industrial action from Nigerian workers.
Osifo said Nigerian workers were becoming impatient by the day following the unabated inflation occasioned by the removal of fuel subsidy by president Tinubu administration which has brought hardship on Nigerians.

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