FCT minister urged to get his security council to restore order in Abuja following clashes with Shiites

FEDERAL Capital Territory (FCT) minister Mallam Bello Muhammad has been instructed to summon a meeting of his security council to address the recent violence of the last week that has resulted in dozens of deaths and the arrest of about 400 Shiite Muslims.

 

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Rochas Okorocha declares himself the landlord of the APC in the southeast and Imo State

GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha has boasted that he is the landlord of the All Progressives Congress (APC)  in Imo State and southeast as a whole so as such would never consider leaving the party to join another one.

 

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Ganduje to appear before Kano State House of Assembly tomorrow to answer bribery charges

KANO State's Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has been invited by the Kano State House of Assembly to appear before its ad-hoc committee set up to investigate a videos showing him allegedly taking bribe from a government contractor.

 

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Buhari promises to compensate victims of 2011 post-election violence killed after he lost to Goodluck

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to deal decisively with the perpetrators of the recent violence in Kaduna that claimed over 60 lives and promised to pay compensation to the victims of the 2011 post-election violence in the state.

 

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Shehu Sani promises to support labour demands for a N30,000 minimum wage of the senate floor

KADUNA Central Senatorial District lawmaker Senator Shehu Sani has backed the protests by labour unions over a new minimum wage telling governors that the country can afford to pay a living salary of N30,000 a month to workers.

 

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PDP zones speaker of House of Representatives position to southwest geo-political zone

NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned the position of the speaker of the House of Representatives to the southwest geo-political zone as part of a strategy to reach out to the area in a bid to woo voters as the February elections loom.

 

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Islamic Movement in Nigeria to continue its protests despite the killing of many of its members

SHIITE group the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) is continuing its protests despite security forces opening fire on the sect killing dozens of unarmed protesters and arresting about 400 of its members over the last four days.

 

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Labour unions reject Nigerian Governors Forum offer of N22,500 minimum wage and plan to proceed with Nov 6 strike

LABOUR leaders have rejected a decision by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to peg the new minimum waged at N22,500 ($62) a month saying that the government must honour the agreement to raise it to N30,000 ($82.50) or face a general strike as from November 6.

 

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Apga leader says party officials pleaded with Bianca not to run for senator but she remained defiant

GOVERNOR Willie Obiano's special adviser and the former publicity secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga) Ifeatu Obi-Okoye has warned that the party warned Bianca Ojukwu not to contest the Anambra South senatorial seat but she would not listen.

 

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Okorocha says only Uche Nwosu can protect the integrity of Buhari and that of the APC in Imo State

GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) that his son-in-law Uche Nwosu remains the only hope for the state as his candidature alone can protect the high integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari and that of the party.

 

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