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Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has said there is no likelihood President Muhammadu Buhari will dissolve his cabinet. He said the president will retain his ministers till at least May 22, 2019. Mr. Mohammed dropped the indication to State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council, FEC meeting in Abuja on Thursday. After the FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, State House correspondents had asked the minister questions bothering on when Buhari may!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Following the recent assent to the new national minimum wage by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Benue State Government has agreed to pay the approved N30,000. The state Governor Samuel Ortom made the disclosure today, April 25 at the JS Tarka Foundation, Makurdi while declaring open the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Benue State Council Delegates Conference. Ortom noted that the Nigerian worker deserves more than N30,000 minimum wage if funds were available to pay, pointing out that consultations would soon commence!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed who recently returned from an international tour has revealed that it was easy for him to sell President Muhammadu Buhari second term agenda to the world. He said “Muhammadu Buhari is a good product which is why I easily sold him to the international community during my recent tour.” Mohammed who disclosed this when he featured on a Nigeria Television Authority, NTA programme on the tour, said he utilized the opportunity to let the international community know that!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria for the United Kingdom (UK) anytime soon. According to the presidency, the visit is a “private visit” It added that the president will leave the country after an official visit scheduled for Maiduguri, the Borno State capital on Thursday. This is further to his official visit to Lagos on Wednesday where he commissioned a number of projects, some still under construction, by the State Government. According to Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Magnus Ngei Abe has appealed to the people of Ogoni ethnic nationality to imbibe the spirit of forgiveness so as to usher in peace, progress, and prosperity into the land. Abe made the appeal at a multi-stakeholders meeting of Ogoni leaders cutting across the political class, academia, women, youths and the traditional institution at Saakpenwa, headquarters of Tai Local Government Area of the State on Easter Monday. A!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka has given President Muhammadu Buhari a pat on the back in his fight against corruption. Soyinka who stated this on a BBC programme, Hard Talk, said of Buhari’s top three campaign promises, the president performed best in the anti-graft war. On security, Soyinka said while Buhari is making progress in curbing Boko Haram insurgency, the president failed to tackle the herders-farmers crisis. He said Buhari has been slow in responding to the crisis, saying the president handled the situation!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

For allegedly belonging to an unlawful society, four men, including two teenagers have been arraigned before an Ogudu Magistrates Court in Lagos. The defendants – Latubosun Adenuga, 19; Dani Sodiq, 24; Nurudeen Adebanjo, 24; and Idowu Abdullahi, 19 – are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and membership of unlawful society. The Prosecutor, Insp. Lucky Ihiehie, told the Court that the defendants with others still at large, committed the offences on April 5, at Igbogbo area on Ikorodu Road, Lagos State. Ihiehie!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

Nigerian Rapper, Michael Ugochukwu better known as Ruggedman has reprimanded his colleague and singer, Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley over his supportive comment on internet fraud. Marley had yesterday during a live Instagram session urged Nigerians to pray for internet fraudsters because “they are crucial to the circulation of money in the Nigerian economy.” His comments allegedly gave the impression that swindling foreigners was justifiable because they had forced Nigerians and the black race into!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

The Plateau State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended its Chairman, Hon. Damishi Sango, and his Deputy, Amos Goyol, over allegation of financial misconduct. The Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, John Akans disclosed this in a statement dated April 24, 2019. Part of the statement reads: “We the members of the State Executive of the Peoples Democratic Party, Plateau State Chapter in a meeting held on the 24th day of April 2019 at the State Party Office due to imminent issues arising!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…

After allegedly defrauding Nigerians through a ponzi scheme, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested the chief executive officer of Galaxy Transportation, Babagana Dalori over the offence. In a statement issued by the spokesman of the commission, Tony Orilade said 27,400 Nigerians lost N7 billion through fake promises of high returns on their investment in Dalori’s companies. The statement added Dalori was discovered to have initially paid investors 200 per cent interest on their deposits in!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…