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TEACHER IN CUSTODY FOR BEATING PUPIL TO COMA, SCHOOL SHUT
A 30-year-old teacher at the Landmark School Mgbakwu in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Faith Nwonye, has been arrested for allegedly beating an eight-year-old pupil into a coma. The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, who disclosed this to journalists in her office, on Monday, also announced the permanent closure of…
PRINCE HARRY BID TO INCLUDE RUPERT MURDOCH IN PHONE HACKING CLAIM AGAINST THE SUN
Prince Harry cannot broaden legal action against News Group Newspapers (NGN) to include new allegations against Rupert Murdoch, the High Court has ruled. On Tuesday, Mr Justice Fancourt said the claims about Mr Murdoch’s alleged knowledge of unlawful activity at the group added “nothing material” to the case. Harry and several others are suing NGN…
₦30,000 MINIMUM WAGE: LABOUR ISSUES TWO-WEEK ULTIMATUM TO DEFAULTING STATES
The organised labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, on Monday, ordered state chapters to issue two weeks ultimatum to states that have failed to implement the old N30,000 minimum wage. The NLC and TUC took this decision during a jointly held National Executive Council meeting which took place on Monday….
IRAN PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI AND FOREIGN MINISTER DEAD IN HELICOPTER CRASH, SAYS STATE MEDIA
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi has died in a helicopter crash in foggy weather in the mountains near the border with Azerbaijan, Iranian state media has reported. Foreign minister Hossein Amir-abdollahian was among those killed. With Raisi and Amir-abdollahian in Sunday’s fatal crash were the governor of Iran’s East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards, the state-run…
TSAI ING-WEN, THE LEADER WHO BROUGHT TAIWAN CLOSER TO THE US, BOWS OUT
In a riot of yellow braids, glitter and spandex, garnished with a huge yellow water lily, Taiwan’s latest global celebrity danced her heart out for the island’s diminutive, softly spoken president, whose mild manners belie her outsized legacy. Tsai Ing-wen, 67, stepped down as Taiwan’s president on Monday. Before handing over the keys, on Wednesday she welcomed…
BIDEN: WHAT WOULD TRUMP HAVE DONE IF THE CAPITOL RIOTS HAD BEEN LED BY BLACK AMERICANS?
Joe Biden has launched one of his most scathing attacks yet on Donald Trump’s record of racism, suggesting that the former US president would have acted differently to the January 6 2021insurrection if was led by Black people. The remarks, at a dinner hosted by a civil rights organisation in a critical swing state, pointed to…
GUNMEN RAZE HOUSES, BEHEADED TWO, KIDNAP SEVEN IN EBONYI
Two people were beheaded, seven others including women were kidnapped, and five houses were razed in an attack by suspected warlords early this morning at Ikachi village in the Akparata area of Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State. President General of the Effium community, Dr. James Agena, in a statement released in Abakaliki, the…
MINIMUM WAGE: NO WORKER CAN SURVIVE ON LESS THAN N100,000 – SHEHU SANI
Former Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has called on the Federal Government to address the issue of minimum wage, noting that no Nigerian worker can survive on less than N100,000 given the current economic situation in the country. Sani stated this in an interview with ARISE TV on the ongoing minimum wage controversy between…
NAIRA APPRECIATES ON OFFICIAL, PARALLEL FX MARKET AHEAD OF MPC MEETING
The naira appreciated by N90 on the parallel segment of the foreign exchange (FX) market yesterday, as it closed at N1,450/$1, compared to the previous day’s rate of N1,540/$1.The positive trend extended to the official Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEX) window, where the naira appreciated by N36.66, closing at N1,497.33/$1 compared to the N1,533.99/$1…
DOCTOR, NURSES NABBED OVER MISSING PLACENTA IN KWARA HOSPITAL
The police in Kwara State have commenced an investigation into the disappearance of the umbilical cord and placenta of a newborn baby at Government Cottage Hospital, Iloffa in the Oke-Ero Local Government Area of the state. The suspects detained by the police include a resident doctor, three nurses and a ward attendant at the hospital….