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Bandits Kill 40 In Kebbi, Zamfara

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

Residents said the funeral of 27 people had taken place while several others sustained various degrees of injuries. Dozens have also been kidnapped and hundreds of cattle rustled during the attack on neighboring villages. In Zamfara State, three people were killed in Shinkafi village. The police authorities in the states...

Edo Farmer Commits Suicide After Stabbing Wife Over Infidelity

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

A farmer identified as Friday Omosigho, has committed suicide after attacking his wife using a machete over alleged infidelity in Benin City, Edo State. It was gathered that the incident happened at Ehiozevbaru village in Uhunmwode LGA of the state. DailyTrust learnt that the deceased had accused his wife, Mercy...

‘Cancer chemical’: NAFDAC to test Indomie noodles, says importation already banned

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it will investigate allegations of a cancer-causing chemical found in Indomie noodles. Health officials in Malaysia and Taiwan said they had detected ethylene oxide, a compound, in Indomie’s special chicken flavour noodles. Ethylene oxide is a colourless, odourless...

Troops rescue pregnant Chibok girl with three-year-old child

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

Troops of the 114 taskforce battalion of the Nigerian army have rescued one of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted by insurgents in 2014. On April 14, 2014, 276 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok town, Borno. Many of the girls have since been...

May Day: I’ll increase salary, pay workers living wage – Tinubu

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

In what appeared a pledge to embark on wage increase in the middle of the year, President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has vowed to give more than a minimum wage to Nigerian Workers, promising instead, to give them a “living wage”. “In the Nigeria I shall have the honour and privilege...

All Nigerian Students Evacuated From Khartoum – Association

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

The National Association of Nigerian Students in Sudan says all stranded students in the war-racked North African country have been evacuated from the country’s capital, Khartoum. The Public Relations Officer of the association, Amal Pantami, made this known in a statement on Sunday. “This is to inform the general public...

Gas leak kills 11 in India

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

A gas leak killed 11 people in India on Sunday, an official said, in the latest deadly industrial accident in the vast developing economy of 1.4 billion people. The gas leak happened in Giaspura, an industrial area of Ludhiana in the northern state of Punjab. “Eleven deaths are confirmed,” Mandeep...

2023 UTME Results Out Tuesday, Says JAMB

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates who sat for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to start checking their results on Tuesday. The directive was given via a statement issued on Monday, May 1, by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, after the board’s emergency management meeting...

Organised Labour Seeks Review Of Retirement Age For Public Servants

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

The Organised Labour on Monday demanded the review of retirement age for all public servants from 60 to 65 years and from 35 years to 40 years of service. The Organised Labour made the demand during this year’s Workers’ Day Celebration with the theme, ‘Workers’ Rights and Socioeconomic Justice’. Past...

NLC: We’ll create hall of shame for judges that compromise election tribunals

NewsDeskNgMay 1, 2023May 1, 20230

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has cautioned judges against being compromised as they oversee election petition tribunals. Joe Ajaero, NLC president, spoke on Sunday in Abuja at a press conference organised by the Labour and Civil Society Movement Front. Ajaero said the organised labour and civil society movements will create...