Category: Top Stories
ASUU urges measures to avert nationwide strike over unmet demands
29 Jun 2024
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged Nigerians to prevail on the Federal Government (FG) to grant its demands for better welfare and administrative conditions in public universities. The union made the request on Friday at a news conference held at the Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu. The Zonal Coordinator, ASUU Calabar Zone, […]
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NLC cautions governors against dictatorial tendencies
29 Jun 2024
The Nigeria Labour Congress on Friday cautioned state governors against exhibiting dictatorial tendencies amidst the recent statements made by some governors regarding their desire to pay what they deem fit to Nigerian workers as the minimum wage. “This notion is not only dictatorial but also undermines the very essence as well as the model adopted […]
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Court jails immigration officer in Gombe
29 Jun 2024
A Gombe State High Court has sentenced an employee of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Dabiet Gilbert, to one year in prison for a job scam. Gilbert was accused of defrauding Akoh Accoustic of N800,000 with the promise of securing a job placement with the Nigerian Correctional Services. Gilbert’s charge read, “That you Dabiet Gilbert on […]
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N84.2Billion Fraud: Nigerian Court Restates Order For Arrest Of Former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello
29 Jun 2024
The court agreed with the EFCC’s counsel, Dr Kemi Pinheiro (SAN) and restated the order it made on April 17, which directed security agencies to arrest and produce him before it to answer for the 19 counts bordering on fraud pending against him. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the immediate […]
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NIMC to upgrade software as NIN hits 107 million
29 Jun 2024
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has said that 107.33 million Nigerians have been enrolled into the National Identification Number (NIN) database as of May 2023. This is an increase of 3.18 million from the 104.16 million recorded as of December 31, 2023. The Director of Database at NIMC, Mr. Femi Fabunmi, disclosed this during a press briefing on Friday in […]
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Tinubu promises aid to victims of the fire at the Abuja market.
28 Jun 2024
President Bola Tinubu has expressed his administration’s support for the victims of the fire that erupted at the Old Karu market in Abuja’s Federal Capital Territory on Thursday. Authorities from Federal Fire Service, Federal Capital Territory Fire Service, and Julius Berger Fire Service extinguished the fire, which had destroyed items valued at millions of naira. […]
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Netizens dig out old wedding photos of Sharon Ooja’s husband.
28 Jun 2024
Nigerians dig up an old picture of Sharon Ooja’s husband at his former wedding to his ex-wife, alongside evidence of their divorce proceedings. Remember how a blogger named Stella Dimorkokorkus disclosed that he had three unsuccessful marriages before marrying Sharon? That was his fourth wife. Although this was quickly disputed by Bisola who is Sharon […]
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NCoS Dismisses 3 Officers, Sanctions 22 Others Over Misconduct
28 Jun 2024
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed three personnel and sanctioned 22 others for gross misconduct. The action, was part of efforts to ensure discipline of personnel and entrench international correctional best practices. This was contained in a statement issued by the spokesman of the Service, Abubakar Umar, an assistant controller, on Thursday in Abuja. […]
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NANS accuses EFCC of illegal detention of poly students in Osun
28 Jun 2024
The Osun axis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Joint Campus Committee, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of illegally abducting some students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State. It was gathered that the EFCC operatives from the Ibadan Zonal office stormed Ede and arrested the students during a […]
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