Category: Top Stories
Cable vandals bag six years imprisonment in Ogun
13 May 2024
A Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, on Wednesday sentenced three persons to six years imprisonment each for vandalising electricity cables belonging to the lbadan Electricity Distribution Company. The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ogbonnaya Dyke, disclosed this in a telephone conversation with PUNCH Metro on […]
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Benue state police threatens to impound vehicles and motorcycles with concealed plate number
13 May 2024
The Benue State Police Command has warned motorists and vehicle owners in the state against covering vehicle number plates in the state. The state command directed that any vehicle or motorcycle with its number plate covered would be impounded. In a statement titled, ‘Ban on covering of motor vehicle/motorcycle number plate in Benue State’ issued […]
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Stop electricity subsidy, IMF tells FG
13 May 2024
The International Monetary Fund has warned the Nigerian government to remove what it called implicit fuel and electricity subsidies. In a report published recently by the IME, the organisation told Nigeria that the subsidies would guzzle three per cent of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product in 2024 as against one per cent in the year […]
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Landlady, husband flee after dumping corpse into canal
13 May 2024
A landlord, Bola Abiodun, and her husband, identified simply as Sunday, have flown their Temidire community home in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State after allegedly disposing of their tenant’s body in a canal. Our correspondent learnt that the incident, which occurred at about 12:05 pm on May 8, 2024, led the state […]
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BREAKING: Workers stranded as labour pickets Jos DisCo, NERC
13 May 2024
Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress in Plateau State and the Trade Union Congress on Monday blocked the entrance of the headquarters of Jos Electricity Distribution Company in Jos, the state capital. The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission offices located at the Gold and Base axis in Jos were also picketed by the union members, leaving […]
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NLC, TUC shut down Ikeja, lbadan DisCos over electricity tariff hike
13 May 2024
Workers have stormed various offices of electricity distribution companies to protest over the Band A tariff hike. The workers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, thronged the offices of the DisCos on Monday, preventing workers from resuming work for the day. In Lagos, the workers were sighted at […]
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$2.5bn fraud: EFCC to collaborate with UK prosecutors on Diezani’s case
13 May 2024
There were sians over the weekend that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission plans to join forces with the United Kingdom prosecutors as an interested party in the trial of former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in a UK court. A team from the anti-graft commission is expected in London to initiate this process by filing […]
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Boniface nets his 20th goal of the season as leverkusen extends their unbeaten record to 50 games
13 May 2024
Victor Boniface was on target for Bayer Leverkusen in their 5-0 win away to Bochum in the Bundesliga on Sunday. It is now 50 games unbeaten in all competitions for the new Bundesliga champions. For Boniface, he has scored 13 goal, made eight assists in 22 games in the league. He has 20 goals in […]
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Abia state governor tackled over unpaid seven months salary
13 May 2024
The leadership of the Abia State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has tackled the state governor, Alex Otti, over the ongoing verification that has allegedly left many workers unpaid for over seven months, This was disclosed in a circular dated May 11 and cited by our correspondent on Sunday. It was signed by the […]
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