•Segun Olatunji The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists has demanded the immediate and unconditional release of a Lagos-based journalist, Segun Olatunji, who was said to have been abducted by armed men from his Lagos home last week Friday. The union made the demand in a statement signed by its Assistant National Secretary, ...
•Ningi The Rebuild Arewa Initiative for Development (RAID) has called for the unconditional reinstatement of the Senator representing Bauchi central, Abdul Ningi. It would be recalled that Ningi was suspended for three months from the National Assembly due to his claims of Budget padding of N3.7 trillion, reports The Nation. The group said the...
•Udofia and Akpabio A socio political group, Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District Frontiers for Unity, has asked Nigeria’s Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio to apologise to a former deputy governor of Akwa Ibom State, Sir Michael Udofia, over his recent outburst describing it as “offensive, jaundiced and disappointing”. Recall that during ...
For workers in the South West geopolitical political zone, the Nigeria Labour Congress has called for a new national minimum wage of N794,000. Chairman of the Lagos State Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mrs. Funmi Sessi made the aforesaid recommendation to the ruling government today. Sessi made the call in the memorandum submitted at the South-...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday demanded to see the death certificate of a former Director of Legal, Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Grace Taiga. Taiga’s lawyer, Daniel Alumun, had on November 4, 2023, informed the Federal Capital Territory High Court that his client had died, reports The PUNCH. Taiga is standing tri...
•Major General Taoreed Lagbaja A total of 113 Nigerian Army Generals yesterday bowed out of the service. The breakdown includes one General, one Lieutenant General, 67 Major Generals, and 44 Brigadier Generals. At the Regimental Dinner Night organised in honour of newly retired and retiring Nigerian Army senior officers in Abuja, the Minister ...
Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has dissolved the 13-year-old relationship between a woman, Olamide Lamidi and her partner, Saheed Lamidi. Olamide who dragged Saheed to court alleged that he was a drunk and a brute. She explained that he was in the habit of beating her every time he returned home late […]
•Iyabo Ojo and Naira Marley Nigerian singer, Afeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has accused Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo of defamation and libel against him.Nigerian singer, Afeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, has accused Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo of defamation and libel against him. The singer is seeking a public apo...
The family of the murdered female student of the University of Port Harcourt, Justina Otuene has called for justice. Otuene was allegedly killed by her boyfriend at his residence in Ozuoba in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, reports The PUNCH. Similarly, the management of the institution said it would not rest until […...
•Tinubu and Shettima The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), USA, has demanded the immediate resignation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, whose mandate was affirmed yesterday by the Supreme Court, which dismissed the appeals lodged by the two runners-up of the February 25, 2023 election – Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Part...

