•Mrs Remi Tinubu The Delta State government, purportedly under pressure from press reports, has ordered the Provost of Delta State College of Nursing Sciences, Mrs Evbodaghe Rita Ogonne, to withdraw the written query earlier issued to one of the students, Edobor Osatohemwen, over the viral video recorded during the visit by the First Lady, Mrs...
•Obasa and Meranda Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa who was impeached as Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly on January 13, 2025, is set to return. It was gathered that his security details have been restored just as those of Hon. Mojisola Lasbat Meranda have been withdrawn, reports Daily Trust. Meranda was Obasa’s deputy before the […]
•Dele Farotimi The Nigeria Police Force has filed a notice of discontinuance in the alleged defamation suit filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, against Lagos-based legal practitioner and author, Dele Farotimi. Our correspondent sighted the notice of discontinuance dated January 29, 2025 which was filed pursuant to...
•PENCOM boss, Omolola Bridget-Oloworaran Low-earning pensioners are now permitted to withdraw their total retirement savings en bloc or continue to receive their monthly pension pending the approval of the Minimum Pension Guarantee. This is according to a memo by the National Pension Commission, which was signed by the Head of the Surveillance...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has threatened to withdraw the services of its members from all duties if the Federal High Court judgement that barred Central Bank of Nigeria from paying allocation to Rivers State affects the well-being of its members. The Rivers State Council of NLC took this position during an [&hel...
•NLC President Ajaero and IGP Egbetokun A member of the House of Representatives, representing the Ideato North South Federal Constituency of Imo, Hon. Ikenga Ugochinyere has called on the Nigerian Police Force to channel their energy on curbing the worsening insecurity in the country rather than inviting the President of Nigeria Labour Congre...
•Petrol scarcity The federal government has threatened to withdraw licences of oil marketers found guilty of hoarding Premium Motor Spirit otherwise known as petrol, following the unabated scarcity in Abuja, Niger, Nasarawa, Kaduna, and many other states. Some states, especially those in the North have witnessed continuous petrol scarcity for ...
•Utomi and Tinubu Prof. Pat Utomi has threatened to seek redress from international criminal and other human rights courts if Mr. Bayo Onanuga, spokesman of President Bola Tinubu doesn’t offer reasonable explanation to his false comment linking him to the planned nationwide protest which he (Onanuga) claimed is insurrection. Utomi in a press s...
•House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives today asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to withdraw the circular directing financial institutions to commence implementation of the 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy, describing it as “ambiguous”. The development was in response to a motion on the urgent need to halt and mod...
The federal government has assured the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) that it would resume the payment of wage award to workers this week. A statement by Mr Olajide Oshundun, the spokesperson to the Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, yesterday, said the Minister gave the assurance ...

