Union writes Atiku’s firm over 600 sacked workers, demands recall

The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the management of Intels to withdraw the sack letters issued to 600 staff members and recall them immediately.…

Man, 48, defiles wife’s 13-year-old niece in Lagos

The gender-based unit of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos Command, has arrested a 48-year-old man, Charles Ekwe, for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old-girl at No. 1B Surulere Street,…

Vehicle theft: Oluwo, hotel disagree, monarch demands probe

The Press Secretary to the Oluwo of Iwo, Alli Ibraheem, has demanded an investigation of the management of the hotel, where a Hilux van belonging to Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi was…

External reserves drop by $50.84m in 10 days

The country’s external reserves dropped by $50.84m from $35.75bn as of October 2 to $35.69bn as of October 12, figures from the Central Bank of Nigeria have revealed. The CBN…

Ogun Assembly grills Amosun’s ex-aide over OPIC funds

The Ogun State House of Assembly has grilled one of the aides of former Governor Ibikunle Amosun over alleged sharp practices perpetrated at the Ogun Property and Investment Corporation. The…

Lack of PenCom board stalls N14,400 minimum pension payment

Five years after the pension operators and the National Pension Commission drafted guidelines to commence N14,400 minimum pensions for retirees, the payment is yet to begin. A source at PenCom…

Fleeing gunmen, who killed Ogun mother, abducted daughter, arrested

Two members of a six-man kidnapping gang, who abducted a 25-year-old woman, Mariam Fagbohun, and killed her 50-year-old mother, Annah Fagbohun, in Ijoun, Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State,…

Adeboye endorses #EndSARS protests

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has endorsed the #EndSARS protests rocking the nation. Adeboye said this in a tweet on Wednesday evening. The…

Oyo approves reconstruction of 45.3km road for N87.7bn

The Oyo State Government has announced approval for the reconstruction of the 45.3 kilometre Saki-Ogbooro-Igboho road at the cost of N8,700,456,862.72k. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Taiwo…

Magu: Presidential panel begins verification of seized assets

The Presidential panel set up to probe the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has begun a physical verification of all assets seized by…