By Isaac Aregbesola Abuja: Abdulkarim Ckukkol, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the agency, in its war against corruption, economic and financial crimes, has secured 1,688 convictions between January and September, this year. Ckukkol disclosed this on Friday at the Passing out ParadeContinue Reading
There are indications that Nigerians will experience nationwide blackout and fuel scarcity in the coming days as the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, and the Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas, NUPENG, have commenced mobilization in compliance with the planned indefinite strike declared by organized labour unions. DominicContinue Reading
Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun has cancelled the celebration of Independence Day slated for Sunday. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, on Friday in Osogbo, the governor urged the people of the state to pray for the peace and prosperity of the country. Let usContinue Reading
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom Umuahia: The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Abia Sector Command, has launched this year’s “Ember” months campaign against overloading and speed before and during the Yuletide. In a speech at the event in Umuahia, the South-East Zonal Commander of the corps, RS9HQ, Mr Ocheja Ameh, saidContinue Reading
Kogi Govt To Establish Oil Producing Area Development Commission. This is one of the decisions the exco reached ,according to the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Onogwu Mohammed, in a statement in Lokoja.Continue Reading
The minister for works, Dave Umahi has offered apology to civil servants after locking them out of the gate for coming late to work. There was protest by the workers yesterday following the decision of the minister to lock them out. In turn, they also locked the minister inContinue Reading
Lagos State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Ladipo Market, Mushin, over alleged environmental infractions including, reckless waste disposal, unhygienic premises, and non payment of waste bills, among others. The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, who ordered the closure in the early hours Friday,Continue Reading
Nigeria’s Minister of Tourism, Lola Ade-John, has been hospitalised in Abuja after allegedly suffering acute poisoning from unknown origins. “Her family members fear time was running against their efforts to save her life,” according to Peoples Gazette, which broke the news this Friday morning, September 29, 2023. “Lola Ade-John,Continue Reading
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) says it is ready to shut down all oil field locations in the country if the ongoing discussions with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) do not yield positive results. The President of TUC, Comrade Festus Usifo,Continue Reading
