The Federal High Court, Lagos Division has restrained a former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos branch, Alhaji Musilu Akinsanya, a.k.a. MC Oluomo and seven others from collecting union dues and levies from commercial drivers that are non-union members in all motor parks in Lagos State. The seven others are […]
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The National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP) has lamented the high rate of deaths from trafficking in the country. It said that in 2018 alone, over 20,000 Nigerians were victims of trafficking in Mali alone. Director General of the agency, Julie Okah-Donli, stated this in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital during the inauguration […]
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Imo House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill for the establishment of the Imo Public Complaints, Financial Crimes and anti Corruption Commission and other related matters. The 67 section bill was presented by the Majority Leader, Mr Kanayo Onyemaechi (APC Owerri) at the plenary session of the house and granted accelerated passage. Onyemaechi said […]
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• asks Nigeria to return to electronic wallet for fertiliser distribution • tells African leaders there’s no pride in begging • AfDB to spend $12b on continent’s food sufficiency programme With 65 per cent of the global arable land and available cutting-edge technologies, Africans cannot afford to go to the rest of the world with […]
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says instability in neighbouring African countries causing influx Govt not serious about ban, says security expert Amid security reports that some of those parading as commercial motorcyclists are indeed hoodlums and bandits, who have invaded Lagos, the State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit, the Task Force, said it will intensify the crushing of seized […]
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An ex-Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has cried out that he is being held hostage at his Abuja home by operatives of the anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He condemned the Tuesday’s invasion of his Maitama residence as continuation of the agency’s violation of his fundamental human rights. Okorocha who is […]
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Ex-Imo governor condemns invasion, says EFCC continues to violate his fundamental rights Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday stormed the Abuja home of former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha. It was learnt that the anti-graft agency team were in the Maitama area residence to arrest him. In a video, the […]
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Despite losing his party’s Ondo Central senatorial district’s ticket, the immediate former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Engnr Clement Faboyede, has vowed that he would not defect from the party. He came third at the primary, losing to Mr Ifedayo Adedipe, who polled 82 votes to win the exercise. Faboyede, […]
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Controversial Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has finally revealed why she was arrested in Dubai. Recall that the mother of one was arrested sometime in 2019 in Dubai, which went viral on social media. In her renewed fight with Bobrisky, the cross dresser claimed that the actress was arrested in Dubai for smoking weed. However, Tonto […]
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Actor Aremu Afolyan has lamented the declining exchange rate of the naira. The actor, who has been in Dubai, was shocked to realise that N1m could only get him 6025 Dirham. The pained actor wrote: “Guys, how are you? I mean, Nigeria is so dead, I mean dead. I will show you why it’s dead […]
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