LP suspends national treasurer, Opara for six months

The National Working Committee of the Labour Party has slammed a six-month suspension on its National Treasurer, Oluchi Opara. The suspension was announced at a press conference on Wednesday at the party secretariat in Abuja. Opara had, on Monday, challenged LP National Chairman, Julius Abure, at a press conference to account for an alleged N3.5 […]

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FUTA criticises EFCC midnight raid on students

Authorities of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, have kicked against the midnight raid by the Economic and Finacial Crimes Commission, EFCC, operatives on some private hostels off-campus where some of the institution’s students reside. In a statement on Wednesday by the Director of Corporate Communication, Mr. Adegbenro Adebanjo, the University said that it […]

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Nigeria has failed us again, FUTA students lament EFCC midnight raid

The Student Union Government of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, has condemned the invasion of its off-campus community by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The union also revealed that a female student was molested, while some students sustained bodily injuries as a result of the midnight raid. This was […]

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EFCC operatives arrest FUTA students in midnight raid

Men suspected to be operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission were said to have carried out a midnight operation at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State. Students’ lodges were reportedly invaded at about 2 am. Some students have taken to social media, sharing videos and alleging that the men broke into rooms […]

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Osun PDP rallies members for stronger party

The Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,, in Osun State, Hon Sunday Bisi has enjoined political functionaries in the party to do everything within their reach to represent the party well in their respective constituencies. Also, he charged them to remain good ambassadors of the administration of the Governor and leader of the […]

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Adeleke wants to remove Igbajo monarch because he was APC chairman, ruling houses cry out

Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke is plotting to remove the Owa of Igbajo, Oba Gboyega Famodun because the royal father was the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state, according to the town’s ruling houses. At a press conference in Osogbo, the state capital, the Owa Oke Ode Ruling Houses of Igbajo, […]

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Police arrest 4-man car theft syndicate in Osun

Detectives of Osun State Police Command have arrested a four-man gang that specialises in snatching cars from their rightful owners at gunpoint. The suspects were arrested by a team of crime detectives attached to the Special  Anti-Kidnapping Squad (SAKS) who acted on a tip-off. According to the police First Information Report, FIR, the police intercepted the […]

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Emefiele: Witness confirms $6.2m payment for foreign election observers

A Deputy Director in charge of Branch Operations in the Central Bank of Nigeria, Onyeka Ogbu, on Monday, told a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Maitama that he was aware of a $6.2 million payment request for international election observers. The former governor of the bank, Godwin Emefiele, is standing trial on an […]

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Labour considers N1m as new minimum wage 

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has stated that if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 Million for Nigerian workers. Ajaero said the demand from organised labour would be influenced by the cost of living which has been increasing since President […]

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Dangote, Abiodun, others visit Wigwe’s parents over fatal US copter crash

The President/Chief Executive Officer, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote and the Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, alongside other associates, paid a condolence visit to the parents of the late CEO, Access Holdings Plc., Herbert Wigwe, on Monday. The Ogun State governor disclosed this in a post on his Facebook account on Monday. Wigwe, his wife, […]

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