Newscenter Media News The Organised Private Sector, on Monday, warned against a hike in interest rates as the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Monetary Policy Committee continues its meeting in Abuja today. This is …
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Activist shares strategies to keep Niger girls in school
A Niger State gender activist, Cesnabmihilo Nuhu-Aken’Ova has disclosed how her Non Governmental Organisation, the International Centre for Sexual Reproductive Rights has helped girls across Nigeria’s northern region, particularly her …
Read More »Minimum wage: N70,000 can’t pay bills, will settle transportation to hospital, say doctors
With the recent minimum wage set at N70,000, medical experts say the majority of Nigerians cannot have good healthcare, especially with the country’s high costs of drugs and medical services. …
Read More »Artisan bags life jail for defiling 13-year-old house help
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, convicted and sentenced an artisan, Peter Odu, to life imprisonment for the defilement of a …
Read More »Police arrest suspected robbers, recover two AK-47 magazines in Delta
The Delta State Police Command says it has arrested suspected armed robbers and cultists in Oghara, Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State and recovered AK-47 magazine. The command’s …
Read More »Fake kidnap: A’Court affirms dethroned Magodo monarch’s jail term
The Court of Appeal Lagos Division on Monday affirmed the sentence of the dethroned Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Lagos State, Mutiu Ogundare, for faking his abduction. Justice Hakeem Oshodi …
Read More »Immigration officer, three others arraigned for drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday arraigned a senior immigration officer, Gbenga Akomolafe, before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly trafficking eight kilograms of Methamphetamine and …
Read More »Tantaliser, Livestock Feeds lift equity market to over N16bn gain
Profits recorded by Tantaliser, Livestock Feeds, and Neimeth International Pharmaceuticals, spurred the Nigerian Exchange to N16.53bn gain on Monday. The bourse’s uptick was driven by an 8.89 per cent appreciation …
Read More »JUST IN: Robbers rape Ogun students
No fewer than two first-year female students of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, were allegedly raped by suspected robbers on Monday. PUNCH Online learnt that …
Read More »Law firm honours founders at 20th anniversary
A leading commercial and dispute resolution law firm, AELEX, has reaffirmed its commitment to innovation and excellence in the ever-evolving legal landscape as it marked its 20th anniversary with a …
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