The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, on Wednesday, said governors, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, are not against approval of a living wage for Nigerian workers. …
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UNIBEN students protesting poor electricity barricade Benin-Ore highway
Vehicular movement was hampered and commuters were stranded on Wednesday as students of the University of Benin blocked the Benin/Ore Highway in protest over a power outage in the institution’s …
Read More »NSCDC female official remanded for duping job seekers N12.4m
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered that an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mrs Tosin Olagunju, be remanded in Suleja prison, Niger …
Read More »Court remands Ondo cyclist for allegedly killing 71-year-old dad
An Ondo State Magistrates Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital, has ordered the remand of a commercial motorcycle, Blessing Akinmade, for allegedly killing a 71-year-old farmer, Toyo Olanipekun. The …
Read More »Rivers vigilante commander arrested with human parts
The Rivers State Police Command said its men arrested the commander of a vigilante group identified as Felix Nwaobakata, with two human skulls and other parts at his hideout in …
Read More »Ex-Delta CDC chairman killed, body set ablaze
There was apprehension on Wednesday in Obodougwa-Ogume, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, Delta State as a community leader, Mr Anselm Oyibo, was found dead on the roadside. PUNCH Metro gathered …
Read More »Two suspects arraigned for alleged abduction in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned two suspects, Shope Omoboye, 26, and Isiaka Muhammed, 22, on Wednesday, for alleged abduction. They were arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Yaba, …
Read More »Labour, private sector protest as Discos hike tariff again
The Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress, and Organised Private Sector, on Wednesday, faulted the latest hike in the electricity tariff payable by customers in the Band A Category. Following …
Read More »28-year-old son kills Anglican priest dad in Delta
Pandemonium erupted in the agrarian community of Okpare in Olomu Kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State on Wednesday morning following the gruesome murder of an Anglican priest …
Read More »Imo community demands probe of soldier’s death, rejects suicide claim
The leadership of Logara community in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State has asked the General Officer Commanding, 82 Division of the Nigeria Army, Enugu, to investigate the …
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