Category: Metro
Minimum wage: NLC declares Jan 8 day of nationwide protest
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has declared January 8 as a day of nationwide protest to drive home its demand for a new minimum wage. The resoluti [...]
Activist, Deji Adeyanju remanded in prison till 2019 A Kano magistrate’s court has remanded Deji
Deji Adeyanju, convener of Concerned Nigerians, in prison till February next year. Hassan Fagge, a magistrate, ordered that Deji Adeyanju be kept in p [...]
Revealed: Badeh met Aisha Buhari, Kyari before assassination
Just three weeks before he was shot dead by unknown gunmen along Abuja-Keffi road on Tuesday, former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Ba [...]
Number of unemployed Nigerians increases from 3.3m to 20.9m
The number of unemployed Nigerians has risen from 3.3 million to 20.9 million in the third quarter of 2018 (Q3’18), a report from the National Bureau [...]
Reps ask IGP to arrest Buhari’s aide, Obono-Obla over ‘fake’ WAEC result
The house of representatives has recommended the arrest of Okoi Obono-Obla, senior special assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on prosecution. The [...]
Interpol allegedly issues arrest warrant for former minister, Diezani
The international police, Interpol, has issued an arrest warrant for Diezani Allison-Madueke, former minister of petroleum resources According to Punc [...]
Alex Badeh : We’ve made substantial progress on investigation – Air Force
Family debunks media report that wife won’t come for burial
The Nigerian Air Force said it has made significant progress in its ongoing investi [...]
‘Sex-for-marks’ professor, Richard Akindele bags 2-year jail sentence
A federal high court in Osogbo, Osun state, has sentenced Richard Akindele, the sacked lecturer of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, to tw [...]
Ex- commissioner arrested for defiling 15 year old girl
Barrister Edet Okon Asim, an ex Commissioner of information and Special Adviser to Governor Ben Ayade on Biodiversity, is currently cooling his heels [...]
Lagos CP overrides Shogunle, says having sex in car is a crime
The Lagos state commissioner of police, Edgal Imohimi says the state criminal law prohibits engaging in sexual activities in a public space. Imohimi s [...]