Masked gunmen have unleashed a coordinated attack on the Commander of the Osun Amotekun Corps, High Chief Dr. Hon. Adekunle Isaac Omoyele. The incident reportedly occurred around 10:05 p.m. on Monday, shortly after Omoyele closed from duty at the Amotekun Corps Headquarters in Osogbo. He was driving alone along Ikirun
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has dissolved the branch executive councils of the Nigeria Gas Infrastructure Company Ltd (NGIC) and the NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML). The dissolution followed the “inability” of the executives to completely shut down gas supply to Dangote refinery during
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address outstanding demands, including unpaid allowances and salary delays. This is contained in a statement signed by NAAT President, Mr Ibeji Nwokoma, at the end of the Association’s 60th regular National Executive Council
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has condemned recent remarks by Sen. Adams Oshiomhole on national television, describing them as a distortion of labour laws and an assault on workers’ rights. This is contained in a statement jointly signed by Mr Williams Akporeha, President of NUPENG,
The commercial city of Aba was transformed into a huge carnival scene when President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commissioned the 6.7km Port Harcourt Road, reconstructed by the leading engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC. Community representatives from not only the Aba Mayoralty, but from surrounding Local Government Areas stormed the
By Hussaina Yakubu A nationwide campaign has been launched to push for the establishment of the ‘DEFEND Trust Fund’, a ₦100 billion initiative aimed at supporting the families of Nigeria’s Armed Forces and paramilitary personnel who have died or suffered in the line of duty. The campaign, titled “100,000 Voices
The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr. Bayo Ojulari, has attributed the recent hike in cooking gas prices to the temporary halt in operations caused by the strike action of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN). Speaking with
Senator Victor Umeh has defended the recent visit by Labour Party presidential candidate in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi and lawmakers from the South-East to the site of the demolished buildings at the Trade Fair Complex in Lagos, disclosing that Obi is one of the developers of the facility.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu returned to Abuja Monday following a ten-day working visit to Lagos. The President arrived in Lagos on Friday, September 26, after attending the coronation of His Imperial Majesty, the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, in Ibadan. While in the nation’s commercial capital, President Tinubu
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested one Alhaji Hammed Taofeek Ode and five other suspects believed to be behind shipments of six different consignments of cocaine concealed in walls of stainless cups, body cream and hair gel containers to the UK. The NDLEA disclosed this