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Edo: Workers protest nonpayment of 12 months’ salary, pension arrears

Edo: Workers protest nonpayment of 12 months’ salary, pension arrears

Aggrieved staff of the College of Education, Ekiadolor, in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State yesterday defied an early morning downpour to protest against the non-payment of their 12 months’ salary and…

Sanwo-Olu appoints Odumboni as new LAWMA CEO

Sanwo-Olu appoints Odumboni as new LAWMA CEO

Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu has approved the appointment of Mr. Ibrahim Adejuwon Odumboni as the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA).   In a statement issued yesterday, the Head…

Kebbi: Lawmaker pays for 11 pregnant women’s caesarean operations

Kebbi: Lawmaker pays for 11 pregnant women’s caesarean operations

A member of the House of Representatives, representing Yauri, Ngasky and Shnaga Federal Constituency, Dr. Tanko Sununu Yusuf, has paid N59,000 to Yauri, Ngasky and Shanga General Hospitals for the 11 pregnant women who were…

Four rescued, 2 dead, 1 missing in Ibeshe boat mishap

Four rescued, 2 dead, 1 missing in Ibeshe boat mishap

Muritala Ayinla Tragedy struck yesterday in Lagos as a fishing boat from Makoko Community with seven passengers on board capsized into the lagoon, leaving two dead, one missing and four injured.   The tragic incident…

Chopper crash: Lagos begins reconstruction of damaged fence

Chopper crash: Lagos begins reconstruction of damaged fence

The Lagos State government has commenced the reconstruction of the  fence of buildings damaged by the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into a residential areas in Opebi area of Ikeja, the state capital. Following the tragic…

JUST IN: Four rescued, 2 dead, 1 missing in Ibeshe boat mishap

JUST IN: Four rescued, 2 dead, 1 missing in Ibeshe boat mishap

Tragedy Monday struck in Lagos as a fishing boat from Makoko Community with seven passengers on board capsized leaving two dead, one missing and four injured. The tragic incident occurred at about 7pm, around Offin…

Chaos as NUFBTE President extends tenure after 12 years in office

Chaos as NUFBTE President extends tenure after 12 years in office

…faction emerges, seeks FG’s intervention    The crisis in the National Union of Foods, Beverages and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), has taken another dimension, as its National President, Comrade Lateef Oyelekan has extended his tenure for another…

Lagos community begs Sanwo-Olu over insecurity, deplorable roads, others

Lagos community begs Sanwo-Olu over insecurity, deplorable roads, others

Residents of Gloryland Estate in Isheri-Olofin axis of Egbe-Idimu Local Council Development Area (LCDA), have appealed to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu  to save the community from neglect. They lamented that they are…

Nasarawa: Army hands over 778 women, children of captured terrorists

Nasarawa: Army hands over 778 women, children of captured terrorists

  The Nigerian Army on Monday handed over the 778 women and children rescued during the recent military clamp down on the camp of the Darul- Salam Islamic sect at Uttu, Toto Local Government Area…

Ortom urges EFCC to probe multi-million naira RUGA contracts

Ortom urges EFCC to probe multi-million naira RUGA contracts

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Monday called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate how huge sums of money released by the Federal Government for the establishment RUGA settlement in…