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Mr Sunday Akintunde, former Assistant General Manager (AGM), Technical of NICON Insurance Company Limited, has filed a N492 million suit against the company over allegations bordering on backlog of unpaid salaries and other entitlements. Akintunde, in an amended suit marked: NICN/ABJ/264/2023 filed at the National Industrial Court, Abuja, prayed the court to declare that his former employer was in breach of the terms of the contract of employment with him. The former staff, who said he had discharged his duties effectively and consistently from the time of his employment till the date of his disengagement on July 13, 2022, averred…
ACE YORÙBÁ POET, OLANREWAJU ADEPOJU IS DEAD Ọláńrewajú Adépọ̀jù (also sometimes called “Lanrewaju Adepoju”) is a Yorùbá poet, writer, intellectual, and religious leader from Nigeria, born in a village called Abà Òkè Pupa in Ọ̀yọ́ State of Nigeria, in 1940. An autodidact, he taught himself to read and write in Yorùbá and English. But his time spent with the griots (West African poets and storytellers) of his childhood gave him a vast knowledge of the Yorùbá verbal arts and culture that informed his mature work. He worked in a newspaper house as a proofreader, then became a poet, publishing a…
By Halimah Olamide The festering political crisis in Rivers state is about taking about another dimension as 27 members of the House of Assembly in the state have dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. They were said to have defected to the All Progressive Congress. NPO Reports that the lawmakers are those said to be loyal to the former Governor and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Nyesom Wike. The past few weeks have been of tension between Governor Sim Fubara and Wike who had accused his successor of seeking to destroy the political structure that brought him into…
Players of Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan on Sunday faced series of booing from disappointed fans who lamented another home drawing when the club played host Katsina United FC . The match which ended 1-1 led to fans jeering at players and officials creating confusion at the stadium. It was the Match Day 13 fixture in the 2023/2024 Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL). It was the second home draw by the club one after the other. With expectations of a win in the air after just two points from their last three matches, the hosts went behind just…
•By Halimah Olamide Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Saturday 9th December 2023 intercepted a businessman with twelve (12) consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a Drug Trafficking Organisation at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu. According to a statement signed by the Spokesperson, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, the businessman identified as Augustine Justine Emeka, 44, was arrested at the airport upon his arrival from Douala, Cameroon via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Ethiopia airline with the 12 consignments consisting of seven hundred and ninety-seven (797) pellets of cocaine weighing 17.6 kilograms. During preliminary interview, the…
•By Halimah Olamide Aisha Bello-Mustapha, former broadcaster for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), has passed on. According to reports, a funeral prayer will be held in honour of the late newscaster in Abuja today, December 11. Aisha was the General Manager of NTA Parliament and was among the popular casters on NTA Network News at 9 PM in the ’90s and early 20’s After thirty-five years of dedicated service, she retired in May 2022. Her journey began as Aisha Bello, later transitioning to Aisha Katung, and finally adopting the name Aisha Bello-Mustapha. However, as at press time, Aisha’s death remains…
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has foiled a kidnap attempt along Dutsinma-Kankara highway, killing three suspects in the process. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesman, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Sunday. “On Dec. 10, 2023, at about 4:30 p.m, based on credible information that some suspected armed robbers and kidnappers, wielding dangerous weapons such as AK-47 rifles, blocked the Dutsinma-Kankara highway in an attempt to kidnap unsuspecting members of the public. “Upon receipt of the report, Area Commander Dutsinma, promptly mobilised a joint team of police operatives and members of…
Many lecturers in the nation’s universities have expressed worry over the shortage of manpower in universities across the country, saying that the situation has posed a serious challenge to education system. A survey by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the South East Zone revealed that many lecturers were overworked as they now handled more courses because of short supply of academic staff. Prof Ikechukwu Onyishi, Dean Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), says short supply of academic staff, has resulted in lecturers handling more courses in order to close the vacuum. Onyishi told NAN in…
By Halimah Olamide Breaking! Yoruba Ewi Legend Lanrewaju Adepoju Dies at 83 A legendary Ewi exponent in Yorubaland, Lanrewaju Adepoju has reportedly died in Ibadan. NPO Reports learnt that Adepoju died Sunday evening and is slated to be buried on Monday at 11am according to Islamic rites. Adepoju rose to limelight in the 70 and 80s with his captivating Yoruba poetry which was popular among the Yoruba. The poet employed the ewi genre of the art’s rendition to speak truth to power and challenge authorities. As at the time of filing this report, residents of his street in the Adeoyo…
The teenage twins of jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf. Ms Mohammadi – who is serving a 10-year jail term in Tehran – won this year’s prize for her work fighting against the oppression of women in Iran. In a speech smuggled from prison and read out by her children, she denounced Iran’s “tyrannical” government. “The Iranian people, with perseverance, will overcome repression and authoritarianism,” she said. “Have no doubt, this is certain.” The prestigious peace prize was handed out in Oslo on Sunday, along with the other Nobel prizes for literature,…