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By Halimah Olamide Workers under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday made its vow to stage a nationwide protests against what they called hunger in the country. The much talked about protests have taken off in Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan and other cities with thousands of participants trooping to the streets to register displeasure over the worsening state of the economy. In Abuja, protesters took off from the NLC headquarters at the back of the Ministry of Finance with many people carrying placards that speak to the economic situations in the land. Comrade Joe Ajaero, President of the…

By Femi Alabi Three persons were confirmed dead when a boat carrying 14 passengers capsized around Ibeshe-Ikorodu waters in Lagos. The Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyiintolu in a statement on Tuesday confirmed the unfortunate incident. According to the LASEMA statement, “The Agency responded to distress calls concerning a Passenger Boat which took off from Addax Jetty around 7 pm. “On arrival, it was discovered that passenger ferry boat named Oluwaseyifunmi carrying 14 people had capsized due to a suspected mechanical fault and was rapidly submerged following its departure from the aforementioned terminal. “A…

By Femi Alabi The Federal Government has said that it will now hold the management of public higher institutions accountable for the prudent administration of its financial resources and strict compliance with establishing laws and regulations setting up the institutions. Minister of Education, Mamman Tahir, speaking after Monday’s meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the presidential villa, Abuja, stated that the tertiary institutions will now employ staff only when there is budgetary provision for the need. He added that aside from the budgetary provision, a ratio between academic and non-academic staff which must not be bridged, must be…

By Halimah Olamide The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism has called for objectivity in the reporting of matters relating to insecurity in Nigeria. The centre acknowleged the report by the Civil Society Joint Action Group which said that at least 2,423 people were killed, while 1,872 were abducted within eight months of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The centre in a statement signed by its Chief Executive Officer, Motunrayo Alaka, noted that the Institute for Economics and Peace ranked Nigeria 144 on the 2023 Global Peace Index. According to Alaka, the calls for the safety and security of citizens’ lives…

By Halimah Olamide The Chief Executive Officer of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism, Mrs. Motunrayo Alaka, has called on journalists to devote their skills to reporting more on issues bordering on social justice. Alaka, in a statement made available to the NPO Reports said the call became more germane on the occasion of the 2024 World Day of Social Justice. She said the event presented another opportunity for news organizations to “scale up the call against social exclusion and tackle social injustices through investigative human-interest stories.” She explained that social justice embodies principles like equitable access to resources,…

By Femi Alabi The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, has told the newly appointed 11 Justices of the supreme court to brace up to receive verbal assaults from dissatisfied litigants Ariwoola while administering oath on the Justices of the Supreme Court, also implored them to remain upright and impartial at all times. The CJN stated that the new jurists, having been elevated to the apex court bench, should begin to see themselves as representatives of God on earth as their judgement can only be upturned in heaven. He said ““You must not, therefore, allow your personal ambition…

Agency Report The Federal Ministry of Works says both bounds of the carriageways of the Third Mainland Bridge will be closed to traffic from noon on Wednesday to noon on Thursday. The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos, Mrs Olukorede Kesha, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos on Monday. She said that the total closure was in continuation of the ongoing rehabilitation works on the bridge. Keisha said it was to allow the contractor to execute a major aspect of the ongoing repair works on the bridge. “Consequently, the bridge would not be opened to…

By Femi Alabi The Nigeria Customs Service is set to discipline one of its Officers who had been alleged to have extorted the sum of Five Hundred Thousand Naira (N500, 000.00) from a car buyer by name Muhammad Dahiru Ahmad along Mokwa-Jebba Road in Niger State. Confirming the allegation on the official X handle of Customs the Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna, Comptroller Dalha Chedi, said the accused Officer had handed over to the Assistant Provost Marshal (APM) Customs Police Unit headquarters in Kaduna today, Monday, 26th February 2024. Comptroller Chedi stated that the suspected Officer involved in…

By Femi Alabi The suit instituted by Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC against Obadina and Almond Projects Limited was on Monday brought to a close by EFCC. The suit before Justice Nnamdi Dingbat of the Federal High Court Maitama Abuja boarders on conspiracy, official corruption and money laundering to the tune of N2,17,190,000 (Two Billion, Seventeen Million, One Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira), being payment received from the Office of the National Security Adviser on November 28, 2015 without any contractual agreement or approval. The EFCC on its official X handle stated that the Prosecution counsel, Ibrahim Buba closed his…

By Halimah Olamide There was panic late night Monday in the Ikorun area of Lagos as petrol spilled from an NNPC filling station onto the road. The development forced many residents to run out of their houses over fears of possible explosion from the spillage. Residents of Liasu Road had run out even as the spillage caused disruption to the flow of traffic. It was learnt that the whole of Liasu Road was cordoned off from Ilewe Bus Stop to prevent vehicles getting close to the scene of the incident. She said the drainage of the road had fuel flowing…