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Reps to Investigate Alleged Malpractice by Oil Company The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged malpractices by Sterling Oil Exploration Company in its operations in Akwa Ibom. The resolution was sequel to the reception of a petition by Social Justice and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative signed by Mr Elozie Umegwa The petition which was laid on the floor of the house by Rep. David Umar (PDP-Kaduna) alleged that the company was engaged in contract splitting, breach of local content law, contract racketeering among others. “The petition is by Social Justice and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative and it…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has expressed appreciation at Tuesday’s sentencing of a human trafficker, Felicia Osaigbovo to 12 years imprisonment. A Benin High Court sentenced 62-year-old Felicia to 12 years at the Correctional Centre and a fine of N24 million for her involvement in human trafficking. NAPTIP arraigned the convict on July 1, 2021 on a 24- count charge of assisting persons engaged in trafficking, contrary to the law. She was also charged with organising foreign travels for 12 persons to practice prostitution in Belgium, contrary to the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Enforcement…
Mr Simon Lalong, Minister of Labour and Employment, says he has set up a committee to probe alleged complaints by staff against the management of Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF). Lalong disclosed this during a familiarisation visit to the fund on Tuesday in Abuja. The minister was accompanied the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Mrs Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, and other top directors in the ministry. Lalong said the visit was to look at some of the complaints filed by staff against the management and to also address them holistically. According to him, there are a lot of complaints…
President Bola Tinubu has sought for the Senate’s confirmation of three nominees for appointment as Ministers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter addressed to the President of Senate, Godswill Akpabio and read at plenary on Tuesday. Tinubu in the letter said: “In compliance with the provisions of section 147, sub section 2 of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria1999 as amended. “I am pleased to forward to the Senate three nominees for confirmation of Senate. “Dr Jamila Biu Ibrahim, Balarabe Abass Lawal, and Ayodele Olawale for confirmation as Ministers of the…
Halimah Olamide The Lagos state Traffic Management Agency on Tuesday linked the killing of two persons to traffic regulations violation. LASTMA, while breaking silence over the death of a pregnant woman, injuring her two children and killing of the driver of a commercial tricycle at the Ago Palace, Okota area of Lagos Tuesday morning, said its official apprehended a driver who drove against traffic. The agency, through its official X handle, said, “Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) disclosed that a driver apprehended for driving in a direction prohibited by Law (One-way) today killed a tricyle operator,…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos Command of the Nigerian Police Force, Tuesday said singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly called Naira Marley is now in its net to provide his side in the ongoing investigations into the death of his former signee, Oladimeji Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad. Command spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this via his X handle, wrote, “Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley has been taken into custody for interrogation and other investigation activities…” Mohbad died on September 12 this year in circumstances that have raised suspicion that he was bullied until his death. The singer himself had taken…
By Halimah Olamide Hungarian-born Biochemist, Katalin Kariko, who is sharing the Nobel Prize in medicine for her work with mRNA vaccines, has recounted how she was previously demoted by the University of Pennsylvania for her research in that area. She disclosed this in an interview with the Nobel Prize Organization on Monday ‘Ten Years Ago in October, I was kicked out and forced to retire’ She said. Karikó alongside Drew Weissman of the US won the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work on mRNA vaccines, which has been used to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the journey has been…
By Halimah Olamide The Nigerian Railway Corporation has vowed to go after staffs who are bent on tarnishing the image of the corporation. This is in response to a tweet made by X user, Daramola Adenike, @Dara4Enjoyment, on Monday, who boarded an Ibadan bound train from Lagos, with a video circulating which shows some staffs of the NRC collecting cash from passengers on board without tickets. She explained that they were lured into boarding the train, thinking they were being taken to the ticket counter. “On my way to Lagos from Ibadan today, some NRC employees lured us to board…
The Delta State Police Command has clarified that the use of dreadlocks, wearing of bum shorts, and women moving without a bra are not offences. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe made the clarification in a video clip posted on his official X handle on Tuesday. The development followed complaints by some residents who alleged that they were being harassed by police officers and other security operatives in the State over their appearances. The PPRO said no resident should be subjected to harassment or arrest due to his or her appearance. He advised residents to resist such…
By Halimah Olamide Four persons including a woman and her two children have been killed in Lagos on Tuesday after a car rammed into a tricycle in which they were being transported. Also killed was the driver of the tricycle popularly called Keke Napep. An official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Agency was reportedly chasing a car driver who then ran into the tricycle. The incident had triggered a protest as angry residents in the area made bornfires and made to also lynch the LASTMA official. He was however saved by the timely arrival of policemen who shot tear…