BY GODWIN OBI Operatives of the Maritime Police Command, Force Headquarters, have arrested a suspected fake Customs agent, Boniface Chimezie, 40, and dragged him before a Lagos Magistrate’s court for allegedly obtaining the sum of N17.24 million from two complainants, Raimi Oliya and Emmanuel Umeh by false pretence. Police allegedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to down tools after two weeks if the President Bola Tinubu administration fails to pay public university lecturers their withheld salaries. ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke said it is unfair for the Federal Government to pay lecturers four monthsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 33.69% in April 2024 compared to March 2024 headline inflation rate which was 33.20%. This was according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released on Wednesday. “In April 2024, the headline inflation rate increased to 33.69%Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The labour unions comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress have walked out of the ongoing minimum wage negotiations with the government and the Organised Private Sector. Angered by the N48,000 proposal by the Federal Government as the national minimum wage, the labour unions describedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A 48-year-old Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, who murdered his wife, Taiwo, with a skateboard and blamed his loss of control on medication has been sentenced to life imprisonment in the United Kingdom. The incident occurred in their New market home, resulting in Taiwo’s death from catastrophic brainContinue Reading
NIMASA DG, MOBEREOLA BY GODWIN OBI Stakeholders in Nigeria’s maritime industry are raising pressing questions about the whereabouts and management of the N50 billion Modular Floating Dock acquired by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). Despite promises of relocation and utilization, the floating dock remains elusive, fueling concernsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Nigeria, Mohammed Fall, has said about 5.9 million Nigerian children face severe food and nutrition crisis, the highest globally. The UN resident coordinator disclosed this at the launch of 2024 the Lean Season Food Security and Nutrition Crisis multi-sectorContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has decried the substantial debt burden inherited from the previous administration of Nyesom Wike, saying most of the projects commissioned in the state were not fully funded. Governor Fubara stated this during the commissioning of the Aleto-Ogale-Ebubu-Eteo Road, also known as OldContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has suspended the controversial cybersecurity levy on electronic banking transactions. Nigeria’s Minister of Information and National Orientation Mohammed Idris disclosed this while briefing State House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House in Abuja on Tuesday. He said theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, GIFT ADAEZE OBI, EFE MODESTUS, JAMES AKINOLA AND DURU MARTINS Organized Labour yesterday shut down the headquarters of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, and Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, headquarters over the recent hike in electricity tariff. Under the aegisContinue Reading