BY GODWIN OBI The Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, on Tuesday, sacked one of its Senior lecturers, Dr. Adebayo Mosobalaje for sexually harassing a female student of the institution. Mosobolaje’s, dismissal was contained in a release by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Abiodun Olarewaju. It statedContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has confirmed an incident involving some of its personnel shooting at the convoy of the Katsina State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Ya’u Gwajo-Gwajo, on Tuesday morning. The spokesman of the command, Danbaba Isah said the incidentContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI An Abia State High Court in Umuahia has ordered substituted service of an application for enforcement of the fundamental rights filed by Nnamdi Kanu on the federal government. ln the suit filed by Aloy Ejimakor, Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, he explained that the infringements that began inContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Ministry of Transportation has restated Government’s commitment to providing sustainable transportation infrastructure and boosting economic development. “Transportation has proven to be one of the critical factors of development at the heart of economic growth and prosperity of any nation,’’ Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS has urged taxpayers not to panic over the recent court ruling by the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt which dismissed its motion for stay of execution of the judgement that Rivers State can collect Value Added Taxes from itsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The leadership of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has raised concerns over the signing into law the much debated anti- grazing laws by some state governments in Nigeria. The National Secretary of the group Saleh Alhassan told an international Media conference in Abuja that the anti-grazing lawsContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI It’s been a tough period for many Nigerians living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), especially those in Dubai, as they lament the loss of jobs and difficulty in obtaining a work permit. Bisi Kazeem, one of the affected Nigerians, believes authorities in the Middle East countryContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has seized drugs worth over ₦100billion and secured conviction of about 1,630 arrested criminals since January 2021, This is according to NDLEA Chairman, General Buba Marwa. Addressing journalists on Friday after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, GenContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Aggrieved youths from the oil-producing Ogulagha Community in the Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, have reportedly shut down the Forcados Terminal belonging to the Shell Petroleum and Development Company SPDC. Frontline Reporters gathered that the Forcados terminal was shut down at the early hours ofContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI A former Deputy Governor of the Central of Nigeria, Obadiah Mailafia, has lamented the continued fall of the Nation’s Naira in the international market, describing the development as impediment to national development. Mailafia who made this known, while addressing newsmen in Akure, the Ondo State capital, attributedContinue Reading