President of WIMOWCA, Oritsematosan Edodo-Emore (third from left), is flanked by other members after their inauguration during NIMASA’s commemoration of the International Day for Women in Maritime, which recently took place in Lagos. BY GODWIN OBI The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. DayoContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal High Court in Lagos State has convicted Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, a cosmetic surgeon and founder of MedContour Services Ltd., for her involvement in the failed plastic surgery that led to the death of Nneka Onwuzuligbo in 2020, according to a report by FIJ. The convictionContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Lagos State Water Authority (LASWA) has rescued Segun Amoo, a middle-aged man who fell into the Lagos lagoon by mistake. Amoo, who reportedly fell into the Lagos Lagoon via Falomo bridge, was rescued and resuscitated by officials of the Lagos State Water Authority (LASWA) afterContinue Reading
The Tripartite Committee on Minimum Wage will reconvene on Tuesday, May 23 to further negotiate a reasonable new minimum wage for workers, after the organised labour walked out of the negotiation on May 15. An invitation letter sent to the labour leaders by the chairman of the committee, Bukar Goni,Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Innoson Group has said that if all goes well with its joint project with the University of Nigeria (UNN), the Lion brand of agricultural tractors and related equipment would in no distant future be rolled out to enhance the efforts to give food production in theContinue Reading
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