F’Bank face Police, Dolphins battle Customs in semis
Pius Ayinor and Idris Adesina Defending champions of the Zenith Bank League, Dolphins, will take on Customs in one of the semi-final games billed for Tuesday in Lagos. The other semi final match will...
View ArticleFarmers lament attacks
Ogbonnaya Ikokwu, Umuahia RICE farmers in Abia State have decried the incessant destruction of their farms by the Fulani herdsmen at Idima Abam and Ndi Oji Abam both in Arochukwu LGA of the state. The...
View ArticleLagos NURTW unveils code of conduct for members
Rasheed Bisiriyu The National Union of Road Transport Workers, Lagos State Council, has introduced a new code of conduct to guide activities of its members in the state. It warned its members to stay...
View ArticleNIM decries business failure, job losses
Ife Adedapo The Nigeria Institute of Management (Chartered) has decried the alarming rate of business insolvency and attendant job losses in the country. The President of the institute, Prof. Munzali...
View ArticleFirm introduces human capital development tool
In line with the new trends and acceptable global standards, DexLearn, a subsidiary of Dex Nova Consulting, has introduced an innovative learning management system that promotes soft skills to enhance...
View ArticleMinistry, NECA support labour’s N56,000 minimum wage demand
Ife Adedapo The Ministry of Labour and Employment as well as the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association have expressed support for the Nigeria Labour Congress’ request for N56,000 minimum wage....
View ArticleGunmen kill three in Bori
Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt Gunmen, suspected to be hired assassins on Monday killed three people in Bori, the headquarters of Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. The killings took place as...
View ArticleIbadan chamber honours Dangote, Akande, Adebutu, others
Olufemi Atoyebi, Ibadan The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and President of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dr. Onikepo Akande, were among 10 individuals honoured at an...
View ArticleArmy arrests 17 suspected cultists, robbers in Rivers
Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Operatives of the 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, have arrested 17 suspected cultists and armed robbers. The Army also recovered arms and ammunition,...
View ArticleSON seeks Customs’ support against inferior products
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar THE Standard Organisation of Nigeria has solicited the collaboration of the Nigeria Customs Service to check the influx of sub-standard products in Cross River State. The Head of...
View ArticleCops shot victims at close range –Pathologist
Mudiaga Affe, Calabar A consultant pathologist at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital in Calabar, Cross River State, Dr. Theophilus Ugbem, has told the court that the six victims who were...
View ArticleNigeria is ‘fantastically corrupt’, what’s new?
Abimbola Adelakun aadelakun@punchng.com What point was the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, trying to make when he responded to the British Prime Minister,...
View ArticlePolice charge woman to court for lying on oath
Ramon Oladimeji The police have charged a 34-year-old woman, Ngozi Asiegbu, before a Lagos State’s Magistrate Court in Ogba for allegedly lying on oath. Agbiegbu is facing trial before a court presided...
View ArticleNew listings’ll drive stock market growth – FTC GMD
Stanley Opara The Nigerian stock market will experience unprecedented growth if new firms in critical sectors such as telecommunications, power, oil and gas get listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange,...
View ArticleFlexible forex policy coming – Osinbajo
’Femi Asu Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the country is substantially re-evaluating its foreign exchange policy, adding that a flexible approach should be expected soon. “We expect that with a...
View ArticleVandals cart away four transformers from Amaechi’s village
Friday Amobi, Port Harcourt SUSPECTED vandals on Tuesday invaded Ubima community in the Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State, the home of the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi,...
View ArticleFour students escape death as two-storeyed building collapses
Success Nwogu, Ilorin Four students of a secondary school in the Alagbado area of Ilorin, Kwara State, escaped death on Wednesday after a two-storeyed building under construction collapsed on them....
View ArticleRetired teacher nabbed for allegedly forging certificates
Tony Okafor, Awka The Anambra State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a 75-year-old retired teacher, Onuzuluike Ude, for allegedly forging certificates. Also paraded with him was 54-year-old Evelyn...
View ArticlePolice arraign father as son accused of stealing flees
Afeez Hanafi The police have brought a 66-year-old man, Sule Abdullahi, before a Tinubu Magistrate’s Court on Lagos Island for failing to produce his son, Rahman Abdullahi, who allegedly stole a sum of...
View ArticleRonke’s family releases proof of battery, infidelity…alleged lover denies...
Samson Folarin The man accused of dating late Ronke Shonde, Kayode, has denied the allegation, saying he only had a professional relationship with the deceased. This is just as the family of the victim...
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