archiveNovember 2023

The management of Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL) and other indigenous oil and gas companies have been advised to adopt strict corporate governance guidelines in their operations if they want their firms to grow sustainably. The companies were equally encouraged to comply with the provisions of the Nigerian Oil...

  The parents of the 69 students of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) arrested and subsequently released by the operatives of the Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for alleged involvement in internet fraud, have accused and condemned the manner the Commission carried out the operation without carrying out due diligence on the...

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a thorough investigation into the alleged assault on the President of the National Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, to ascertain the facts surrounding the incident and to address any ambiguities that may exist. This was made known in a statement by the Force...

  The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has issued an order of interim injunction restraining members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and their affiliates from proceeding with their earlier planned strike action scheduled to commence on Tuesday, November 14. According to reports, the...

  The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the husband of Toluige Olokoobi Babalola, the mother of Oreofeoluwa Lawal-Babalola, the boy in the 2022 viral video, christened: “Mummy Be Calming Down.” This was confirmed by the spokesman, Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, in a chat with BBC Pidgin. Nwabuzor, who...

  over 200,000 graduates targeted for the scheme In its bid to build the capacity of youth towards making them employers of labour, the NNPC Foundation, in partnership with Kudimata Nigeria Limited, a financial education outfit, have trained the Batch C members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in...

Open Alliance, a coalition of civil society organizations working to improve openness and accountability in government, vehemently condemns the ongoing trend in the 10th National Assembly's endorsement of partisan individuals as State Electoral Commissioners. This disturbing pattern undermines the essence of free and fair elections, creating distrust among Nigerians in...

In its drive to checkmate electoral fraud and associated financial crimes, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has deployed its officers to Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo States where governorship elections are holding on Saturday, November 11, 2023. According to Mr. Dele Oyewale, the Commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, “The...

The Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to make all the Federal Government tertiary institutions tuition-free to mitigate the hardship caused by fuel subsidy removal in the country. The ECWA President, Rev. Stephen Panya, made the appeal on Thursday at a news conference to announce...

  Police handed me over to thugs The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero on Friday gave an account of how he was brutalized in Imo State, saying police operatives handed him over to some suspected thugs for beating. The NLC president narrated his traumatic experience at a...