The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Edo State chapter, has gone for broke by announcing the expulsion of former deputy governor Philip Shaibu and the party’s vice national chair, South-South Chief Dan Osi Orbih, from the party. Shaibu was the deputy of Governor Godwin Obaseki before his impeachment and removal for allegedly leaking classified government documents,…
The Integrity Youth Alliance has berated the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and Joint Union Congress of the Police Service Commission (PSC) for asking President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to sack the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun for undermining the police recruitment process. According to a press release on June 19, 2024,…
An Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Arik Air to pay eight months’ salary arrears to an ex-worker, Mrs Andreia Perdigao, after she was wrongfully sacked. The Arik air worker approached the court after she was sacked in 2017, having worked for the airline for about three years. She prayed that the court would…
The acrimony between the Edo State All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party festered on Tuesday, with the APC describing the call for Philip Shaibu’s resignation from the PDP as irritating and baseless. Shaibu, a former deputy governor of the state who was impeached on April 8 but still remains a member of the…
Following the unconfirmed resignation of one of the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s (RCCG) Trinity Towers’ Senior pastors, Idowu Iluyomade, a church member, Funsho Olufemi, who resides in Lagos, has expressed his displeasure towards the development. Speaking with journalists in Lagos, Olufemi noted that the Iluyomades have done so much to build the church of…
“When cost of living rises as they have now, the lowest and the highest income earners are impacted to varying degrees and therefore deserving of reasonable adjustments whether they earn wages or salaries,” the former Lagos State governor said in a piece titled, ‘Minimum Wage Review – My Take Away’. Fashola also faulted Section 4(1)(b)…
Ecobank Nigeria has restated its commitment to boost the export potential of locally produced textile, Adire, leveraging the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. The Executive Director of Commercial Banking, Ecobank Nigeria, Kola Adeleke, disclosed this at the ongoing third edition of the annual Ecobank ‘Adire Lagos Experience’. AfCTA is the continental trade agreement aimed at…
The team, he said, was looking into “reports of sexual slavery and sexualized torture in detention facilities, including against men and boys.”. “We are investigating.” The conflict, which began in April 2023, has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths and displaced more than nine million people, according to the UN. The fact-finding mission was…
“I’m not dead,” the singer told AFP on the red carpet, ahead of the premiere of the both wrenching and joyful documentary “I Am: Celine Dion”. The movie focuses on her soaring career and more recent challenges with a rare neurological disorder that has drastically hampered her ability to perform. “When life imposes something on…
