Man bags 9 months jail for stealing phones
An Oshodi Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a 20-year-old unemployed man, Azeez Adams, to nine months imprisonment for stealing two Blackberry phones.
ICPC probes civil service for ghost workers
Alarmed by the revelation that no fewer than 45,000 ghost workers are being paid with public funds, Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC, has deployed its crack detectives to comb ministries, department and agencies, MDAs, to fish out those who are perpetrating the massive fraud.
Ansaru releases video of slain hostages
A video of the seven slain foreign hostages was released, yesterday, by Islamist group, Ansaru, forcing the international community to mount pressure on Nigeria to accept the classification of Boko Haram as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, FTO.
Retirement age: Tertiary institution teachers commence strike in Osun
Academic activities at the four tertiary institutions owned by Osun State Government were yesterday, grounded as the teachers yesterday began an indefinite strike.
The affected institutions are Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State College of Technology, OSCOTECH, Esa-Oke, Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun and that of Ilesa.
N384bn PHCN severance pay not released
INDICATIONS emerged, yesterday, that Federal Government has not release the controversial N384 billion for the payment of the terminal benefits of workers of Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, as announced.
We must respect Keshi, says Okocha
Former captain of the national team, Austin Jay Jay Okocha has urged Nigerians to respect Coach Stephen Keshi’s choice of players invited for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Kenya in Calabar.
