Unpaid salaries: Surveillance workers shut down oil facilities in Delta
WORKERS of Mormar Marines Ltd, a pipeline surveillance firm, yesterday, shut down oil installations in the Oil Mining Lease, OML, 30 over the non-payment of backlog of salaries owed them by the company and Nigeria Petroleum Development Company, NPDC.
Unprofessional conduct: Police dismiss 3 officers
Following findings and complaints in the widely circulated video evidence of April 7, 2023 on social media of high-handedness, unprofessional conduct, and misuse of firearms against three policemen from Special Protection Unit (SPU) Base 1, Kano, the Policemen have been dismissed from the force.
Delta police arrest armed robbery suspect, recover pistols
POLICE operatives have arrested a suspected armed robber along Jeremi/Iwhrekan Road, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, recovering two pistols.
Amotekun arrests man for robbery, attempted murder in Ogun
Operatives of Amotekun Corps in Ogun State have arrested a 40-year-old suspect (name withheld) for attempted murder of one Mohammed Bashiru, and snatching of his Bajaj Boxer motorcycle, valued at N450,000.
Police promotion bribery scandal: Commission calls for evidence, vows to deal with culprits
Police Service Commission, PSC, has said that anyone with evidence on the allegation showing that some officers of the commission and the Nigerian Police Force, collected bribes of $10,000 to facilitate promotions of police personnel, should make such evidence available to a panel of investigation it has set up on the issue.
No local refining, no subsidy removal, NUPENG warns
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has warned the Federal Government not to contemplate the removal of the subsidy on petrol without local refining capacity, in view of its socio-economic implications on businesses and ordinary Nigerians.
$460,000 forfeiture: You can’t rewrite history, Atiku’s aide tells Tinubu
By John Alechenu, ABUJA Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, Mr. Phrank Shaibu, has described the attempt by the All Progressives Congress, APC, and its presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, to present the $460,000 drug money forfeiture as one relating to tax evasion as a futile attempt to rewrite history. Shaibu in a statement, […]
Frustration as Festac residents ask Eko Disco to end long outage
RESIDENTS of Festac Town, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, have called on Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, to prevail on Eko Electricity Distribution Company, Eko Disco, to restore power supply to the community.
Building collapse: Lagos stops devt in Banana Island
Lagos State Government, yesterday, declared that nobody died in the collapsed seven-storey building under construction on Banana Island, Ikoyi.
Poll: I defeated you, Tinubu tells Obi
The President-elect, Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has challenged the competence of a petition the Labour Party, LP, and its candidate, Peter Obi, filed to nullify his election.
Supplementary polls: Parties, candidates dig in for 2 gov seats, 5 Senate, 31 Reps, 57 state assembly seats
The All Progressives Congress, APC, and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have wrapped up preparations to get the upper hand in tomorrow’s supplementary governorship elections in Adamawa and Kebbi states.
