37 miners’ death: CSOs demand mining sector overhaul; illegal operations deepen, fuel revenue flight
A government that can raid mining sites still struggles with the question of who finances and buys the minerals.
N11tn electricity scam: ICC hears SERAP’s petition
The International Criminal Court in The Hague is considering the petition on the allegations of widespread, systematic and large-scale corruption in the electricity sector since the return of democracy in 1999 and under the governments of former presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in Nigeria, anti-corruption advocacy group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has confirmed.
800-year-old coffin damage in UK museum
An 800-year-old stone coffin was damaged earlier this month, after visitors placed a child inside the sarcophagus for an apparent photo op, the Southend Echo reported.
We collaborate with victims’ relatives, says kidnap suspect
ONE of the 26 suspected kidnappers and robbers paraded at the Police Force Headquarters, yesterday, revealed that they work with relatives of targeted victims during operations.
LAUTECH’ll soon resume, says governing council chair
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Professor Oladapo Afolabi, has given assurance that the protracted strike action embarked upon by the university workers will end in days.
Pensioners threaten mass action over 6 years unpaid benefits
FEDERAL Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s pensioners have threatened mass action over their unpaid pensions and other entitlements for the past six years. This is as the National Pension Commission, PenCom, is fuming over ongoing moves to exclude paramilitary organisations including the police from the Contributory Pension Scheme, CPS.
