Alarm in Lagos markets, as fraudsters target 125 business owners
“I started as a ‘Caller’. A caller is a person who goes out to identify and speak with our prospective victims. We identify businessmen"
Assault on corps member: Soludo sacks vigilante operatives
…NBA demands culprits’ prosecution …Culprits threatened to rape, kill her — Lawyer …Dafinone condemns assault By Efe Onodjae Awka—Anambra State government has dismissed eight operatives of the Agunechemba Security outfit in the state over the assault on a female National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, Jennifer Elobor, serving in the state. This came as the […]
Labour House document controversy: NSITF apologises to NLC
By Amarachi Daisy, ABUJA The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, NSITF, has moved to calm tensions with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, by formally retracting a recent publication concerning the ownership of the NLC National Headquarters and tendering an unreserved apology to the Congress and its leadership. In a letter dated August 16, 2025 addressed […]
Students protest increment in private hostels’ fees at UNILAG
By Adesina Wahab LAGOS—Some students of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, who reside in private hostels on the main campus in Akoka have cried out over the sharp increase in the fees being charged by private hostels’ promoters in the school. Some of the hostel promoters have reportedly increased their rent by almost 40 per […]
Economy out of ICU, citizens still in pain — NECA
Nigeria’s economy may have crawled out of the Intensive Care Unit, but citizens are still gasping under the weight of inflation, falling demand, and multiple taxes, the Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA, has warned.
One year on: Inside CJN Kekere-Ekun’s push for judicial integrity
When Justice Olukayode Ariwoola bowed out in August 2024, many legal observers predicted that his successor would inherit an institution staggering under the weight of its own contradictions.
Labour activist, Ogbeifun, preaches virtue in service
… as oil workers break tradition for ex-PENGASSAN, TUC President @70 By Victor Ahiuma-Young & Jimitota Onoyume Labour leaders, professional colleagues, members of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, friends, and well-wishers from across Nigeria stormed Warri, Delta State, in their numbers […]
Bandits seized 8 of 10 wards, killed 12 in Katsina LG, lawmaker weeps
“Just yesterday, by the entrance of the town near the secondary school, they killed a young man and rustled four oxen”
Polytechnic students declare nationwide protest over truck accidents
The National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS, has announced plans for a three-day nationwide peaceful protest following recent road accidents involving trucks belonging to a cement company, which led to deaths and injuries in Auchi, Edo State.
Man stabs lover to death in Rivers over cheating allegation
By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— A man simply identified as ‘Doctor’ has allegedly stabbed his lover, nicknamed Ima to death in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The development caused pandemonium on Okereke Street, Mile 1 Diobu, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of the state, where the incident happened Sunday night. It was gathered that the […]
EFCC secures conviction of 3 Internet fraudsters arrested at Obasanjo Library complex
By Innocent Anaba The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of three internet fraudsters, who were arrested at a hotel located within the premises of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, OOPL, complex in Abeokuta. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu, who is sitting as a vacation judge in Federal High Court, Lagos, handed down […]
