A 40-year-old man, Adebayo Ojo, was on Wednesday docked before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged sexual assault. The Prosecutor, Insp. Monica Ikebuilo, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on Sept. 6 in Ayegbaju-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area of EKiti. Also read: APGA Tussle: Njoku asks court to compel INEC to …
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri – Abuja The National Industrial Court, NIC, in Abuja, on Wednesday, issued an order of interim injunction, directing the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to immediately call-off its strike/industrial action and resume duties forthwith. The interim order followed a ruling that was delivered by the vacation judge of the court, Justice …
Nigerians will have alternatives to fuel use Most Nigerians will not pay more for electricity President Muhammadu Buhari The Federal Government is committed to ameliorating the pains and the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerians through the active implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan according to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on …
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel price or face a “total shutdown of the country’s economy”. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, while addressing newsmen at the end of the body’s Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Wednesday in …
Ogunsan and Adamu The Chairman of Executive Group and Board Member, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr Ayo Ogunsan, has heaped praises on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on the occasion of his 59th birthday. In a congratulatory statement issued recently, Ogunsan described the police boss as “an exceptional police officer with character and …
Says sentence with menial Labour wrong UN Convention on Rights of Child By Chioma Obinna The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, on Wednesday expressed worry over the sentencing of 13-year-old Omar Farouq to 10 years’ imprisonment with menial labour by the Kano State Sharia Court at Feli Hockey, Kano. Reacting to the sentence handed down …
Ogunsan and Adamu The Chairman of Executive Group and Board Member, Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF), Dr Ayo Ogunsan, has heaped praises on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on the occasion of his 59th birthday. In a congratulatory statement issued recently, Ogunsan described the police boss as “an exceptional police officer with character and …
A former Speaker of Delta State House of Assembly and current Executive Director, Maritime Labour and Carbotage Services, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Rt. Hon. Victor Onyekachi Ochei, has donated three operational vehicles to the Nigerian Police, Delta State Command, for the use of the Anti-Crime Units of Issele-Uku, Onicha-Olona and Asaba GRA Divisional …
