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The Lagos State Police command appears to be facing mounting pressure to release music promoter Balogun Olamilekan Eletu, also known as Sam Larry, who was detained for questioning regarding the contentious demise of 27-year-old singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, widely recognized as Mohbad. An Insider within the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) in Yaba,…

Some armed men suspected to be bandits have invaded the student dormitories of the Federal University in Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State, abducting five female students. Daily Trust gathered that the incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday, at the students’ off-campus dormitories behind Mariamoh Ajiri school, close to Wednesday Market in Dutsinma. “Five of…

Barely a week after the Lagos State Police announced the arrest of Larry Sam over his alleged involvement in the death of Promise Aloba, better known as Mohbad, the police this evening confirmed the arrest of the Marlian Record label boss, Afeez Fashola aka Naira Marley. The command public relations officer, David Hundeyin made the…

The panel investigating the allegations against Cyril Ndifon, a former dean of the law faculty at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), has established a case of sexual harassment and abuse of office against him. Ndifon was in the news in August after he was suspended and replaced by UNICAL over sexual harassment allegations. Benedict Otu,…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has transmitted three additional names of Ministerial nominees to the Senate. The three nominees are; Jamila Bio, Balarebe Abbas and Olawale Olawande. This is coming barely three months after the upper chamber of the National Assembly confirmed 45 nominees with various portfolios.

By Farouq A. Kperogi Both pro- and anti-Tinubu news outlets and blogs are selectively reporting the documents that Chicago State University handed over to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar yesterday. Here are 6 non-partisan tidbits I discovered from poring over them: This information is consistent with my September 2, 2023, column titled, “Tinubu Definitely Graduated…

The Executive Members of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) have directed their members to resume work at the nation’s seaports and oil and gas platform. The union had earlier ordered closure of all the nation’s Seaports, Jetties, Oil & Gas platforms and Terminals in compliance with the organized labour’s directive on the indefinite…

Vanguard News The meeting between the Federal Government and Organised Labour, yesterday ended in deadlock as leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterparts, rejected the government’s offers. However, the meeting will reconvene at 4 p.m. today. Sources at the meeting told Vanguard that the labour leaders…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved additional N10,000 for workers for a period of six months. This follows a meeting which the Federal Government officials had with labour leaders on Sunday to avert the looming nationwide strike. At the meeting chaired by Femi Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff to the President, it was agreed that the…