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Minimum Wage: SSANU, NASU Shut Down LASU
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, Lagos State University, LASU, chapter on Monday shut down the institution over the failure of the state government to pay them the arrears of the new minimum wage. All the gates leading to the main campus…
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Winners Pastor Bags Jail Term For Stealing $90,000, N4.5m
A Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced a pastor of the Living Faith Church, aka Winners’ Chapel, Afolabi Samuel, to three years’ imprisonment for stealing $90,000 and N4.5m belonging to the registered trustees of the church. Samuel, an accountant and the church’s treasurer, was arraigned before Justice Mojisola Dada on two counts…
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Why I support reopening of Lekki Toll Plaza, Segalink
Convener of EndSARS campaign and member of the Lagos state judicial panel, Segun Awosanya better known as Segalinkhas given an explanation as to why he supported the handing over of the Lekki Toll plaza to the Lekki Concession Company LCC who will, in turn, reopen the tollgates. Operations at the tollgates were closed in October…
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68-year-old Man Arrested for Allegedly Raping 7-year-old Girl in Anambra
A 68-year-old man, Linus Onuzulike has been arrested by men of the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly defiling a 7-year-old girl in Abagana in Njikoka Local Government. The suspect was paraded alongside fifteen others for different offenses at the Police Command’s headquarters over the weekend. Police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed, also confirmed the arrest of…
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Countries that embrace Cryptocurrencies in their economies
Since it was introduced over a decade ago, only about 30 of the world’s 196 countries have embraced and expressed a positive stance towards cryptocurrency usage in their economies. While the United States of America, Australia, Canada, and the European Union (27 countries) have accepted its usage by working to prevent or reduce the use…
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Sunday Igboho Speaks On Concerns Raised By Children, Wife
Oodua republic advocate, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has stated that he remains undeterred in his quest to liberate the South-West from killer herdsmen despite concerns over his safety by family members. In recent weeks, Igboho has been in the news for asking herders, allegedly responsible for farmers-herders’ crisis, to leave some communities…
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Video: Drama in church as pastor refuses to join couple together in Port Harcourt for arriving late
Church members and wedding guests in a church in Port Harcourt engaged in a verbal fight when the pastor refused to wed a couple right away because they arrived 5 minutes late to church. Despite pleas, the pastor went to his office and declined to wed them at the appointed time. He left the couple…
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Revealed! Why CBN Bans Cryptocurrencies Trading
Trading in Cryptocurrencies is not backed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act which recognizes the naira as the only legal tender in the Nigerian financial system, an analyst has said. The CBN had on Friday, directed Deposit Money Banks (DMBs), Other Financial Institutions (OFIs) and Non-Bank Financial Institutions (NBFIs) local financial institutions to…
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#EndSARS: Lagos Judicial Panel Members Disagree Over Repossession of Lekki Toll Plaza, as DJ Switch Kicks
The members of Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS related Abuses and Other Matters are divided over an application by Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to repossess Lekki tollgate plaza; while five members supported it, four others objected. The four dissenting panellists were Ebun Olu-Adegboruwa, Olorunrinu Oduala, Temitope Majekodunmi and Patience Patrick…
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Father Leads Son, Thugs To Beat School Principal To Stupor in Osun
A student of Oduduwa secondary school, Ile-Ife, Osun state in collaboration with some thugs beat a principal, Sanusi Ademola in the school to stupor. It was gathered that the student, Adeyeni Adejuwon, 19, was scolded for not dressing properly in the morning only to return to the school with his father and thugs and unleash…
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