The spokesman said the threat by the security officials to protest at the commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt was no longer acceptable. The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has dismissed speculations that it is owing its security workers over six months salaries. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Dr Pius Ughakpoteni, gave the clarification in a…
He said the ease of reimbursement to retired workers of contributed funds even after failure to access housing loans is also cumbersome and unnerving. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to pull out workers from the National Housing Fund’s (NHF) contributory funds over non-remittance of deduction made. Joe Ajaero, President of the NLC made…
Things Fall Apart was first published in 1958, by William Heinemann, London. Dr Akil Khalfani, Pan African Diaspora Ambassador to the Ooni of Ife, says the Nigerian novel, Things Fall Apart, is still valued after 65 years because it tells the story of African history, culture and family. Khalfani, Director, Africana Institute, Essex County College,…
According to him, it is only under President Tinubu that a citizen of Edo has been appointed as Minister of Niger Delta Development. Senator Adams Oshiomhole (APC Edo-North Senatorial District) says President Bola Tinubu-led administration will leave a legacy of being the one that turned the socio-economic and political fortunes of the nation around. Oshiomhole,…
The spokesperson added that usually the accused were attacked by mobs. The Police Command in Nasarawa State has warned residents of the state against raising false alarm alleging disappearance of genitals. This is contained in a statement signed by DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, and made available to newsmen…
Some concerned members of the committee at the sideline of the investigative hearing, accused Adams of frustrating the exercise. The ad hoc committee investigating the face-off between Super Falcons and Officials of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has once again summoned Ibrahim Gusau, the president of the federation. Rep. Blessing Onu, the Chairman of the…
The two were married for only three years before splitting up. American actress Halle Berry now has to pay $8,000 a month in child support after finalising her divorce with her ex-husband Olivier Martinez. According to TMZ, despite signing a prenup at the beginning of their marriage, she has to pay for their 10-year-old son,…
The Prosecutor said that the convict stopped taking telephone calls from the complainant after collecting the money. An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced 63-year-old Abiodun Ogundimu to 18 months imprisonment for obtaining ₦1.5 million through false pretence. The Magistrate, Mr A.J Odueke, sentenced Ogundimu to the Kirikiri Correctional Facility for defrauding Mr Akeem Olaleye,…
Wike noted that while there were other lots of the project that were not completed, people would have confidence on the one that was completed and working. Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Wednesday, inspected the Abuja Rail Mass Transit (ARMT) System rehabilitation project as first official assignment. Wike told…
The transatlantic slave trade has far-reaching consequences in Africa that resonate to this day. The transatlantic slave trade, which forcibly transported millions of Africans to the Americas as enslaved labourers, is a dark chapter in history when Africans suffered and were unfairly exploited. Although the slave trade itself ended in the 19th century, its aftermath…
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