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Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, engaged in a war of words with James Faleke, who is representing Ikeja Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives. Ngige had appeared before the House Ad Hoc Committee on the Arbitrary Breach of Presidential Directives on the suspension of top management and executive members of the Nigeria […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/39jUnWI via EDUPEDIA

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Some medical workers in Ondo State have lamented the non-payment of their salaries by the state government since they were employed into the state’s civil service. The affected medical workers, who are 26 in number, were employed by the Ondo State Government on June 26, 2019 through the state’s Hospitals […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2CDXInD via EDUPEDIA

The United Arab Emirates has given a three-week ultimatum to Nigerians with expired visas to leave the country. The ultimatum expires on August 17, 2020. The Nigerian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, however, said the UAE granted waivers on fines and penalties on visas that expired before March 1. A statement by the embassy said, “The […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2CuVneQ via EDUPEDIA

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has yanked off a statement declaring a lawmaker, Shehu Koko, wanted for corruption, from its website. SaharaReporters had on Wednesday published a story on how Koko, a member of the House of Representatives panel that interrogated Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2WMFs2p via EDUPEDIA

The surge in crime rate in the Federal Capital Territory and satellite towns in Abuja has left residents now living in fear. SaharaReporters observed that cases of ‘one chance’, the act of criminals operating as taxi drivers and robbing unsuspecting passengers, are on the rise. A victim of ‘one chance’, Precious Chukwu, while narrating her ordeal, […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3jvo8Zb via EDUPEDIA

No fewer than 20 persons were killed as a result of a tanker explosion around Koko Junction along Benin/Sapele Expressway in Delta State on Wednesday morning. Eyewitnesses said the accident involved 10 vehicles and casualties were burnt beyond recognition as a result of the fire caused by the explosion. “The tanker was trying to manoeuvre […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/30EiHyz via EDUPEDIA

Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, engaged in a war of words with James Faleke, who is representing Ikeja Federal Constituency at the House of Representatives. Ngige had appeared before the House Ad Hoc Committee on the Arbitrary Breach of Presidential Directives on the suspension of top management and executive members of the Nigeria […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2OPyLbm via EDUPEDIA

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Some medical workers in Ondo State have lamented the non-payment of their salaries by the state government since they were employed into the state’s civil service. The affected medical workers, who are 26 in number, were employed by the Ondo State Government on June 26, 2019 through the state’s Hospitals […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2EaQkAC via EDUPEDIA

The United Arab Emirates has given a three-week ultimatum to Nigerians with expired visas to leave the country. The ultimatum expires on August 17, 2020. The Nigerian Embassy in Abu Dhabi, however, said the UAE granted waivers on fines and penalties on visas that expired before March 1. A statement by the embassy said, “The […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/32GB1Ka via EDUPEDIA

The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has yanked off a statement declaring a lawmaker, Shehu Koko, wanted for corruption, from its website. SaharaReporters had on Wednesday published a story on how Koko, a member of the House of Representatives panel that interrogated Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3eU6hrB via EDUPEDIA

  Activists on Wednesday protested at the National Assembly in Abuja to call for the killing of the social media and hate speech bills. The protesters said the bills do not in any way provide solutions to the problems they ought to address, rather they seek to further throw the country into chaos and confusion. […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3fR9oll via EDUPEDIA

Aftermath of the late night fire Aftermath of the late night fire Aftermath of the late night fire A late-night fire outbreak on Tuesday destroyed some of the buildings housing the Nigerian Television Authority in Ilorin, Kwara State. The fire, which was said to have been caused by electric spark, started around 11:25pm and affected […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/30E63j4 via EDUPEDIA

File Photo There was apprehension at the Owode end of Ikorodu Road in Lagos on Wednesday after a Bus Rapid Transit vehicle crushed a man whose identity is yet to be known to death. A crowd of angry motorcyclists, sympathisers, who witnessed the incident, threatened mayhem and vandalised the bus. The accident was the second […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/39jr7iH via EDUPEDIA

Shehu Koko, a member of the House of Representatives panel that interrogated Prof Kemebradikumo Pondei, Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, on Monday when he fainted, was in 2019 declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission for corruption, findings by SaharaReporters have revealed. Pondei fainted during the televised hearing […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2ZOd3KY via EDUPEDIA

Rights activist and SaharaReporters Publisher, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has called on Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Garba Shehu, to be honest for once in his life by stating the facts of what truly transpired when a delegation led by late Isa Funtua, which also included him (Shehu), paid him a visit […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/32Ld5W6 via EDUPEDIA

Leo Igwe The Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AFAW) urges the new president of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, to take urgent steps to end the incessant killing of alleged witches in the country. This appeal has become necessary following reported cases of the brutal murder of persons accused of witchcraft in this southern African nation. In recent […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/3eV0a6e via EDUPEDIA

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, has reacted to the revelation made by the publisher of SaharaReporters, Omoyele Sowore, on what transpired between he (Sowore) and prominent Nigerians who visited him when he was detained  by the Department of State Services in Abuja. Sowore was illegally detained for four […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2WMWL34 via EDUPEDIA

The Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice Ijeoma Agugua, has ordered a speedy trial of the case filed by Mr Kingsley Unegbu, a businessman in Imo State, against the First City Monument Bank. Unegbu dragged the First City Monument Bank to court in 2013 after a mistake by the bank on his Mastercard caused him to […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2CsaTIl via EDUPEDIA

Some Nigerians have instituted a lawsuit against Brickwall Global Investment Limited on the allegation that the company defrauded them of N5.78m. The Nigerians – Mr Lawrence Imolode, Mrs Daffron Imolode, Mr Zephaniah Nwokeji, Mr Chukwuebuka Ezeocha (for himself and Mrs Ezeocha), and Mr Chuka Nwadialo (for himself and Mrs Elsie Nwadialo) – claimed that the […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/39hj3is via EDUPEDIA

Former Minister Dan Etete Italian prosecutors are requesting a ten-year prison sentence for Dan Etete, Nigeria’s former petroleum minister over an allegedly corrupt Nigerian oil block deal. SaharaReporters gathered that the prosecutors requested this in their closing arguments in Milan in what has been described as one of the most prominent corruption cases in the […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2CYaRHM via EDUPEDIA

Italian police on Tuesday detained 19 Nigerians in a crackdown of an alleged cult-like organized crime group specializing in drug dealing and trafficking women from their homeland, forcing them into prostitution on Italy’s streets. Police said in a statement that the crime cell they targeted operated in the areas of Ancona, an Adriatic port city, […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/30ypERT via EDUPEDIA

Ohaneze National President, John Nwodo at Ukehe Apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has expressed optimism that an Igbo indigene will succeed President Muhamadu Buhari in 2023.  Ohanaeze, in a statement by its spokesman, Chuks Ibegbu, noted that “with the mood of the nation today, an Igbo will hopefully succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.” […] Source from EDUPEDIA247https://ift.tt/2BkMHa6 via EDUPEDIA