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BREAKING: NLC Declares Nationwide Strike Over Naira Scarcity

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

IT WILL BE TOTAL: “Affiliate unions should also be on standby for picketing exercise across all branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide on Wednesday,” Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike beginning from Wednesday next week. Platforms Africa reports that Joe Ajaero, NLC president, gave the directive at an ongoing media briefing at Labour House in Abuja on Wednesday. READ ALSO: Buhari Removes 5% Excise Duty For Telecoms Services US Hails INEC, Threatens Visa Ban…

Buhari Removes 5% Excise Duty For Telecoms Services

March 22, 2023March 22, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the exemption of the digital economy sector from 5 per cent excise duty. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Pantami, made this known at a press briefing organised by the Presidential Review Committee on Excise Duty in Abuja on Tuesday. The minister had, on September 5, 2022, suspended the imposition of a 5 per cent excise duty on the sector. Pantami, who is the chairman of the committee set up for reviewing the proposed excise duty in…

Ogun Ex-permanent Secretary, Wife Found Dead In Lagos

March 22, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

A former permanent secretary in Ogun State, Adefemi Egbeoluwa, and his wife, Oluwafunmilayo, have been found dead at their residence around Allen Avenue in the Ikeja area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the couple were at home with their domestic worker on the day of the governorship and state House of Assembly elections when some yet-to-be-identified persons invaded the premises and killed the couple. It was learned that the assailants, after killing the couple, attacked the domestic worker and fled the scene. READ ALSO: Buhari: I’m Eager To…

Hamar: African Tribe Where Wives Beg Husbands To Flog Them For Love, Loyalty

March 16, 2023March 16, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

Beat Me Black And Blue; You are not seen to be in love or ready as a husband by your wife if you cannot beat her black and blue. Welcome to Ethiopia A tribal ceremony during which young women are whipped in order to show the sacrifices they make for men is revealed in a series of photographs. Members of the Hamar tribe in Ethiopia believe the elaborate scars demonstrate a woman’s capacity for love, and if they fall on hard times later in life it allows them to…

Seplat Energy Appoints Acting CEO As Court Bars Brown From Management Duties

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

Seplat Energy said Friday its chief operating officer, Samson Ezugworie, has been asked to take over as the chief executive officer of the oil & gas company. The decision followed an interim order of a judge, C.J. Aneke, of the Federal High Court, Lagos, restraining Roger Brown, the company’s CEO, from engaging in the running of the firm. The corporation said in a regulatory filing that Mr Brown has stepped back from his executive duties and delegated authority to the COO. READ ALSO: OBIDIENT AND A JOURNEY INTO UNDERSTANDING, BY…

OBIDIENT AND A JOURNEY INTO UNDERSTANDING, BY DARE BABARINSA

March 11, 2023March 11, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

The Obidients chew the figures like their hero and were ready to serve him without collecting shishi… The Obidients represent the future of Nigerian politics when ideology and manifesto would matter. The presidential election 2023 may go down in history as one that was most strategically fought among the three leading contestants. I will rely mainly on the results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, which is being disputed by the first runner up, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice-President, who ran on the platform of the…

Nigerian Teenager Shoots Three-Year-Old Girl To Death

March 11, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

“This is how it happened,” Police give details A 13-year-old teenager has shot a three-year-old girl to death with a dane gun in Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, the state’s police command has said. The owner of the dane gun, 45-year old Semiu Adegesin, whose contributory negligence led to the death of the 3-year old girl was arrested by the police. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesman, Ogun Police Command, in a statement on Friday, said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Imasayi Divisional Headquarters that…

Lagos Bus-Train Wreck: Bus Driver Undergoes Psychiatric, Drug, Other Tests

March 11, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

The driver of the Lagos State Government Workers’ official bus that crashed into a train at the PWD bus stop on Thursday morning has commenced psychiatric, psychological and drug tests. The driver was said to have ignored warnings from the Nigeria Railway Corporation flagman and other drivers when the bus was crushed by the train. The driver of the crushed vehicle was arrested after the incident by the operatives of the Railway Police Command. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the command, Yetunde Longe, confirmed the arrest of the…

Mansa Musa: Story Of Richest Man That Ever Lived

March 11, 2023 ADEOLA YUSUF

Mansa Musa was one of the most extraordinary Emperors of Mali. He was named Mansa, which means King. He was also called Kankan Musa. He ruled from 1312 to 1337, which was for 25 years. He was the 9th king and was preceded by Muhammad Ibn Qu. During the reign of Mansa Musa in Mali, Mali was one of the world’s wealthiest and most territorial kingdoms. This made the fame of Mansa Musa spread all across and beyond Africa. Mansa Musa contributed to the growth of Mali in various significant…

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