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Pension Payment Subject To Funding, FG Tells Retirees

The Federal Government, through the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation, said the payment of accrued rights of pensioners under the Contributory Pension Scheme is subject to the availability of funds from the government. The OAGF made this known in a memo signed by Musa Raheem, Director of Administration addressed to the National […]

Fire Engulfs Radio Nigeria Lagos Office

A fire broke out late Wednesday evening at the Radio Nigeria premises on Plot No. 35, Ikoyi Road, Lagos, sparking widespread concern and triggering an immediate response from emergency services. The cause of the blaze remains unknown as authorities launched investigations into the incident. Margaret Adeseye, Director of the Lagos state fire and rescue service, […]

Port Harcourt Refinery’s Petrol Price Higher Than Dangote’s By ₦75/ltr

The Petroleum Products Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has said the price of Premium Motor Spirit churned out by the old Port Harcourt Refinery which resumed production on Tuesday, is ₦75 per litre higher than that sold by the Dangote Refinery. This was revealed by the association’s Public Relations Officer, Dr. Joseph Obele, […]

Woman Hides Secret Child In Drawer For Three Years

A mother who hid her baby girl in a drawer to keep her a secret from her partner and other children for three years has been jailed. The little girl was hidden in a drawer under the bed all her life and had “never known daylight or fresh air” until she was found weeks before […]

Lagos Court Clears Furniture Maker Of Rape Charges Involving 4-Year-Old Daughter

Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a 35-year-old upholstery maker, Taiwo Opasina, charged with alleged s3xual assault of his four-year-old daughter, (name withheld). The judge in his judgment held that the prosecution failed to discharge the burden of proof against Opasina. Oshodi said the […]

Former Gov Of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello Is Scheduled To Appear In Court Today.

Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is currently being detained at the holding facilities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja, The VOA has learnt. Bello, who was declared wanted by the anti-graft agency in April over an alleged N110bn fraud, was finally grilled after all efforts to have him arrested and […]

Ogun Assembly Summons Dangote Cement Over Alleged Environmental Abuse

The Ogun State House of Assembly, on Tuesday, passed a resolution summoning the management of Dangote Cement Company to provide the plant’s master plan, detailing all associated facilities, including a trailer park and industrial drainage channel, in adherence to international standards. The decision, made on Tuesday, followed the presentation of a report by the joint […]

Ex-Kogi Gov Yahaya Bello Reports To EFCC

The former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has, again, honoured the invitation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over alleged misappropriation of funds. Bello went to the office with his lawyers on Tuesday morning, following the Supreme Court judgment which dismissed states’ case on the constitutionality of the anti-graft agency. The former […]

Breaking: Court Sacks Alake’s Baale In Kajola Iboro, Ota

A High Court Sitting in Idi-Oke, has on Tuesday, restrained Odetogun Moruf from parading self as Baale. In a case with suit no HCI/ 130/ 2024, Mr. Odetogun Moruf, who was earlier installed by Alake of Egbaland, Oba Aremu Gbadebo Adedotun, was ordered not to further parade as Baale of the town. VOA News report […]

Ogun Customs Confiscates Contraband Valued At N556m

The Nigeria Customs Service, Joint Border Patrol Team Sector 2, South West, has announced the interception of contraband goods valued at N556 million over the past four weeks. These seizures include 816 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 802 kegs of Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petro, and several other illicit items. The team’s Coordinator, […]