Category Archives: METRO
BREAKING: Oyo Workers Block secretariat gate, Demand Review of Allowances
The Oyo State workers, on Monday, locked the state secretariat at Agodi in Ibadan, as they protest against issues affecting them. The PUNCH reports that the workers are demanding palliatives, an upward review of pension allowances, and payment of salary
BREAKING: SELF-STYLED SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR, AKINTOYE AKINDELE, ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED FRAUD
Flamboyant serial entrepreneur and Chairman of Platform Capital, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, has been arrested by the men of the Nigeria Police Force for alleged fraudulent diversion of payment for crude oil supplied to Duport Midstream Company Limited. PMEXPRESS learnt Akindele,
JUST IN: Federal High Court Judge, Mallong, is Dead
A judge in the Federal High Court, Justice Peter Mallong, has died. He was said to have died on Sunday after a brief illness. The Chief Registrar, Federal High Court of Nigeria, Hassan Sulaiman, confirmed this to our correspondent on
JUST IN: Tinubu to Address Nigerians Today
The President, Bola Tinubu, will address Nigerians on Monday (today) at 7 pm. The President’s Special Adviser on Strategy, Communication and Special Duties, Dele Alake, announced this in a statement released on Monday morning. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make
NLC Insists on Wednesday Strike, Mobilises Workers
The Nigeria Labour Congress has commenced mass mobilisation ahead of its planned nationwide strike scheduled to begin Wednesday to protest the hardship occasioned by the fuel subsidy removal. In a schedule obtained by our correspondent in Abuja on Sunday, the
JUST IN: ECOWAS Gives Niger’s military One-week to Reinstate Bazoum as President
Members of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, on Sunday, issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Nigerien military to restore constitutional order and reinstate ousted President Muhammed Bazoum into office. This followed an extraordinary meeting of leaders
Nationwide Strike: Stock Homes With Food, Medicines, Others, Labour Tells Nigerians
The Federal Government will on Monday meet with the representatives of the organised labour in an effort to prevent the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress. However, the NLC has advised citizens to stock their homes with food items,
Adeleke Pays Third Batch of Half Pay Owed Workers
Report: US Issued its Highest-ever Student Visa to Nigeria in 2022
The United States issued Nigeria and Ghana their highest-ever student visa in history in 2022, a recent report has revealed. ApplyBoard, the Canadian educational company, said more African students were awarded F1 visas in 2022 than ever before, citing data from the
Tinubu Promises to Support Google’s Job Creation Efforts in Nigeria
Tinubu says the tech giant has the capabilities and tools that the young people need to excel. President Bola Tinubu has expressed the willingness of the Federal Government to support global tech giant, Google Incorporated, to create one million digital