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

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has approved payment of another batch of half salary debt alongside the state workers’ July salaries. The spokesperson for the governor, Olawale Rasheed, in a statement obtained in Osogbo on Saturday noted that the latest

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