The Osun state government has declared that,those illegally employed by former administration led by Mr Gboyega Oyetola are no longer in the employment of the state government and no amount of blackmail can change that reality. In response to the demonstration held by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the end of the…
Renowned socio-political activist and critic, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri has urged Lagosians and residents to collect their PVCs and vote out APC government during the February 25th and March11 elections. In a Press statement in Lagos yesterday, he appealed to them; “Your votes must surely count. Ensure members of your families and dependants, friends, neighbours and…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Minister of State for Labour, Festus Keyamo, for allegedly abusing his office. Keyamo, the spokesman for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, had on January 16 issued a 72-hour ultimatum to anti-graft agencies to arrest and probe the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar,…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a blind 67-year-old man, Aliyu Adebiyi, in whose house they found 234kg of Indian hemp at the Sokoto village, Owena Ijesa in Atakumosa East LGA of Osun State. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja, explained that the…
Eight days to the January 31 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria to stop the old N1,000, N500, and N200 notes from being legal tender, banks’ Automated Teller Machines in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country are still dispensing the old notes, findings by The PUNCH have revealed. Despite the apex…
The Federal Government has released half of November 2022 check-off dues deducted from the salaries of all lecturers of federal universities in the country to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The SAHEL STANDARD gathered The ministry’s spokesman, Olajide Oshundun, in an interview said the decision of the government was based on the failure of…
Eucharia Anunobi, a veteran Nollywood actress, has said Nigerians who have not gotten their Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) are “anti-Christ.” In a video posted on Tiktok, Anunobi, who is also an evangelist, described her concept of an “anti-Christ” as “persons or movement vehemently against the terms of Jesus Christ and all movements encouraging the people…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council (PCC) has called on Nigerians to reject the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for evading debates.A spokesman of the Atiku Campaign, Phrank Shaibu, said this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Sunday. He said Tinubu’s failure to debate other candidates shows that he…
The Tokyo-based venture capital firm Inclusion Japan (ICJ) in partnership with the early-stage startup investor Kazana Fund, is set to fund startups in Ethiopia allocating $100 million.The two companies call on Ethiopian startups with pitch-ready ideas looking to secure significant capital funds, to take advantage of its upcoming exclusive event with an opportunity to secure…
… Group asks Commission to Investigate, Prosecute Offenders; Says Corrupt Practice Continues to Impoverish Nigerians A Foremost Anti-Corruption Organization in Nigeria, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has filled a petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against state governments and the Federal Capital Territory over the…
