By Monday Ijeh The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba, said on Thursday in Abuja that 34,587 operatives would be deployed to Anambra for the state’s Nov. 6 governorship election. Baba made the declaration at a meeting with police officers from the rank of Commissioner and above. He said the deployment would consist of conventional […]
By Glory Abuh-Adejoh The National Industrial Court on Thursday ordered Covenant University, Ota to pay its former staff Dr. Adekunle Oyeyemi the sum of N10.3 million as general damages, terminal benefit and salary. The judge, Justice Ayodele Obaseki-Osaghae, delivering judgment also declared that the employment termination of the claimant’s employment as wrongful and in breach […]
By Olayinka Olawale Lagos, Oct. 13, 2021 (NAN) The Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Ms Abisola Olusanya, has urged Ofada Rice farmers in the state to re-brand the commodity for market visibility and bring it to a globally acceptable standard. Olusanya gave the charge on Wednesday, in Lagos, at an Ofada Rice Day Symposium, organised […]
Two bills to establish the North Central and North–West Development Commissions, on Thursday, scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The commissions will be charged with the responsibilities to receive and manage funds from the allocation of the federation account. The funds are expected to be used for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads, […]
“Star Trek” actor William Shatner finally became a real space traveler on Blue Origin’s second crewed mission Wednesday, calling it the most profound experience of his life. “It was unbelievable,” said the 90-year-old Canadian, known to the sci-fi show’s legion of “Trekkies” as the daring Captain James T. Kirk, a role he first played more […]
Apple’s shares dropped on Tuesday following reports it could slash its iPhone 13 production targets due to the ongoing global computer chip shortage. The electronic giant had expected to make 90 million iPhones in the last quarter of 2021, reported Bloomberg. However, Apple was now having to tell its partners that the total will be […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Dr Ezra Yakusak as the new Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC). According to a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Garba Shehu, the appointment is for an initial term of four years in accordance […]
Margaret Ekong, a witness in the trial of the former Director-General of the Nigeria Maritime and Administration Agency (NIMASA) Patrick Akpobolokemi, has testified before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. She told Justice Ayokunle Faji on Tuesday that the defendant and his management team spent the agency’s N18 million meant for intelligence gathering on […]
Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk said Tuesday it had started to divert vessels away from Britain’s biggest container port because of congestion, the latest fallout from multiple crises hitting the United Kingdom. The country is suffering runaway energy prices, shortages of goods, fuel delivery issues and a worsening long-term shortage of lorry drivers, with post-Brexit […]
As William Shatner prepares to be beamed up Wednesday for his first real-life spaceflight, and to become at 90 the oldest person ever to enter the final frontier, he’s bringing out the awe in the small handful of people around a rural Texas spaceport. Shatner’s 10-minute trip with three others on the second passenger flight […]