NNPC workers suspend strike action

NNPC workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, have suspended their strike action. The oil workers called for a strike following the restructuring of NNPC by the Federal government...

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Photos: 'Did you try to close your legs?' a Spanish Judge asks rape victim

A Spanish judge has been accused of offensive questioning after she asked a rape survivor if she had tried closing her legs when she was being sexually assaulted. The comments were made as the alleged victim appeared in court in Vitoria, northern Spain, to make an initial rape allegation to the magistrate. The unnamed woman had told the court how a man had repeatedly violently abused her sexually and physically   Judge Maria del...

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Power generation drops to 1,580 MW

Power generation in the country has dropped to 1, 580 MW in the last three days resulting in blackout presently being experienced in some parts of the country. Senior officials at Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, attribute the decrease in power generation to a partial system collapse at the Shiroro dam in Niger state and the activities of gas pipeline vandals in the Niger Delta region. Residents of Lagos state have also been thrown into...

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Abducted Nigerian man in Pakistan found, 3 kidnappers arrested by police

A Nigerian man named Chakoli, who was abducted 7 days ago in Rawalpind, Charsadda, Pakistan was safely found by the police and three of his alleged kidnappers arrested. Chakoli was found after a police action in Tungi’s area of Thekedar Anu Kali, Charsadda on Tuesday, March 8. The kidnappers (pictured) were also arrested during the action. According to Tangi SHO Gul Shahid, police raided a house at Tekadar Korona area in Chakori....

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FG probes 11,000 ghost workers

Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun yesterday revealed that 11,000 potential ghost workers have been identified in the payroll of the Federal government and are now being investigated. Adeosun made the disclosure while speaking to state house correspondents after the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. According to Adeosun, this disclosure was made possible by the routine audit of all ministries, agencies and parastatals ordered by President Buhari. This...

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Oshiomole demands unreserved apology from Dino Melaye over his comments about his choice of a wife

Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole, has asked for an unreserved apology from Senator Dino Melaye over his recent comments about him not marrying a Made in Nigeria woman. During the senate debate on promoting Made in Nigeria goods on Wednesday March 2nd, Dino said that Nigerian men do not like patronizing Made in Nigeria Girls and cited Oshiomole who is married to Iara from Cape Verde as an example. Oshiomole reacted to the comment via a statement...

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We have paid Sunday Oliseh,so we are ready to meet him in court - NFF

The Nigeria Football Federation say they are ready to meet Sunday Oliseh in court after the ex-Super Eagles coach said he is meeting with his lawyers to discuss a legal move after claiming he is being owed salaries by the football body. Sunday Oliseh resigned from his post on Social media on Friday and the NFF said they had paid him backlog of salaries totaling N20m on the 23rd of February through a Sterling Bank account before he...

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Ciara & her dancers dance barefoot on the street Dolphin Estate, Lagos (photos/video)

The US singer who was in Nigeria over the weekend for Darey's show, danced bare foot to Iyanya's Kukere and Tekno's Duro, at Dolphin Estate. See more photos. ...

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Jay Z gives DJ Khaled the last original Roc-a-Fella chain after signing him to Roc Nation...

As shared by DJ Khaled.....

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'I don't understand Caitlyn Jenner's decision to date men' - ex-wife Kris says

Kris Jenner says she doesn't understand why her ex-husband Bruce/Caitlyn Jenner has decided to date men after being with only women all his life. Speaking as a guest on the EllenDegeneres Show this week, the popular TV host reminded Kris that the last time she was at the show she was with Bruce Jenner on Valentine's day and asked if she was surprised at his recent decision to start dating men. 'The last time you were here on the show, you...

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Saraki's CCT trial to resume March 11th

The trial of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, will resume on March 11th, a day after the initial date of resumption which was March 10th. According to a statement released by the spokesperson of the Tribunal, the shift in date came after Saraki's lead counsel, Kanu Agabi SAN, asked that the date be shifted due to his engagement in other courts on March 10th.‎  Saraki is being tried on a 13-count charge...

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Texas couple indicted for holding Nigerian woman captive for more than 2 years

The Texas couple Chudy and Sandra Nsobundu, 56 and 50, accused of holding a Nigerian woman captive in their home for more than two years and without pay has been indicted. A federal grand jury returned a five-count indictment against them and they have both been charged with forced labor, withholding documents, visa fraud, conspiracy to harbor and harboring an illegal alien. The couple also have to forfeit their...

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Police Set To Hand Over The Abducted Bayelsa Girl To Her Parents Today

Ese Oruru, the 14 year old girl "abducted" by one Yinusa and taken to Kano where he converted her to a Muslim and married her was at the police headquarters in Abuja yesterday. Ese is still insisting that she was never abducted and that she and Yinusa have been "friends" long before she followed him to Kano. She also insist that she is 17 and not 14 as her parents are claiming. Meanwhile she will be handed over to her parents today at a press...

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Nigerian coaches blast NFF President Amaju Pinnick, say they deserve respect.

The Nigerian Coaches Association has blasted NFF President Amaju Pinnick over what the association sees as lack of trust and belittling of indigenous coaches. The president of the Nigerian Coaches Association Bitrus Bewarang said the NFF boss was unfair to Nigerian coaches when he said that the era of indigenous coaches handling the senior national team ended with Sunday Oliseh. Bewarang who spoke on Tuesday in Abuja, said that “The attention...

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