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Protesting truck drivers have blocked the Abuja-Lokoja-Okene highways since the early hours of Monday. The drivers were protesting the N10,000 daily tax imposed by the Kogi State revenue Service. The state government, police and the Federal Road Safety Corps were, however, taking measure to ensure free flow of traffic.  No …

  Photo: www.skyscrapercity.com The Nigerian Communications Commission on Wednesday announced the immediate suspension of the new minimum pricing template for data services by mobile operators. The new rate, which would have led to price increase in data for some Nigerians, was scheduled to take effect from December 1. The NCC …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday urged a Federal High Court Lagos, to issue a bench warrant against a former Governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, over money laundering charges. EFCC said its prayer was based on Ladoja’s refusal to show up in court, to give answers …

  Volkswagen Volkswagen on Friday announced the biggest revamp in its history, cutting 30,000 jobs in a huge savings plan to help it recover from the dieselgate emissions cheating scandal. The deal, agreed with labour representatives after months of tortuous negotiations, will lead to annual savings of 3.7 billion euros …

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted bail to a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani- Kayode, in the sum of N50m after he was arraigned on five counts of N26m fraud. Fani-Kayode, a Director of Media and Publicity in the campaign organisation of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, …

Despite opposition from the National Judicial Council, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today began questioning two judges accused of corruptly enriching themselves in the course of their duty. The two Federal High Court judges, Mohammed Nasir Yunusa and Hyeladzira Ajiya Nganjiwa, were summoned to the Lagos Office of the …

THE Senate said Wednesday that it would reject moves by Mobile Telephone Network, MTN to sack Nigerians working in the telecommunication industry without recourse to global rules and practices. Speaking to journalists, when confronted with media report that MTN Nigeria Limited recently sacked over five hundred staff, Chairman, Senate Committee …

A Nigerian doctor based in Canada, Dr. Adekunle Williams-Owolabi, has been banned from medical practice for six months after making sexual comments to patients at his clinic in Labrador West. Owolabi’s licence was suspended and he was ordered to pay the sum of $75,000 towards the costs of holding the …

The Kwara Government on Friday said it had closed down 10 private schools built with wooden slabs and operating without due authorisation from the state government. Hajia Zainab Bello, the Director, Quality Assurance Bureau (QAB) of the Kwara Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, told the News Agency of …

The National Association of Nigerian Students’ has called for an independent investigation into alleged cases of funds diversion in the national assembly. The senate secretariat of the association made its position known in a press statement issued by its Senate President-elect, Oyejide Salam. The students’ body also‎ asked the speaker …