U.S. Supreme Court justices, in an internet privacy case involving Google disagreed on Wednesday over whether to rein in a form of settlement in class action lawsuits. The lawsuit awards money to charities and other third parties instead of…
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BUHARI VS ATIKU: NORTH YET TO TAKE DEFINITE STAND – AREWA YOUTHS
As permutations continue on the coming major contest for the presidency between incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President, youths in the North say they have yet to take a definite stand on who to…
Read MoreSHI’ITE: FEC DIRECTS FCT MINISTER TO SUMMON SECURITY COUNCIL
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has directed the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Bello Muhammad, to summon meeting of the territory’s security council to address Shi’ite uprisings in the territory. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji…
Read MoreAPC CRISIS: TINUBU DISMISSES CALL FOR OSHIOHMOLE’S RESIGNATION
National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has dismissed the call for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Comrade Adams Oshiohmole, saying party supremacy must be respected. Tinubu made his position known…
Read MoreMINIMUM WAGE: TUC REJECTS GOVERNORS’ N22,500 PROPOSAL
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) on Wednesday said it rejected the N22,500 minimum wage announced by the Governors’ Forum. Mr Boboi Kaigama, TUC President, said this in Lagos at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC)…
Read MoreLAGOS POLICE IN SEARCH OF 18-YEAR-OLD HOUSEMAID WHO ALLEGEDLY FLED FROM HER BOSS’S HOME WITH N500K WORTH OF GOODS
The Lagos state police command has launched a search for an 18-year-old housemaid identified as Queen, for allegedly fleeing with her boss, Omowunmi Odejide’s property worth N500, 000. Narrating what happened, Odejide said she went for a party on October…
Read MorePOLICE DECLARE COOK WANTED FOR MURDERING POPULAR LAGOS CHIEF, OPE BADEMOSI
The police in Lagos state have declared the Togolese cook of a popular Lagos chief, Ope Bademosi, wanted for killing him at his Onikoyi Lane, Parkview Estate yesterday October 31st. Bademosi was the chairman of Credit Switch Limited. The cook…
Read MoreGENERAL ALKALI TO GET BEFITTING BURIAL, SAYS ARMY
The Nigerian Army said retired Major General Idris Alkali, whose body was found today, would be given a befitting burial. The leader of the operation search and rescue, Brigadier General Umar Mohammed, said a parade and befitting burial would…
Read MoreGEN. ALKALI’S BODY KEPT IN SACK LADEN WITH STONE, THEN THROWN INTO WELL
The Nigerian Army said the body of Maj. General Idris Alkali, after his gruesome murder and exhumation from a shallow grave, was kept in a sack laden with heavy stones and then thrown into an abandoned well. The additional…
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