Year: 2024

RCCG pastor arraigned for allegedly raping daughter

A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Emmanuel Orekoya, was on Tuesday arraigned before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for allegedly raping and impregnating his 17- year-old daughter. The defendant is facing two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse and sexual assault preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. It […]

Presidency alleges political agenda as protests hit states

The Presidency has faulted the nationwide protests by the Nigeria Labour Congress, alleging that some people are leveraging the situation in the country for their political agenda. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in an interview with  TVC on  Tuesday, monitored by one of our correspondents, said protests organised […]

FBI charges top NNPC official for taking $2.1 million bribes to help Addax Petroleum escape $2.4 billion liability to Nigeria

A senior Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation official has been slammed with bribery and tax-related charges in the United States, court filings seen by Peoples Gazette said.  A jury recently returned a three-count indictment against Paulinus Iheanacho Okoronkwo after the Federal Bureau of Investigation found that he used his position as a general manager in NNPC’s […]

This Is No Time For Protests

It is clear that President Tinubu is not yet one year in office. It is also clear that he met gargantuan economic problems and challenges when he assumed office. It is also clear that those challenges and economic difficulties are systemic and system wide, as such not even a genius will overcome them in four […]

Hardship: We’re not part of NLC protests — TUC

The Trade Union Congress, TUC, has insisted that it was not part of the proposed nationwide protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and would not participate in any process that, ab initio, it was not a party to. Meanwhile, the Congress also told President Bola Tinubu to, as a matter of urgency, order the […]

Hardship: Ahead NLC rally, protests rock Edo, Lagos, Osun

ABUJA — Protests yesterday , grounded parts of Edo, Lagos, Osun and other states of the country as citizens kicked against economic hardship and called on President Bola Tinubu to address the problem of hunger in Nigeria. The protests were organised by the Joint Action Front, JAF, the umbrella body of pro-workers civil society groups. […]

No proliferation of fake drugs in Nigeria – NAFDAC insists

Determined to combat the incidence of Substandard and Falsified  medicines in Nigeria,  the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC has engaged stakeholders in the pharmaceutical products supply chain in its resolve to put an end to the menace and effectively safeguard the health of Nigerians. Meanwhile, the Agency has debunked  the […]

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