A female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has committed suicide. According to The Punch newspapers, the deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was said to have drunk an insecticide. The Punch reports that the incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank. Ugochukwu had around 1pm made her way into the…
By Shu’aibu Usman Leman The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and a broad spectrum of citizens have raised concerns over the amended Electoral Act, urging the National Assembly to revisit aspects of the reform. Central to their demand is the mandatory real time electronic transmission of election results as a means of restoring public confidence…
The Organised Labour says its nationwide strike to protest the removal of petroleum subsidy will proceed as planned. The strike is scheduled to begin on Wednesday. The unions, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), spoke after a meeting with government representatives at the presidential villa on Monday. The unions expressed doubt…
Nine people have been killed while five others were critically injured following attacks by bandits on communities in Zaria and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna state. Security operatives were also said to have killed two bandits who were retreating to the forest. The commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan confirmed this…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has warned Nigerians against the resort to using the Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access the banned microblogging platform, Twitter. The party in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, warned that many private investments have already been scammed as a result of using VPN. The statement signed by the…
The remains of Pope Francis was on Saturday laid to rest in Rome. According to agency reports, he was buried outside the Vatican at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the main Basilicas in Rome, altering a 100-year-old tradition of the church. Pope Francis had said he wished to be buried at Santa…
