Month: June 2024

EPL: 19 clubs vote to keep VAR, make six changes
At least 19 Premier League teams on Thursday, voted in favour of continuing with the Video Assistant Referee, VAR, next season.Any change would have required…

Minimum wage: I can’t pay my four drivers N100,000 per month – SGF Akume
Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, has lamented that the wage increase demands being made by organized labour are not realistic.Akume said…

Minimum wage: N105,000 proposed, not from labour – NLC President, Ajaero
The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has dismissed reports of the organized labour demanding N105,000 as a new minimum wage from…

$5.3m fraud: US hunts scammers, traces funds to Hong Kong, Nigeria, others
The US government has filed a civil forfeiture action to recover $5.3 million linked to a business email compromise (BEC) scheme that defrauded a Massachusetts…

Reps investigate Internet Service Providers for extorting consumers
The House of Representatives has launched investigation into the activities of private Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for alleged extortion of consumers.The resolution of the House…

Kano Emirate tussle: Court to rule on jurisdiction June 13
A Federal High Court hearing a case against the reinstatement of Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II by the Kano State Government has fixed 13th June 2024…

NDLEA arrests four Hajj pilgrims with 2.2kg cocaine in Lagos hotel
Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercepted a cocaine shipment at Emerald Hotel, Ladipo, Oshodi, Lagos, on Wednesday and arrested four suspects, attempting…

Reps pass bill to create new state in South-East
A bill seeking the creation of an additional state in the South-East geo-political zone has passed first reading at the House of Representatives.The state if…

UPDATED: Minister did not propose N105,000 new minimum wage – Presidency
The Presidency has described as false the news making the rounds that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, has…

Chess master, Onakoya, braces for ‘hardest match’ against 12-year-old
Tunde Onakoya, the Nigerian chess grandmaster who recently set a new Guinness World Record for the longest marathon chess game, is gearing up for what…