Google reveals 48 employees fired for sexual harassment
Google announced that it has fired 48 employees for sexual harassment during the past two years and sent them away without severance packages, hours after a news report that it had protected some male executives facing sexual…
Jubilation as Onitsha pretty traders receive TraderMoni scheme
Pretty Traders in Onitsha Main Market have received N10,000 Federal Government small business scheme known as TraderMoni. The traders, who had earlier registered for the scheme, on Thursday, during the official disbursement…
Osinbajo Reveals FG’s School Feeding Programme Costs $1.8m Per Day
"At current numbers", the Federal Government spends more than $1.8 million every day on the National School Feeding Programme, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said. He also said $183 million had so far been invested in the…
Man alleges threat to life for not joining father’s sect
A Lagos socialite, Adeolubodun Olalekan, has called on relevant security agencies to protect his life and those of members of his family from attack by members of a secret cult he refused to join.Narrating his ordeal, Olalekan the…
Amazon quarterly profit rockets tenfold to $2.9 bn
Amazon reported Thursday that its profit in the recently-ended quarter rocketed to $2.9 billion in a ten-fold increase from the same period last year.Net sales at the e-commerce colossus climbed to $56.6 billion in the third quarter,…
BREAKING: Abducted Kaduna Traditional Ruler Killed Despite Paying N10m Ransom
A First Class Chief in Kaduna State, the Agom Adara, His Royal Highness Maiwada Galadima, has been murdered. The traditional ruler, who has been in captivity for close to one week, was reported murdered on Thursday night by his…
Five NYSC Members Abducted On Their Way To Camp
Some gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped five members of the National Youth Service Corps who were travelling to their orientation camps in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states. Two other passengers on the bus conveying the corps members…
Ex Afren Bosses found guilty of fraud in $300m transaction after side-dealing with Nigerian firm
The United Kingdom’s special prosecuting authority, the Serious Fraud Office, yesterday disclosed that two former executives of Afren Plc have been found guilty of a $300 million fraud which they were accused of committing…
Saudi King ‘will have Crown Prince REPLACED to restore the credibility of the monarchy’
Saudi Arabia's King could have his Crown Prince son replaced to restore the credibility of the monarchy amid turmoil over the Jamal Khashoggi murder, Britain's former defence attaché to the kingdom has claimed. Crown Prince…
2019 Elections: PDP has made our task easier – Gov. Bello
Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has made the chances of President Muhammadu Buhari winning the 2019 presidential election much more brighter with its purported slogan, ‘Corruption is better than…
New Minimum wage will boost Nigeria’s economy – NLC President
Ayuba Wabba, the President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has said the proposed workers minimum wage will boost the country’s economy rather than trigger inflation. The NLC boss said this while addressing newsmen in Asaba,…
Diamond Bank CEO may step down as shakeup intensifies
There are reports that the current shakeup at Diamond Bank may force the current Group Managing Director, Uzoma Dozie to step down. Recall that the Bank in a notice to the NSE announced the resignation of several…
Nigerian Govt, States, LGAs share N698.7 bn for September
The federal, states and local governments on Thursday shared N698.7 billion as statutory allocation from the federation account for September 2018. The funds were distributed during the meeting of the Federation Accounts…
We built Port Harcourt Airport terminal, PDP tells Buhari
The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly trying to claim credit for the Port Harcourt Airport Terminal, Rivers State, saying it is public knowledge that the project was conceptualised and…
United contest FA charge against Mourinho
Manchester United are “vigorously contesting” a Football Association charge against manager Jose Mourinho, for comments he made in Portuguese to a television camera after his side’s win over Newcastle on October 6.Manchester United’s…
2019: 299 candidates jostle for NASS seats in Lagos
The INEC in Lagos State says 299 candidates across various political parties in the state are jostling for the National Assembly seats in the 2019 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the INEC…
Trafficked Nigerian girls report ‘madam’ to Ghana police
Some girls, who were allegedly trafficked by a Nigerian woman to Ghana walked into a police station at Tarkwa in Ghana’s Western region on Thursday to report her.The woman, who was identified as Victoria Omotayo has been arrested by…
Philippines president sacks all top customs officials
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday fired the head of the Bureau of Customs and ordered all top bureau officials replaced after the agency failed to intercept more than a ton of drugs.Report says it is the second such…
Twitter loses 9 million users amid bot crackdown
Twitter’s monthly user count took another hit last quarter, diving by 9 million users amid an ongoing crackdown meant to rid the platform of bots, spam, and other problematic accounts. The company’s monthly user base fell from…
Activists demand probe of Kwara PDP governorship candidate’s NYSC certificate scandal
Nigerian rights activists and a group have demanded an independent probe into the forgery of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) certificate by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Kwara State,…
Amosun’s , Olumide Osoba’s names, others on INEC list
Governor Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun Central), Tolu Odebiyi (Ogun West) and Senator Lekan Mustapha(Ogun East) made it to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) list for the Senate seats on the platform of All Progressives…
Man 20, rapes 100 year old woman
A 100-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a 20-year-old man in eastern India, who was later arrested, police said on Thursday. The suspect sexually assaulted the elderly woman at her home in a village in West Bengal state’s…
Ekiti Assembly approves 2 commissioners, 10 special advisers for Fayemi
The Ekiti State House of Assembly has confirmed Mr Wale Fapohunda and Mr Dapo Kolawole, as commissioners in the state. Fapohunda and Kolawole were screened and confirmed to serve as commissioners in the Dr Kayode Fayemi…
Tesla shares jump on rare quarterly profit
Tesla reported a net profit, positive cash flow and wider-than-expected margins for the latest quarter on Wednesday, delivering on Chief Executive Elon Musk’s promise to turn the electric carmaker profitable as higher…