Armed men, on Friday, who abducted the Managing Director of Fouani Company along with three Lebanese while travelling by boat in Lagos, have demanded a $1.5m ransom. Fouani company represents both LG and Hisense in Nigeria. The victims, whose identities have yet to be ascertained, were allegedly abducted around Falomo Bridge while traveling from Apapa to Victoria Island. It was however learnt that the kidnappers had reached out, demanding ransom the $1.5m ransom before release the victims. Already, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed the development. He said that the police were already investigating the…
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National Assembly may be considering stringent measures and sanctions against states, local governments, and the Organised Private Sector that may want to default in the payment of the approved minimum wage, it has been learnt. Senate and the House of Representatives, in enacting the laws for the full compliance of concerned entities with the new minimum wage, a source told Punch that allocations of states and local governments that fail to comply with the new minimum wage may be recommended for seizure and forfeiture in the proposed legislation. This is coming on the heels of the announcement by the National…
Amid economic hardship, sex workers are utilising social media platforms to conduct their ‘businesses’, defying stigma and embracing digital hook-ups as a means of survival, GODFREY GEORGE writes Confidence Oge’s room looked unkempt. The online pleasure worker had advertised her services in a TikTok post, calling for men to patronise her online business – online sex work. A large cream-coloured pleasure toy stood on what looked like a wooden table. An unlabelled bottle of syrup sat nearby. A close look revealed it was a bottle of lubricant. Wigs, multiple coloured bags, clothes and wrappers were scattered all over the room,…
President Bola Tinubu on Friday, met with FBI Director, Christopher Wray, at the State House in Abuja. During their conversation, Tinubu demanded stronger collaboration between Nigeria’s law enforcement agencies and the FBI in the fight against cybercrime, and terrorism. The President also described the presence of Wray alongside his team in Nigeria, as a recognition of the enduring partnership between Nigeria and the US. Tinubu said, “It is an honour for me to receive Director Christopher Wray, the leader of an organisation that has demonstrated consistent procedural sophistication and a reputation for excellence over several years. “Your visit conveys the…
The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) says it intercepted about N4.2 billion worth of illicit drugs at the Tin-Can Island port in Lagos.It said the drugs which were imported into Nigeria from Canada and India consist of cannabis indica, and a brand of codeine cough syrup containing substance suspected to be cocaine The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC), Wale Adeniyi, while briefing newsmen on the fresh seizure at the Port and Cargo terminal, Lagos, said the illicit drugs were carefully concealed in two containers. The CGC said the illicit drugs were concealed in three plastic drums…
Federal Government, on Friday, ordered the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to take over the protection of transmission lines and towers in the country. Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, gave the order during the passing-out parade of the 2nd batch of mining marshals of the NSCDC in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo, who commended the NSCDC for doing a great job in the protection of the mining sites in the country, charged them to now focus on the protection of power and electricity assets. Recall that Nigeria has recorded no fewer than six major vandalisation of power infrastructure and assets between…
Nigeria’s U17 Women’s Football team, Flamingos, has secured a ticket to the 8th FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup finals to be staged in the Dominican Republic later this year, after a 2-0 defeat of their Liberian counterparts at the MKO Abiola National Stadium, Abuja on Friday. The victory took the aggregate tally to 6-1 in favour of Nigeria, with extraordinary poacher Harmony Chidi setting a record of 13 goals in a qualifying series that will be difficult to equal in years to come. She had 11 goals before kick-off but netted the two goals of the evening to take Nigeria’s…
Samuel Adesola, Abuja Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Yemi Adaramodu (APC, Ekiti South), says the National Assembly is planning to make a law that will compel all the 36 states of the Federation to adhere strictly to the new minimum wage figure that will be passed into law. He disclosed this during an interview with journalists in Abuja, on Friday. Currently, negotiation is ongoing between the Federal Government and the organised labour over a new minimum wage for workers. But while the Federal Government has proposed N62,000 as new minimum wage, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the…
A British businessman is suing Apple for £5 million, claiming that the company’s lack of transparency over deleted messages led to his wife discovering his infidelity and subsequently filing for divorce. According to the Times on Friday, the middle-aged man from England, who remains anonymous, had deleted messages he sent to sex workers on his iPhone, but they were still accessible on the family’s iMac computer. He told The Times he had turned to prostitutes in the final years of his marriage, and would contact them through the iMessage app on his iPhone before deleting the texts. But the messages…
Agency Report The Armed Forces of Nigeria on Friday, announced the deployment of 197 personnel for the peace keeping mission in the Gambia. This is despite the insecurity scourge raging across Nigeria with heightening cases of banditry, terrorism and kidnapping. The Chief of Operations Nigerian Army, Maj-Gen. Boniface Sinjen disclosed the deployment in Jaji, Kaduna State, at the graduation of troops of Nigerian Company 9 Economic Community of West African States Mission in The Gambia (ECOMIG). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), report that the 197 troops began Pre-Deployment Training (PDT) on May 4, at Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership…