Author: Akintayo Adams

The Christian Association of Nigeria have insisted on getting a public apology from the Federal Inland Revenue Service over an Easter post, which the Christian body find disrespectful to adherents of the faith across the Federation. The FIRS, in a now deleted post on X (formerly Twitter), through their handle @FIRSNigeria, had shared a picture with the caption “Jesus paid your debts, not your taxes”. Reacting, CAN’s National Director of National Issues and Social Welfare, Prophet Abimbola Ayuba, in a statement on Tuesday, urged President Bola Tinubu, the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, and the Department of State Services to…

The University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, has reversed its earlier claim that it doesn’t owe the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company as claimed. The medical institution says it owes the electricity distribution company up to ₦495m, for which reason it was disconnected from public power supply. Due to that, doctors, nurses, and other staff of the hospital have refused to work beyond 4.00 pm unless power is reconnected. On its own part, Ibadan DisCo said it disconnected the hospital after failed attempts to dialogue with the hospital’s management regarding the ₦495m debt, which it said had raged on for over…

The Association of Resident Doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH), Ondo State, has commenced a 14-day warning strike over non-payment salaries to their new members across the past seven months. “We demand full payment of the arrears of salaries owed to our members and payment of February 2024 palliative to our House Officers,” says the President of the UNIMEDTH ARD, Dr. John Matthew. “The management should pay the February hazard allowance to our members and urgently address the severe clinical manpower shortage in the institution. “Our members work everyday. There are no staff due to Japa…

American superstar Taylor swift has been named among the world’s richest people in 2024 by Forbes magazine. In the feature published on Tuesday, she made the Forbes World’s Billionaires List for the first time with $1.1 billion. The list was compiled using stock prices and exchange rates as of March 8, 2024. Away from music, Swift, 34, also has a significant stakes in real estate, with homes in New York, Beverly Hills, Nashville and a coastal mansion in Rhode Island. Forbes further stated that Swift, with 200 million records sold worldwide is the first musician to hit ten-figure status solely…

Nollywood actress, Opeyemi Aiyeola, has disclosed that she recently underwent an unplanned trip to the theatre. This was according to a post on her Instagram page on Sunday. “Got every reason to be grateful to my Jehovah for his mercy and love,” she wrote. “My 9ja trip that’s usually a working holiday ended up with me having an unplanned + emergency successful surgery, spending my holiday recuperating. “To my handsome, beautiful, and correct medical team, family and friends, can’t appreciate you all enough for your support, care, and love. “Good to be back home alive and recuperating well. To everyone…

Osun State Government under the leadership of Governor Ademola Adeleke, has reiterated its commitment to enforce the newly approved recommendations as requirements to enjoy the new retirement age, 65 years old and length of service, 40 years for teachers in the state’s public schools. This is contained in a circular issued by the state Head of Service, Mr. Ayanleye Aina, on Tuesday in Osogbo, the state capital. The circular mandates the teachers who wishes to be beneficiaries of the new increased retirement age to comply with the guidelines as stated. The teacher must be within the education core recognised in…

Ali Ciroma, a one-time President of the Nigerian Labour Congress is dead. His death was announced in a statement by a family member, who is also the Secretary of the Borno State Council, Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ali Ibrahim Ciroma who claimed that the former NLC Chief died at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State capital, on Tuesday. “It is with deep sorrow that I announce the death of Comrade Ali Ciroma, former President of the Nigeria Labour Congress,” read the statement. “The sad event occurred this evening (Tuesday, April 2) at the University of Maiduguri Teaching…

A truck conveying food items has been reportedly looted by some residents of Ondo state amid the current hardship ravaging the country. It was gathered that the driver of the truck was overpowered by the citizens after his vehicle developed a mechanical fault at the cultural centre junction on Ondo express road. The fully loaded truck was said to be conveying food items, particularly grains in some cartoons branded in President Bola Tinubu’s name. Several witnesses revealed that those who attacked the truck and also looted its contents included petty traders, artisans, drivers and commercial motorcyclists. “How they got to…

According to the Times of India on Tuesday, the Chandigarh Police Crime Branch in India said it busted an international drug syndicate consisting of three foreign nationals, and seized 204.8 grams of crystal methamphetamine popularly known as ice. The suspects Frank Nwokeji, Loua, and Jack David llobi Tochukwu are Nigerians residing in New Delhi, per report. A team of crime branch led by Inspector Ashok Kumar had on March 30 received a information from a reliable source that three Africans, who are Chandigarh-based drug suppliers, were arriving with a large quantity of narcotics. The suspects were reported to have entered…

President of the Nigerian Senate, Godswill Akpabio has assured his Muslim colleagues in the National Assembly that religion cannot cause division. He said this during the breaking of fast (Iftar) with them. Speaking at the event also attended by some Christian senators, Akpabio said it was not a mere coincidence that the Christian Lenten and Muslim Ramadan periods came up again same time. Akpabio said, “I want to congratulate all of us for breaking fast today and thank Almighty Allah for keeping us alive to see this day and pray that He will continue to protect us and continue to…