Mega crisis rocks Lagos Country Club’s AGM, court orders suspension

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered all warring faction in the club, to maintain status quo, pending the hearing of the suit filed by the club’s Registered Trustees. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa made the order on Wednesday sequel to an application of the counsel to the plaintiff Dr Kemi Pinheiro SAN Pinheiro had urged the court to compel parties not to take a step that will tempered with the subject matter of the suit. A senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Babs Fashanu who appeared for himself equally urged…

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Minimumm wage crisis deepens as NLC/TUC demands N497k, FG/OPS offer N57k

The Organised Labour has made a fresh proposal of N497,000 to the Federal Government as minimum wage. The Federal Government and the Organised Private Sector have also jointly proposed the sum of N57,000 as minimum wage. A highly Informed source at the just-concluded tripartite committee meeting on minimum wage made this known in an interview with The PUNCH correspondent. The source said, “Labour has now made a fresh proposal of N497,000; the Federal Government and OPS have jointly proposed N57,000.” President Bola Tinubu, through Vice President Kashim Shettima, on January…

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Cocaine Deal: Abba Kyari gets two weeks conditional bail

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted the former commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, DCP Abba Kyari, two weeks’ bail after 27 months in detention. Kyari is expected to conclude his mother, Yachilla Kyari’s burial rites. The court subsequently set Friday, May 31, for the determination of his bail application in the trial over drug-related charges filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency following his arrest over two years ago on February 14, 2022. Recall that the mother died in the early hours of Sunday, May…

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Port-Harcourt refinery to commence operations in July

The Port-Harcourt refinery may finally commence operations by the end of July after several postponements. The new date was disclosed on Monday by the National Public Relations Officer, Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria, Chief Ukadike Chinedu. He stated that the development would stimulate economic activities, reduce the price of petroleum products and ensure adequate supply. Last year in December, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri, announced the mechanical completion and flare start-off of the biggest crude refinery in Port Harcourt. The refineries comprise two units, with the…

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He left the house, sleeping with other women, estranged wife accusses Abuja pastor who evicted her, six children out of home

A popular pastor, Stanley Ogbonna, has allegedly driven his estranged wife, Chioma, and six children out of their house in Abuja. Ogbonna, a General Overseer of the God’s Spring Assembly, also known as Glass Church, Kubwa, Abuja, was said to be in an unsettling relationship with his wife, which led to their divorce. He was accused of telling the court he had sold his properties to prevent the embattled wife from having a share of his wealth. Stanley Ogbonna. In a clip that went viral on social media platforms on…

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