Retired journalists and other staff members of the Owena Press Limited, publishers of the Hope newspapers, have appealed to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to pay their outstanding gratuity of over 12 years. The Hope newspapers is owned by the Ondo State government. Chairman of the Forum of Retired Staff of Owena Press, Mr. Banji Ayoola, in a statement, said the non-payment of gratuity has turned many of them into beggars in their old age. Ayoola, who retired as the Editor, stated that the health challenges of members of the Forum had worsened over the years. He said the forum first wrote

Home JUST IN: Abductors of Plateau monarch demand N50m ransom By Kolade Adeyemi, Jos On Dec 29, 2021 Share The abductors of the paramount ruler of Pyem Chiefdom, Charles Mato Dakat, have demanded N50million ransom to free him. A source in the traditional council, who pleaded not to be named, said the abductors spoke with some members through the monarch’s phone. “We were able to communicate with them. It was the paramount ruler who first called and spoke to us. “Thereafter, the abductors talked to us using the paramount ruler’s telephone. “They told us that the paramount ruler is being

Organised Labour has pleaded with the Federal Government to find solutions to crisis in the research institutes and end the over 11-week industrial unrest in the sector. Specifically, it wants the Minister of Labour and Employment, the Conciliator-in-Chief of the Federation, Senator Chris Ngige, to do the needful by engaging the unions, currently on strike, with a view to getting the dispute resolved amicably. Under the aegis of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, Labour also decried the poor funding and neglect of public libraries by state governments. Speaking to Vanguard, President of NASU, Dr. Makolo

Micro Finance Bank, FairMoney says the easiest way to bridge the gap between developed and developing countries in financial activities would be to ensure that every process of banking in the emerging economies is digitized. The MFB which prides itself as a digital bank is promising to deploy its rich technological base to driving financial inclusion in Nigeria, thereby leading the way for emerging economies to get out of the banking system which has excluded many. According to the Co-Founder/CEO, Laurin Hainy, FairMoney was founded with an overarching vision to be the  leading digital bank driving financial inclusion for the

DELTA State Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu has urged the National Assembly to remove the contentious direct primaries from the new electoral reforms in the proposed law or override President Muhammadu Buhari’s veto on the Bill to enable Nigerians to benefit from the new electoral reforms. Aniagwu who spoke on African Independent Television, AIT, a live programme monitored by our Correspondent on Tuesday evening, told Nigerians to prevail on the National Assembly on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. He said Nigerians should not dissipate energy debating on the propriety or otherwise of the President’s refusal to assent to the Bill but