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The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has identified overcrowding as its most pressing challenge, with 48, 932 inmates currently awaiting trials in Nigeria. The Acting Controller General, NCoS, Mr Sylvester Nwakuche said this during his maiden interactive session with field officers on Monday in Abuja. Nwakuche, however, said that plans were ongoing to engage with State…

The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State Chapter, has debunked the alleged inequitable distribution of newly recruited teachers in the state. The chapter’s chairman, Mr Raji Oladimeji, denied the allegation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Monday. Oladimeji said there was no way 5,600 teachers would be…

Workers’ unions in the Lagos State-owned media organisations, on Monday, embarked on a three-day warning strike in protest of non-payment of minimum wage. The workers are also protesting non- inclusion in the state Oracle database. The workers, under the umbrella of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers’ Union…

Popular Nigerian singer Ahmedu Obiabo, aka Blackface, has revealed that 2Baba, his former bandmate in Plantashun Boiz, ignored his request for a feature on his new album. The 51-year-old songwriter made this known in a recent interview with Television Continental (TVC). He said, "I just released the Plantashun Boiz album now called The Return and…

The impeachment of Mudashiru Obasa as the Speaker of the Lagos State House has been described as a breath of fresh air by workers within the assembly complex. Several staff who spoke to The Guardian said they were happy with the development, inviting The Guardian to come to the assembly to see how excited the…