Author: Samuel Akpenpuun

‘What We Pay Monthly Here Is Higher Than Our Annual Rent In Nigeria’ Nigerians who recently relocated to the United Kingdom (UK) have listed accommodation as the major challenge they are facing in the country. Other challenges those who spoke with our correspondent listed are getting Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) which will enable them extend their stay, lack of social life and low chances of getting professional jobs which match their qualifications. Aside that, those who spoke with TheScrutinyNG said “the decision to leave Nigeria for UK, though stressful and financially demanding was worth it, especially when you consider good…

Former Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki has hailed the Supreme Court judgement, which overturned the Federal High Court’s 2018 decision regarding an alleged N3.5 billion fraud case against Melrose General Services Limited. Saraki said the judgement vindicates his earlier stance that the case was politically motivated and a veiled attempt to witch-hunt him because he emerged as President of the Senate against the wishes of certain forces during the Muhammadu Buhari administration. The former Senate President stated this on Friday, June 7, in a statement signed by his Head of Media, Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu, and made available to newsmen in…

Akin Osuntokun, Director-General of the Obi-Datti Presidential Campaign Council in the 2023 general elections, is set to dump the Labour Party (LP) in a matter of days. Credible sources said Osuntokun, a former media aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is in talks to return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), his original party before defecting to the LP in August 2022. Osuntokun replaced former DG of the Obi-Datti Campaign Organisation, Doyin Okupe in December 2022 , after he (Okupe) announced his resignation following a Federal High Court ruling in Abuja that convicted him of violating the Money Laundering Act.…

Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, revealed yesterday that no fewer than 10 suspects were in custody over the recent killing five soldiers at Obikabia Junction in Aba, Abia State. Otti made this known during a visit to the Forward Operation Base (FOB) of the 144 Battalion in Ngwa High School, Osisioma Local Government Area of the state. The Abia State governor also said the N25 million bounty placed on the killers of the soldiers had been increased to N30 million. Otti said: I’m aware that some people have been picked up before now, but when I spoke with the…

MultiChoice Nigeria, the company behind DSTV and GoTv, has said it will appeal Friday’s ruling of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal in Abuja, which awarded a N150m fine against it for challenging the court’s jurisdiction. Earlier on Friday, the tribunal had fined the company the sum of N150m for disobeying its orders, which restrained the pay-TV company from increasing its monthly subscription pending the determination of the suit brought before it by an Abuja-based lawyer, Festus Onifade. The tribunal also ordered the pay-TV company to provide its Nigerian customers with a one-month free subscription to its DStv and GOtv…

Music heavyweight D’banj who began his career on the street about 20 years ago, is returning to the street again as he storms the New Afrika Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos, in celebration of his 20 years on stage with a ‘Thank You concert.’ The concert billed for Tuesday, June 11, will be graced by some of the top music stars and stakeholders in the country. Announcing the concert in an Instagram post, the Koko master, as he’s fondly called by his fans, wrote, “All roads lead to the New Afrika Shrine on Tuesday, June 11. It’s a free concert in celebration…

Vardy has signed a new one-year contract at Leicester, recently promoted back to the Premier League, the club has announced. The 37-year-old striker, who joined the Foxes in 2012, scored 20 goals in 37 appearances during their 2023⁄24 Championship-winning campaign. Vardy, who has won the Premier League and FA Cup during his time at the King Power Stadium, is third on the club’s all-time goalscoring list, with 190 goals in 464 games. “To get the numbers that I did (last season), I’m delighted with it, but there’s still more to come,” said the former England international. “I look after myself.…

An autopsy report has confirmed that 4-year-old Miguel Ovoke, a student at Brickhall School, Abuja died after choking on a piece of meat in his homemade lunch. The tragic incident occurred on April 24, 2024, during the school’s lunch break. According to the school’s statement, Miguel began choking on the meat in his lunch, which consisted of rice, stew, plantain and assorted meat. “When the emergency maneuvers to free his throat proved futile, he was rushed to the sick bay where our certified nurse also carried out the appropriate emergency medical responses to dislodge the piece of meat, but to…

The governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, says the Tripartite Committee on the minimum wage is close to agreeing a new national minimum wage. He disclosed this after emerging from the meeting of the committee on Friday which lasted for over 12 hours. “We had a very fruitful deliberation and of course you know it is a technical subcommittee of a committee. “And at the level of the committee, we have reached near consensus and by the time we go to the plenary we will have a complete agreement and maybe from there the media can start their job. As…

Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, the governorship candidate of the Labour Party has raised the alarm over alleged destruction of his billboards across the state, particularly in Benin city, by suspected agents of the Edo state government. Akpata who raised the alarm at a press conference in Benin described the action, as a coordinated, premeditated, and insidious assault on his constitutionally guaranteed rights to free speech, political expression, and the fundamental tenets of democracy itself. Akpata, who titled his address, “Pulling Down of My Billboards by Agents of Governor Obaseki: The Clouds Are Gathering” said, “this is a desperate, undemocratic, and fascistic…