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The Independent National Electoral Commission says it has approved the immediate sacking of two of its officials and the compulsory retirement of another electoral official for their alleged role in the double registration of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The electoral body, however...

About thirty-two workers of The Guardian newspaper were on Tuesday sacked by the management due to dwindling income. The affected workers, it was learnt, received letters of termination of appointments on Tuesday. More workers are expected to receive their sack letters on Wednesday and later...

The Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has sacked the Chairman of the Ekiti State Internal Revenue Board for alleged fraud running into millions of naira. The governor, in a terse statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Modupe Alade, said the Revenue Board...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday, insisted that there would be a total shut down of Imo State once the 14-day ultimatum issued to the state government to recall the 3000 sacked workers and tackle their unpaid salaries and other benefits expires. The Imo State government is alleged to...

Royal Dutch Shell has confirmed it is cutting 10,000 jobs amid its steepest fall in annual profits for 13 years, BBC reports. Its chief executive, Ben van Beurden, said the company would take further action if necessary: "Shell will take further impactful decisions to manage through the oil...

Feelers emerged on Wednesday that Visafone was winding down operations and had sacked more than 83 per cent of its workers as part of its acquisition by the MTN Nigeria, PUNCH reports. It was gathered that over 2,000 employees were disengaged with effect from January 5, 2016, and were paid...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked Bassey Dan Abia, managing director and chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), theCable reports. Ibim Seminitari, who served as commissioner of information in the administration of Rotimi Amaechi, former governor of Rivers state, has...

Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the High Court of the Federal Territory (FCT), Maitama, Abuja yesterday sacked the Acting Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Uche Secondus. The Nation reported that the judge, in a judgment in a suit by Ahmed Gulak, a former political adviser to...

Twenty judges and magistrates of the Circuit Court previously suspended by the Ghana Judicial Council, for allegedly taking bribe to subvert justice have been dismissed. Their dismissal followed the recommendation by the committee constituted by the Chief Justice, Justice Georgina Theodora...

Airtel Nigeria has embarked on strategic restructuring in a move to reposition the business by laying off some its workforce in order to reinforce its competitiveness in the market place, the Cable reports. The mobile network operator did not disclose the number of staff affected by the...

It has been reported that daily deals marketplace, Dealdey has sacked 60% of its workforce. The affected workforce include: the operations, logistics and the sales team. Quite surprisingly, it is learnt that the firm’s Warehouse has also been shut. On the one hand, this development, if it’s...