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National executive councils of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Wednesday night suspended their nationwide strike over an alleged assault on the President of the NLC, Joe Ajaero. The unions said the suspension followed the intervention of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu. The OPS comprising critical players […]
Continue ReadingA lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Dr Ayo Ojediran, has reportedly slumped in his office and died. Reports say that the lecturer was rushed to the university’s clinic after he slumped on Tuesday, but could not make it. Speaking on the incident on Wednesday, […]
Continue ReadingRetired Permanent Secretary with the Oyo State Government, Nigeria, Ms. Elizabeth Olaniyan Gbenle, has been gruesomely murdered by unknown assailants in her house in Ibadan, the state capital. The incident happened at the deceased’s residence, along All Saints College Road, Idi Ishin, off NIHORT area of Ibadan between Thursday and Friday last week, according to […]
Continue ReadingA wigmaker from Lagos, Nigeria, Helen Williams, has entered the Guinness World Records’ (GWR) book as she created the world’s longest handmade wig. The wig measures an astounding 351.28 meters (1,152 ft. 5 in) with Helen dedicating 11 days and over two million naira (£2,031; $2,493) to craft this remarkable wig. GWR acknowledged her feat, […]
Continue ReadingIn a Press statement, the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has replied the Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Information and Strategy. Press Statement 14/11/2023 BAYO ONANUGA’S MISCHIEF AND THE TRAGEDY OF A NATION We would have ignored Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy because we know him plus his penchant […]
Continue ReadingNigerian rapper, song writer and a performing artist, Oladipupo Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips has passed away. He died on Tuesday night at 10:14 pm. The news of his death was announced on his Instagram handle on Wednesday. The Instagram post reads: “We are saddened to inform the general public that Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji aka […]
Continue Reading25-year-old Nigerian man, Jason Ogbomoh, has been shot and killed in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. Jason was shot several times by a yet to be identified shooter on Sunday, November 12, 2023. His father, Chief Patrick Ogbomoh, is the president of Agbor-USA, a socio-cultural group and apex body for Agbor indigenes residing […]
Continue Reading40-year-old mother of six, Saudatu Aliyu, has narrated how her son-in-law, Gambo Adamu, deceived her into believing that he contracted a marriage between her and former president, Muhammadu Buhari. Gambo Adamu was sentenced to 12 months in prison by a magistrates’ court sitting in Minna, Niger State last month. Saudatu, who is a divorcee, and […]
Continue ReadingSaudi Arabia authorities cancelled the visa of all the 264 passengers who travelled from Nigeria to Jeddah. The Air Peace flight took off from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, Nigeria, via the Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on Sunday night, Nov. 12, and arrived in Saudi Arabia’s major city, Jeddah, today, Nov. 13. However, […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian mother of two, Joy Nsude, has died in her house in Hartlepool, United Kingdom. A member of the Nigerian community, Ibironke Khadeejah Quadri, who disclosed this in a post on Monday, November 13, 2023, said the cause of her death has not yet been reviewed. According to the post, Mrs. Nsude died on […]
Continue ReadingIn spite of the news of the court order obtained by Nigerian government to stop organised labour from embarking on its proposed industrial action in protest over the attack on Comrade Joe Ajaero in Imo State on Wednesday, November 1, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have directed their […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner of November 11, 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, announced Diri as the winner of the election at […]
Continue ReadingGovernorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kogi State, Usman Ododo, has been declared the winner of the November 11, 2023 election with 446,237 votes. Announcing the result late Sunday night, the state Returning Officer, Prof Johnson Urama, said Ododo was closely followed by the Social Democratic Party candidate, Muri Ajaka, who scored […]
Continue ReadingVeteran Nigerian-Hausa drama actor, Usman Baba Pategi, popularly known as Samanja, has passed away. He died at the age of 84. A statement released by one of his sons, Mohammad Usman, says the actor died in the early hours of Sunday, November 12, at a private hospital in Kaduna State after a prolonged illness. The […]
Continue ReadingA politician in Enugu State has been accused of sending thugs to brutalise a woman and her family because they refused to sell their only family land to him. A video shared online shows the victim and male members of her family lying facedown on the floor as thugs flog them mercilessly. Afterwards, the eldest […]
Continue ReadingImo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winner of the November 11 governorship election in the State. Uzodinma was returned as the winner of the election by the state retuning officer, Prof Abayomi Fasina, the Vice Chancellor of Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State. The governor won in all […]
Continue ReadingA man said to be a supporter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party in Kogi State, Umoru Agabidu, has been shot and killed by military officers. Reports say that the suspect had gone to a polling unit in Agala Ogane, Anyigba, Dekina Local Government area of the state, to snatch a ballot box […]
Continue ReadingA mother-of-three, whose son’s video went viral in ‘Mummy calm down’ three years ago, has died by suicide. Toluige Olokoobi Babalola reportedly took her life in Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria, leaving behind her husband and three children. An X (Twitter) user shared the sad news and revealed that he was at the scene on […]
Continue ReadingThe pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, in a communiqué released by the group’s General Secretary, Chief Sola Ebiseni, has faulted the Supreme Court judgment upholding President Bola Tinubu’s election. The communique reads in part: “Nigeria is a federation of entrenched ethnic nationalities which has failed to evolve into a nation because of the deviation from the […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government said the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has inaugurated additional enhanced e-passport facilities at selected Nigerian Embassies in Italy, Spain, Greece, Austria and Switzerland. This was contained in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NIS, Dr. Adedotun Aridegbe on Tuesday in Abuja, noting that the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi […]
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