Organised labour unions have dismissed the insinuation in some quarters that the Federal Government will not implement the newly approved N30,000 minimum wage. The President-General of the Trade Union Congress (TUC) Comrade Bobboi Kaigama said this in Akure, the…
WITH Sen. Danjuma Goje’s withdrawal yesterday from the race for Senate president, the coast seems clear for Senate Leader Ahmed Lawan to get the trophy. Five Senators-elect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) are jostling for Deputy Senate President. They…
Media mogul and founder of DAAR Communications, owners of African Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power FM, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has alleged witch-hunt of the organisation by the Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mr. Ishaq Modibbo Kawu.…
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday urged Mr, its governorship candidate in the last election, to show respect for the party leadership or face sanction. The state chairman of the party, Dr Adegbola Dominic,…
Barely three days after the state’s anti-graft agency recommended his suspension in a report on alleged N3.4 billion misappropriation by the Emirate Council under his watch, Kano Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II got a query yesterday from the government. The query…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the NBC decision of Suspending the license of DAAR Communication owned by Chief Dokpesi,PDP strongly frowned at the decision of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to suspend the license of Daar Communication…
A group of members-elect of the House of Representatives known as the 9th Assembly Progressives has adopted Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila (APC-Lagos) for the position of Speaker. Rep. Oluwole Oke (PDP-Osun), leader of the group, said in a statement on Thursday…
Netherlands, on Thursday defeated England 3-1, in their UEFA Nations League semi-final. The game ended 1-1 in regulation time, after Matthijs De Ligt cancelled out Marcus Rashford’s penalty. However, two extra-time errors gifted the Dutch victory as England in Guimaraes.…
The Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly at its plenary on Thursday, passed into law, a bill for the establishment of Urban and Regional Planning Board and Area Planning Authorities and for all other purposes connected therewith. The Bill, which…
One of the major contenders for the position of the Senate President in the incoming ninth National Assembly, Senator Ali Ndume, has insisted he will not step down for Senator Ahmad Lawan. Ndume, speaking with journalists in Abuja on Thursday,…
African Union (AU) on Thursday suspended Sudan as its member. The announcement followed an emergency meeting by the AU in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, after the violent dispersal of a protest camp in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, began on Monday, Al…
The Nigeria Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has suspended the license of Daar Communication Plc, promoter of AIT, RAY POWER until further notice, The Nation reports. The Director-General of NBC, Modibbo Kawu, announced the development Thursday evening. He said the action was…
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, during the 2019 governorship election in Lagos State, Jimi Agbaje, Jimi Agbaje and a former Vice Chairman (South West) of the party Chief Bode George, are currently engaged in verbal altercations.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Pastor William Kumuyi of Deeper Life Bible Church as he turns 78 years. Buhari in a congratulatory message signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Thursday,…
Mr Timothy Owoeye, representing Ilesha East State Constituency, has emerged as the new Speaker of Osun 7th House of Assembly, during the inauguration of the new Assembly on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the emergence of…
Kidnapping has been on the rise in the Southwest, which was hitherto considered out of harm’s way. The police and other security agencies are throwing everything into the fight against the menace. In this report, BISI OLADELE, PRECIOUS IGBONWELUNDU (Lagos),…
Nigeria has been dragged to the international court by Switzerland over the detention of a tanker vessel for over a year and four months. The ship, crew and cargo have been under detention off Port Harcourt. In a statement, the…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has ordered all former political office holders in the state to immediately return government vehicles and other government assets in their custody or risk confrontation with security agencies. The governor also gave the affected…
The governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, has said that the era where greedy politicians share money meant for the state and its development are over. He alleged that some politicians are frustrating his administration because he has refused to…
A traditional medicine practitioner in Anambra State, Igwe Onyeachonam Ofomba, has predicted that Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate in the 2019 general elections, has been destined to become Nigeria’s President this year. According to him, Atiku will defeat President Muhammadu…