Some unidentified persons were seriously injured after a shooting incident on Thursday afternoon as Edo State APC Governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and the reinstated Edo Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Philip Shaibu, were leaving Benin Airport on arrival from Abuja.…
●Woos his membership of party THE leadership of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, on Thursday kicked against the removal of Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip of the Senate, describing it as a threat to the nation’s growing democracy…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved N70,000 as the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers with a promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. According to reports the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the…
NATIONAL Chairman, Comrade Lucky Osesua, his deputy, Comrade Dayyabu Garga, and the National Secretary, Comrade Humble Obinna Power, as well as others within the fold of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD) Branch of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas…
KENYAN police on Thursday banned anti-government protests in the central business district and its environs in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, citing safety concerns. According to the police, more than 50 people have been killed, dozens of others injured and…
…Govt to build waste-to-energy plants at Olusosun, Epe and Badagry THE Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has unveiled plans to radically improve the waste management system in the state, at a Waste to…
By Jane Uyi Orobosa It was the inimitable Chinua Achebe who wrote in his ‘Things Fall Apart’, that: “Those whose palm-kernels were cracked by a benevolent spirit should not forget to be humble.” What this means in simple language is…
NIGERIA’s Super Eagles have dropped again by one spot in the FIFA World Ranking to place world 39th in the July ranking. In the ranking table by the world football governing body, the Nigerian team still maintained the 1,498.93 it…
THE Burundian Government and the United Nations system in Burundi on Thursday launched a four-year programme to fight HIV The joint programme is worth about 40 billion Burundi francs (about 14 million U.S. dollars), said Public Health and AIDS Control…
Our attention has been drawn to a vexatious statement credited to Mr. Joe Igbokwe, the self-acclaimed leader of Ndigbo in APC Lagos, under the headline “An Honest Advice For Igbo Across Nigeria Especially Lagos” In the said piece, Mr. Igbokwe…
