THE Federal Government has appealed to organized labour to be considerate and patriotic with their demands in the ongoing negotiation for a new national minimum wage. The FG appealed through the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, in…
Venezuela on Wednesday says it is disinvited the EU observer mission from its presidential election in July, calling for sanctions to be lifted. Elvis Amoroso, the head of Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) demanded that the EU proceed to the…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, discharged the President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Kore, Alhaji Bello Bodejo, of alleged terrorism charge filed against him by the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a…
THE All Progressives Congress (APC) saysvPresident Bola Tinubu remains unshakable in his commitment to building concrete blocks of progress and greatness for Nigeria. Mr Felix Morka, the party’s national publicity secretary, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.…
BRITAIN’s first-ever black female Member of Parliament (MP), Diane Abbott, has said she has been banned from standing as a Labour candidate in the general election. On Wednesday, she told the BBC: “Although the whip has been restored, I am…
THE Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has denied its involvement in a bombing on a camp in the Al-Mawasi area near Rafah city that killed at least 21 and injured dozens. In a statement, the IDF said that “contrary to the…
THE Federal Government has said the delay in the appointment of ambassadors to serve in foreign missions is due to a lack of funds. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, stated this on Tuesday at the ministerial briefing to mark…
THE Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) has reported the discovery of 122 illegal oil refining sites in the Niger Delta region over the past week. According to the NNPCL, a filling station in Akwa Ibom State was shut down…
THE trial of the immediate-past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, continued on Tuesday with a former Director of Operations at the apex bank, Ahmed Umar, telling the court that the naira redesign embarked upon by Emefiele…
AS slavery, colonialism and imperialism echoed bloodily through history, where the worst kind of savagery and distortions had been mercilessly carried out against Africa and Africans, by cruel external forces from Europe and North America, it is heartwarming that Prof.…
