Nigeria’s unemployment rate declined to 4.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2024, signalling improved labour market conditions. According to the latest report released on Monday, by the National Bureau of Statistics, this marked a decrease from the 5.3 per cent recorded in Q1 2024 and reflected a gradual recovery from the 5.0 per…
The acting National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Umar Damagun, has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), demanding a bye-election to replace 27 Rivers State lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter dated November 13, 2024, Damagun urged INEC to conduct fresh elections in the 27…
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 3.46% year-on-year in real terms during the third quarter of 2024, according to the latest report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). This marks a notable increase from the 2.54% growth recorded in the corresponding period of 2023 and an improvement from the 3.19% growth observed in…
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskky, has said that 19 people have so far been confirmed dead in the fresh dozens of missile and drone attacks launched by Russian forces. President Zelenskky in a statement on Monday said that the occupiers in the continued attack on regions across Ukraine launched a missile strike in Kharkiv and dozens…
The bustling community of Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State has been thrown into mourning after a surge in cult-related violence claimed two lives and left one person critically injured. The tragic incident occurred in the early hours of Friday, with one victim reportedly shot dead near a bank, while another body…
The Lawmaker representing Ibadan North Constituency 1 at the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Dr. Olufunke Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide has sung the praises of a political Icon of Ibadan North Local Government and Oyo State at large, Chief Ismaila Ashipa on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Hon. Comforter, who is The Chairman of Oyo…
Mike Bamiloye has claimed that several pastors are currently enduring their marriages rather than enjoying them. In a post via social media, the founder of Mount Zion Faith Ministries International spoke about wives who make their marriages difficult. He said some pastors’ wives believe they can use their husbands’ spiritual calling to manipulate them. He…
Paul Ibe, Media Adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has launched a scathing attack on Daniel Bwala, the Presidential Spokesman, following Bwala’s recent claims of being the target of a conspiracy by television guests and anchors. In an X post on Sunday, Bwala accused some media figures of pushing an agenda against him, a…
A farmer, identified as Adegoke, has reportedly beaten a suspected thief to death in Odigbo Council Area of Ondo State, just as other suspected thieves, alleged to have invaded his farm, located at Mile 10, in Ore, were not spared by the farmer. They were reportedly injured and presently on admission to an undisclosed hospital….
Igbo elders and leaders have said that the arrest of Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra in Exile in Finland over alleged terrorist activities, was the solution to the insecurity in the South East. They noted that even jailing Ekpa, would not make any difference unless the leader of the Indigenous People of…