The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has returned to the Labour House after honouring the invitation of the police. Ajaero reported at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday morning accompanied by human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, and others. His invitation by the police allegedly about an investigation bordering on…
Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti, on Tuesday, asked workers in the state to thank President Bola Tinubu and not him for enabling the state to pay the new minimum wage to its workforce. Oyebanji stated this when hundreds of civil servants stormed his office in Ado-Ekiti, dancing and singing in appreciation of the payment of…
Kebbi State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 11 suspects for allegedly impregnating a 13 years old unsound mind girl in the state. The Command said that the arrests were made as part of its determination to rid the State of all forms of Gender Based Violence. This was contained in a statement signed…
Hon. (Mrs.) Comforter Adeniyi-Olajide, Member representing Ibadan North Constituency I at the Oyo State House of Assembly, has remembered with deep respect and emotion the second anniversary of the passing of a distinguished PDP great leader and Honourable Leader, Elder Olutunji Daniel Ajuwon. In her heartfelt remembrance message, Hon. Comforter described Elder Ajuwon as a…
Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State has directed his newly appointed commissioners and top government officials to always wear the ‘Asiwaju Mandate Cap’ as a show of loyalty to President Bola Tinubu, warning that any commissioner who fails to comply will face sanctions. Speaking during the swearing-in ceremony of commissioners, agency board members, and commission…
The Yoruba community in Enugu State has unanimously selected Alhaji Abdulazeez Adebayo as its new traditional ruler. Adebayo, who hails from Osun, became the first ever Oba of the community since the history of Yorubas living in Enugu. Speaking during the community’s meeting on Tuesday in Enugu, the new traditional ruler, said that seven…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, Oyo Chapter Vice Chairman, Comrade Kareem Habeeb ‘Toaster’ has felicitated with Governor Seyi Makinde Aides, Hon. Victor Dideoluwa Olojede, the Senior Special Assistant on students affairs and Hon. Deji Adeyemo, the Senior Special Assistant on political matters on their birthday. Eulogizing the duo’s impacts in the incumbent Oyo state…
US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky clashed in an extraordinary shouting match in the Oval Office Friday, leaving efforts to end the war with Russia hanging in the balance. “You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out,” a furious Trump told Zelensky, as a meeting that was meant to ease…
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has said that although the bags of rice to be sold by the Federal Government for N40,000 were available, sale centres cannot be announced for fear of being hijacked and hoarded by “people who have money”. The minister stated this while fielding questions from journalists, following…
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, in Kaduna has described the assertion by former governor, Nasir El-Rufai that Christians constitute less than 25% of the state’s population as blatant falsehood, contradicted by verifiable data from the Nigerian National Population Commission. The CAN state chairman, Rev Caleb Ma’aji Bawa on Monday, in a statement refuted the…