archiveAugust 2019

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Ekiti State has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to ensure that negotiations on the new minimum wage do not go beyond Wednesday, August 14. The TUC in a statement by the state chairman, Sola Adigun, accused the government of “foot dragging the...

Police in Lagos State said on Sunday that five children of the same family were burnt to death at Abagbo Village, Takwa-Bay area of the state. The spokesman for the command, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident in a statement, saying that police had begun to investigate the cause of...

Armed men on Sunday invaded a post-graduate hall of the University of Ibadan (UI) exactly a month after a similar incident in the institution, injuring students with machetes and carted away their belongings. The invaders suspected to be armed robbers were said to have stormed the Abdulsalami Abubakar Hall of...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend won all the eight chairmanship positions and 105 councillorship seats in local government elections conducted by the Bayelsa Independent Electoral Commission (BYSIEC). The main opposition party in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) boycotted the poll held a few months to...

  To strengthen agriculture, the most important sector of the African economy, Sterling Bank brings together policy makers, development agencies, international financial institutions, and value chain players on the continent through Agriculture Summit Africa holding in Abuja from 5th to 6th of September 2019. The international summit themed “Agriculture -...

  A former Military Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon  (retd), who is also the Convener and Chairman of ‘Nigeria Prays,’ on Sunday led other Christian leaders to Osogbo for a one-day national prayer rally for the country. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the prayer rally was held...

  The Managing Director of Peace Mass Transit, Dr. Maduka Onyishi, says he has returned the sum of N2.2 billion which was wrongly paid into his First Bank of Nigeria account. The cheque was received on behalf of First Bank by the Business Manager, Commercial Banking, Mr. Kokelu Ben; and...

The  Nigerian Union of Pensioners (NUP), Oyo State chapter, has revealed that its radio station,’ Pensioners Radio’ would be commissioned in September by Governor Seyi Makinde. The union’s secretary, Comrade Segun Abatan, disclosed this recently when the management of Oyo State Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, led by its...

  The Lagos State Police Command says it has  foiled an attempted bank robbery by a suspected  team of robbers  in Ejigbo area of the state and arrested its ring leader with his arms. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer ( PPRO), DSP Bala Elkana, stated this on Sunday in...

  President Muhammadu Buhari has admonished Muslims in the country to avoid extremist ideas that give the religion a bad name. In his Eid el-Kabir message to Muslims in the country made available to the media in Abuja on Saturday, he said the greatest commitment to Islam is for Muslims...