•Police A 30-year-old woman identified as Olubunmi Ajayi, has been arrested by the operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for attempting to drown her five months old baby, Imole Anifowose, inside a river near RSS in Sagamu area of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola […]
The academic and non-academic staff unions of Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, have began strike due to 11 months of unpaid salary. It was gathered that the workers through their various union leaders, had given the school’s management December 31 as deadline to settle the unpaid salaries, reports The Guardian. Following the industrial act...
There was mild drama today in Monrovia, Liberia as the newly elected president of the country, Joseph Boakai failed to complete his inauguration speech, as he suffered heart stroke. Joseph Boakai, 79, was surrounded by aides and escorted from the ceremony which ended prematurely, reports BBC. He was however earlier sworn in as president of [&h...
•Tinubu and Makinde Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has presented the report of last Tuesday’s explosion at Dejo Oyelese Close, Adeyi Avenue, Bodija, Ibadan to President Bola Tinubu. Makinde was at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, to present the report to the president, at the weekend, reports Daily Independent. The president had earlier commiser...
Dangote Cement reached N10tn market capitalisation at the close of business today, Monday, January 22, making it the first firm on the Nigerian Exchange to reach that milestone. It closed trading with a N10.098tn market cap. Recall that, it displaced Airtel Africa as the most capitalised stock on the local stock exchange earlier this month. [&...
•Trump in court Donald Trump’s sexual assault defamation trial was delayed after a juror reported COVID symptoms today, the eve of the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary vote. The juror in the civil case, at which Trump says he will testify, reported symptoms of fever, as did one of Trump’s lawyers who had a separate […]...
•Inibehe Effiong A legal practitioner, Inibehe Effiong has urged the federal government to scrap the N-Power and other social intervention programmes under the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation. Effiong made this call in a television interview today. Recall that there has been controversy surrounding embattled minister B...
Carlos Mane has vowed that the Super Eagles will not find it easy against his side in their final group game of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. This is also as Mane admitted that the Djurtus will be gunning for their first ever AFCON win when they square up against the Super Eagles this […]
•Guinea supporters Six Guinean supporters lost their lives while celebrating their country’s first victory at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. The Guinean Football Federation, Feguifoot, told the BBC today that the incident took place during a celebratory event on the streets of Conakry, the capital of Guinea. Fans celebrated ...
•Kwankwaso Bashir Ahmad, a former aide to former President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the 2023 presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, would be welcomed into the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ahmad, in a post on X, said Kwankwaso has the numbers to excel politically anywhere. He wrote: “We will gladly welc...

