•Ajaka The Kogi state All Progressives Congress Governorship Campaign Council has accused the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Muritala Yakubu Ajaka, and his supporters of masterminding the attack on the residence of the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state in the early hours of today Friday, December ...
•France versus Mali Germany and France are set to clash tomorrow in the Under-17 World Cup football final in Indonesia, a rematch of this year’s Euro final in the category the Germans won on penalties. The young Germans, who also beat France 3-1 in the group stage of the Euros last June, are bidding for […]
The Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu, in his intervention in the political crisis in the state, requested a signed resignation letter from the Deputy Governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Aiyedatiwa yesterday presided over the state’s executive council meeting after ...
•Senate The Senate has asked the federal government to withhold statutory allocations to any local government councils not democratically elected. The upper chamber unanimously resolved that this move would deter the dictatorial tendencies of any state governor, reports Channels TV. This resolution comes against the backdrop of a motion moved ...
Fire engulfed a duplex at 3 Michael Ogun Street, GRA Ikeja, Lagos today, destroying five rooms in the building. According to a statement by the Director, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, the fire incident happened this morning, reports Channels TV. She said the incident occurred on the upper floor of a duplex […]
•Jonathan Oppenheimer A South African billionaire family popularly known as Oppenheimer has acquired a controlling stake in one of Nigeria’s prominent can makers, GZ. The acquisition was completed by Jonathan Oppenheimer, one of the sons of the second richest man in Africa, Nicky Oppenheimer, who reportedly secured the full control of GZ Indus...
•D’banj Nigerian singer, Dapo Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj, has been cleared of rape and N-power fraud allegations by the Nigeria Police Force and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission. In separate documents exclusively obtained by our correspondent today, the police and the anti-graft agency gave...
•The vexatious poster Celestial Church of Christ has made a U-turm on the invitation of Afrobeat singer, Habeeb Olalomi Oyegbile aka Portable and popular Fuji musician, Wasing Alabi Pasuma, to perform at the church’s praise night in Lagos. The announcement of the singers’ proposed participation had set the social media on fire after it went [&...
When Akinbode Rafiat, mid-fifties, first conceived the idea of a transport business five years ago, it almost unsettled her marriage. Her fashion business had earlier nosedived, while the private school teaching job she managed afterwards, with her NCE certificate, only earned her peanuts, reports Nigerian Tribune. Despite her husband’s object...
The federal government yesterday announced that a new minimum wage regime would come into effect on April 1, 2024. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, made this announcement, saying that the current N30,000 minimum wage would expire at the end of March 2024. “Certainly, there is a new wage regime that will [&h...

