•Hadiza Bala Usman The Women in Leadership (WIL) Coalition has called on the federal government to introduce stronger family-friendly workplace policies and increase women’s representation in leadership, arguing that both reforms are critical to accelerating Nigeria’s economic growth and global competitiveness. The coalition made the call duri...
•Aliko Dangote Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to donate one-third of his wealth to charity as part of his succession plan, his daughter, Halima Dangote, has revealed. Halima, a trustee of the Aliko Dangote Foundation, disclosed the arrangement in an interview with Bloomberg published today, saying the billionaire had secured his fa...
Airport officials have provided their account of the viral confrontation involving Progress Oberiko at Osubi Airport, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, following the passenger’s allegations of harassment and attempted extortion, which sparked widespread public reaction and prompted the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to o...
•An accident scene at Kara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway The federal government has put on hold the planned reconstruction of the failed expansion joint on Kara Bridge (Outward Lagos) along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. A statement by the Acting Federal Controller of Works, Ogun State, Richard Adeleye, today, noted that a rescheduled d...
•Scene of the building collapse in Ajuwon, Ogun /Lagos border town A two-storey building has reportedly collapsed in the Ajuwon area in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, a Lagos border town, leaving an unspecified number of people trapped beneath the rubble. The incident reportedly occurred near Bada Hospital, close to Ajuwon Bus Stop, ...
•US embassy in Nigeria The United States Mission in Nigeria has reminded international travellers that the length of time they are permitted to remain in the United States is determined by an American Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer upon arrival, not by the visa’s expiration date. In a travel advisory posted by the mission, [&helli...
•Scenes from the building that collapsed in Oko, Anambra State, last night Rescue efforts have intensified at the scene of the collapsed three-storey Elite Five Star lodge in Amokpala, Oko, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, where emergency rescue operations have recovered the body of a female victim believed to be a student...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has waded into allegations that the dismissal of a former Head of Business Development at Prestige Assurance Plc, Mrs. Ifeyinwa Edet, breached applicable labour laws and due process, following a petition submitted by the aggrieved employee seeking legislative intervention. The petition was...
Socio-economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) at the Federal High Court in Abuja over its failure to explain and account for N211 trillion recorded in its 2023 audited financial statements as ‘Sundry Receivables’ and ‘Accrued Expenses.’ In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/14...
•Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State and NURTW logo The newly inaugurated Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Osun State Council, Kazeem Oyewale, popularly known as Ashiri Eniba, has countered the directive by Governor Ademola Adeleke banning activities across motor parks following violent clashes. Oyewale discl...

