•NYSC members National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members have urged the federal government to implement the payment of the N77,000 allowance it promised to alleviate the economic hardship they are going through. The corps members took to their social media handles yesterday to share their concerns. They noted that despite federal government’s...
•Gunmen Bandits who abducted a councillorship aspirant, Japheth Zarma Yakubu, in Kurmin-Kare community in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State, have demanded a N20m ransom and two motorcycles. A community leader who disclosed this to our reporter yesterday, said the bandits’ leader called on Sunday 11:45am through the victim’s phone and asked the family...
Nigerian workers under the umbrella of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have demanded the immediate and unconditional release of its president Joe Ajaero who was arrested by security agents today. Ajaero was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on his way to the United Kingdom on the invitation of the Trade Union Congr...
•Ex-Governor Adams Oshiomhole Women in Edo State, under the banner of “Edo Women,” have called on the former governor of the state, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, to issue a public apology to the family of Governor Godwin Obaseki for his insensitive comments about the governor’s wife, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, regarding her childlessness. The women made ...
Nigerian workers under the umbrella union, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), yesterday demanded an immediate reversal of the increase in fuel price announced by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), saying the hike has worsened the misery of Nigerians. Amid the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, the NNPCL increased the...
•Peter Obi Politician and a former presidential candidate for the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has urged Nigerians to demand transparency from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) over the true state of petrol subsidy payments. Obi urged in a series of tweets on his official X handle today, saying that NNPCL has so […...
Suspected kidnappers are demanding a ransom for the release of Christiana Idowu, a 300-level student at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, who was abducted on August 19 along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road. Christiana was on her way from her home in Itaoluwo, Ikorodu, to the University of Lagos, Yaba, where she was undergoing industrial t...
Examination boards in Kenya and Uganda are now writing to Nigeria to verify records presented by Nigerian candidates seeking admissions into tertiary institutions in their countries. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board made this known in a document for the 2024 policy meeting, reports The PUNCH. JAMB noted in the document that it woul...
•Gunmen Abductors of students of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Jos in Plateau State have established contact with the families of the kidnapped students. The kidnapped have demanded a ransom of ₦50 million to secure the release of their hostages, reports Channels TV. The Students’ Union Government (SUG) at the varsity, [&...
WhatsApp, a leading messaging platform in Nigeria, may soon suspend its services in the country. This potential move follows the imposition of a $220 million fine on Meta Platforms for allegedly breaching data privacy laws. According to TechCabal, Meta is considering withdrawing certain services in Nigeria in response to the recent regulatory ...

