•Nigerian workers The National Association of Telecommunications Subscribers will engage the Nigerian Communications Commission today, seeking a possible reversal of the 50 per cent telecom tariff hike to 10 per cent, as the Nigeria Labour Congress signals readiness for protest. The federal government approved a 50 per cent increase after oper...
The National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, has threatened to embark on mass protests to disrupt academic activities in tertiary institutions in the southwest without a proper student union in place. Addressing newsmen in Osogbo today, the Coordinator, NANS Southwest (Zone D), Owolewa Taiwo, disclosed that banning student union activit...
•PDP, APC and LP candidates The ongoing nationwide fuel crisis has forced the Independent National Electoral Commission to increase its financial commitment to the transport unions that would be involved in Saturday’s Edo State governorship election. The adjustment, one of our correspondents learnt, was in response to the recent surge i...
•DSS arrests NLC President, Joe Ajaero The Department of State Services has granted administrative bail to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero. He was released a few minutes before the 12midnight ultimatum issued by the Organised Labour, reports The PUNCH. Pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Ac...
•Bayern players Bayern Munich coach Thomas Tuchel brought Serge Gnabry and starlet Aleksandar Pavlovic into his side to face Real Madrid today in the Champions League semi-final second leg clash. The German coach made three changes from the side that earned a 2-2 first leg draw against the record 14-time winners, including dropping veteran Tho...
Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior scored a double, including an 83rd-minute equalising penalty, to snatch a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in yesterday’s Champions League semi-final first leg. Vinicius gave Real the lead after 24 minutes but Bayern scored twice in four second-half minutes to wrestle control of the match, Leroy Sane with a stunnin...
The federal government, yesterday, insisted on the 240 per cent hike in tariff payable by power consumers in the band ‘A’ category despite calls for its reversal. It also revealed that the subsidised power pricing regime would be for the short term, with a transition plan to achieve a full cost-reflective tariff within a period […]
•Kylian Mbappe Kylian Mbappe is expected to sit out Paris Saint-Germain’s Ligue 1 meeting with Lille tomorrow as the club does not want to risk his injured ankle with a Champions League last 16 tie looming. The PSG star suffered the injury in his side’s French Cup last 16 win over Brest yesterday in which […]
•Anthony Joshua and Francis Ngannou Nigerian boxer, Anthony Joshua, is gearing up for a showdown with former UFC heavyweight champion, Francis Ngannou, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This was announced by Matchroom and Queensberry last night in a post on their X account, with further details to be confirmed next week. The statement read, “Confirmed:...
Nigerian queens of Afro-pop, including Tiwa Savage, Teni the entertainer, Simi, Waje, Niniola, Yemi Alade, Dope Ceaser among others are gearing up for a showdown as they perform at the highly anticipated “Night of Queens” concert slated for Sunday, December 17, at Eko hotels and Suites, Lagos. The all-female concert, being packaged by Livewire...