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The Governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Bayelsa State, Engr. Udengs Eradiri, has appealed to the military to identify, arrest and deal decisively with only persons directly and remotely connected to the gruesome killings of military officers in Okuama community, Delta […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday stormed the secretariat of the Labour Party to protest the party’s national convention planned for end of this month.  The Congress also demanded sack of the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure.  […]

Activities at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) were on Wednesday paralysed as members of non-academic staff unions complied with the directive to embark on seven-day warning strike. The Nation reports Joint Action Committee of SSANU and NASU had directed its members […]

Veteran filmmaker and actor, Patrick Doyle, has berated the popular slogan that  Christian chant. The ex-husband of actress, Ireti Doyle, who remarried last year, via his Facebook page, stated that people are too obstinate to admit their folly. He noted how […]

Zenith Bank Plc on Tuesday appointed Dame Adaora Umeoji as the Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (GMD/CEO) from June 2024. She is the first female to lead the bank. Her appointment is, however, subject to the approval of the Central Bank […]

The House of Representatives Committee on Anti-Malaria, HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis yesterday gave the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammed Ali Pate, and the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Daju Kachollom, 72 hours to appear before it. They are to […]

Detained leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra  (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu yesterday said that violence in the Southeast would end if he regains freedom. Kanu spoke shortly after Justice Binta Nyako of the  Federal High Court in Abuja denied him bail. An […]

Members of the Edo State House of Assembly yesterday directed the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-member panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct and perjury, among others, levelled against Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu. Speaker […]

Detained leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People’s of Biafra (IPOB), Nnmadi Kanu, has pledged to work to stop the current spate of violence in the southeast once he regains freedom. Kanu, who was denied bail on Tuesday […]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, March 19, passed the N1.28 trillion budget of the Federal Capital Territory Administration presented to the National Assembly by the president last week.  Out of the total amount approved by the House, N l140.915 […]