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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked its members to join the nationwide strike declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) President of ASUU, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, gave the directive ...

The Police command in Ogun has banned the use of fireworks and explosives in the state during the Yuletide celebrations SP Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday. ...

Israel-Hamas war: Doctors race to save newborns Premature babies at Gaza’s largest hospital are being wrapped in foil and placed next to hot water in a desperate bid to keep them alive in “catastrophic” conditions, the hospital director has warned, ...

  The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has said the administration of President Tinubu inherited a bankrupt country. He said it is so serious that, no money was left from the previous administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari. According to ...

Peter Obi mourns Cherubim and Seraphim spiritual leader, Abidoye Peter Obi MOURNS Cherubim and Seraphim spiritual leader, Abidoye Peter Obi, the Labor Party Presidential candidate in the last election, has mourned the leader of the Cherubim and Seraphim Movement, Prophet Samuel ...

Street sweeper bags life jail for def!ling teenager Justice Abiola Sholadoye of the Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Vilence Court on Monday arraigned and sentenced a 32-year-old street sweeper, Damilola Omojolowo, to life imprisonment for def!ling a 14-year-old girl. Omojolowo was ...

Naira scarcity is biting harder across the country as banks have limited cash withdrawals, findings by Daily Trust shows. According to the news medium, residents of Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa and Adamawa and in other parts of the country are expressing concerns over ...

A 400L Petrochemical Engineering student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Damian Okoligwe, has been remanded in prison custody over the murder of his girlfriend Damian has been accused of killing her some weeks back. He was arraigned ...

Mrs Ayodele Idowu Lawal, a 63-year-old social worker in Lagos State, has been declared missing It was learned that Lawal went to church on Sunday but has not returned home. She lives in the Igando area of Lagos State. The ...

The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, has lamented that the current administration inherited a bankrupt country from the previous administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari According to him, the revenue generated by the Bola Tinubu-led administration is being used to ...

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has removed the Corps Commander in charge of Kwara State sector command over a controversial comment credited to him at a public event Fredrick Ogidan was removed barely 48 hours after he made a ...

The Director of SERVICOM at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Professor Patrick Egaga was on Sunday night kidnapped by unidentified gunmen at the University staff quarters Prof. Egaga who is a professor at the Department of Special Education at the University ...

Shock & disbelief as Saudi cancels visa of Nigerian passengers after arriving in Jeddah   There was shock and disbelief when the Saudi Arabian Authorities cancelled the visa of all the 264 passengers airlifted to Jeddah from Lagos and Kano ...

FFK mocks Melaye as he fails woefully in Kogi election Femi-Fani Kayode, FFK, a former Minister of the Federation and politician, has mocked the Governorship candidate of PDP, in the just held Kogi election, saying he carries no weight and ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart will begin nationwide strike midnight Both NLC and TUC have directed workers nationwide to begin an indefinite strike from midnight today. The strike is to protest ...

PDP’s Douye Diri wins Bayelsa gov election The incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Douye Diri, has been declared the winner of the State governorship election held last Saturday.   The Returning Officer, Prof ...

Eight die, several injured in another boat mishap in Taraba Barely two weeks after a boat mishap claimed scores of lives in Taraba State, eight persons have died and many others injured in another boat mishap around Ibi Local Government. ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as the winner of the state governorship election held on Saturday The state Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Abayomi Fasina, who is also the Vice-Chancellor, Federal ...

Adams Oshiomhole, the senator representing Edo North Senatorial District and former Governor of Edo, says the incumbent governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, remains his friend in spite of their political and party differences Oshiomhole spoke while giving his goodwill ...

Veteran Hausa drama actor Usman Baba Pategi, popularly known as Samanja, is dead He died in the early hours of Sunday morning at a private hospital in Kaduna State after a prolonged illness. The late Kannywood actor served in the ...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a notorious drug dealer, 45-year-old Godwin Emuneyin, who is physically challenged and used his wheelchair as cover to deal in illicit substances such as methamphetamine and cannabis in Afuze, ...

Ex-President Trump’s sister, Maryanne Trump Barry is dead She died Monday morning at age 86. She was found in her home on the Upper East Side, in Manhattan, and the cause of death is unknown at this time, the New ...

Woman k!lls 11-month-old daughter because boyfriend abandoned her A woman identified as Sughshater Ushahemba from Mbadyur council ward in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State has been accused of poisoning her 11-month-old baby. It was gathered from the community ...

FCT minister Nyesom Wike approves property tax in Abuja   The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved a draft property tax regulation for the city. This regulation, which is expected to take effect soon, will ...

Family of five killed in London house fire Police have launched an investigation after five people died following a catastrophic house fire in west London last night with one further person still unaccounted for. The enormous inferno ripped through the ...