Politics

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) arrested 77 illegal miners in Ogun State in 2023. The state’s Commandant of NSCDC, David Ojelabi, who disclosed this during an interview, hinted that the command, in conjunction with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel, wrote letters to mining groups in the state and […]

The Labour Union has proposed a minimum wage of $300 (N436,500) for Nigerian workers ahead of negotiations on the new national minimum wage. The Chairman, Trade Union Side, Joint Meeting of the National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC), Comrade Benjamin Anthony made this proposal at the 2023 meetings of the Separate and Joint National Public Service Negotiating

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday issued a warrant for the arrest of Hon Edison Ehie, the Chief of Staff (CoS) to the Rivers State governor, Siminalayi Fubara, over his alleged involvement in the burning of the State House of Assembly. Ehie, who is the immediate past factional Speaker of the Rivers State

British Columbia, a Canadian province, has banned tertiary institutions from admitting Nigerians and international students for the next two years. Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller disclosed this recently in a statement. According to Miller, the measure aims to decrease new student visa issuance by 35 per cent for the current year as the province addresses

Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, the minister of women’s affairs for Nigeria, has revealed that she visited Ruth Ogunleye, a female soldier who recently complained about sexual harassment in the military in a now-viral video. The minister claimed to have visited Ruth’s rehabilitation centre earlier this week. Ohanenye said, “Aside from the evident improvement from my last

This is coming barely eight days after the Chikakore community protested to the office of the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, over the terrible state of the major road linking their community which they described as one of the causes of serial kidnapping in the area. Two teenage sisters have been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to

The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, has said the N200,000 minimum wage it earlier proposed to the Federal Government was no longer realistic considering Nigeria’s current economic situation. NLC Vice President, Tommy Etim, spoke while reacting to Tuesday’s inauguration of the Minimum Wage Committee by Vice President Kashim Shettima. Shettima inaugurated the committee at the Presidential

Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has revealed that the agency has uncovered a religious sect in Nigeria allegedly laundering money for terrorists. This was even as he revealed that another religious body was found to be protecting a money launderer after some funds suspected to have been laundered was

This was confirmed in a video shared by an X user, Olúwadámilọlá, showing the moment the worship centre was being destroyed by fire.  A popular church which is known as Household of David Church at Adeniyi Jones Street, Ikeja Lagos was on Wednesday morning gutted by fire. This was confirmed in a video shared by

According to Daily Post, following the 2-0 victory over Cameroon in the Round of 16 at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, the drug test results for three Super Eagles players have returned negative. The players subjected to the random tests are Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman, and team captain William Troost-Ekong. This news comes as

Israeli forces, disguised as medical staff, conducted a swift and targeted raid in the Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital in Jenin, West Bank that resulted in the death of three Palestinian militants. The raid, which lasted less than 10 minutes, was captured by surveillance cameras that revealed Israeli soldiers that dressed as doctors, nurses, and women

A fresh suit seeking to prohibit President Bola Tinubu from parading himself as Nigeria’s President and from performing statutory functions as the winner of the 2023 presidential election has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. The suit, instituted against Tinubu by a former presidential candidate in the 2019 general election, Ambrose Albert Owuru of the

The Federal High Court has set February 8, 2024, as the date to continue the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This decision comes after Kanu’s Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, confirmed the new date following a meeting with Kanu at the Department of State Services (DSS) facility in

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has injected another $500 million into the foreign exchange (forex) market to address the persistent backlog of verified forex transactions. This comes a week after the bank injected approximately $2 billion to settle outstanding commitments across the manufacturing, aviation, and petroleum sectors. The Acting Director of the Corporate Communications

Agozi Samuel, a Nigerian man in Sierra Leone, has apologized for the defamatory allegations he made against famous comedian AY Makun. Agozi had accused AY of being the reason behind Yul Edochie’s marriage to May crashing and of cheating on his wife, Mabel, with May Edochie. Samuel even went as far as questioning the paternity

Charles Awuzie, a Nigerian fullstack web developer, cybersecurity expert, and Tech StartUp CEO based in South Africa, has recommended four courses that are futuristic and globally relevant for students applying to write the JAMB exam this year. He advised students not to limit their study choices to what is deemed relevant or irrelevant in just

Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi met with Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State in a closed-door meeting.  The meeting was disclosed by the Oyo State Government on social media, but the purpose of the meeting is yet to be revealed, it may not be unconnected to political strategies for

A former CEO of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Professor Usman Yusuf, has raised concerns about the concentration of ministries and agencies handling financial disbursements in the South West. In an interview with Arise TV, he expressed his concern about the President’s silence on the matter and cited instances such as the Central Bank of

Financial experts have advised the Federal government of Nigeria, under president Bola Ahmed Tinubu on measures way to stabilize the Naira against the US dollar. The Group Managing Director of Cowry Asset Management Company, Johnson Chukwu, and the Head of Strategy at the Lagos Business School, Prof Olawale Ajai, have expressed the need to ramp

A Nigerian influencer Ifeanyi Eze in delivers a compelling perspective on success and career development. Eze’s recent Facebook post challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding full-time university education, particularly for teenagers who have completed high school without sponsorship. However, Eze brings real-world experience and a fresh outlook to the table. His post revolves around the idea