Two major Nigerian Labour Unions have suspended the nationwide strike they were to commence on Tuesday to pressure the government to address the hardships occasioned by the removal of subsidy on petrol. Both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), coalitions of various workers unions, have been battling the federal government…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun says his attention has been drawn to the various grievous allegations leveled against his only surviving brother, Dr. Sen. Mohammed Balogun by some of his children, led by Aremo Femi Balogun which has gone viral. Oba Balogun made this known in a statement in Ibadan….
TODAY’S VIEWPOINT IS THE 63RD INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY OF NIGERIA. IT IS WRITTEN BY MICHAEL ADEYEMO OF OUR NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT On Saturday, October 1, 1960, Nigeria gained Independence from British Colonial Rule. Nigerians, regardless of their socio-political status took to the Streets TO celebrate the Independence of the West African Nation. For them,…
By Titilope Giwa The Shooting Stars Sports Club of Ibadan, 3SC supporters club has charged the team to make continental ticket their priority in the Nigeria premier football league NPFL 2023/2024 season. Chairman 3SC supporters club Oyo state chapter, Mr. Femi Oyeniyi and his Ibadan counterpart, Mr. Femi Ajala gave the charge during the special…
The Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Lafia has dismissed the petition filed by the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) challenging the declaration of Governor Abdullahi Sule as the duly elected Governor of Nasarawa state for lacking in merit with no cost awarded. On March 20, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Sule of…
The Federal Government has issued its first Wholesale Gas Supply Licence for 500 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to an indigenous firm to deepen gas utilisation across the country. It issued the licence to Ohuru Trading Limited, stating that Section 142 of the Petroleum Industry Act provided for the issuance of the…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Political Head/Administrator, Aare Latosa LCDA, Hon. Akindele Olaolu Amos has harped on enhancement of the standard of living of the citizenry as the economic hardship is becoming unbearable. This was contained in his independence felicitation message to the good people of Oyo State and Aare Latosa LCDA in particular made available…
The Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, has advised members to regard the verdict of the State’s Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal as a temporary setback that would be challenged. Deputy Governorship Candidate of the PDP, Mr Adekunle Akinlade, who gave the advice in Abeokuta, said the party would proceed to the Court of Appeal,…
As the December deadline to resume full petrol production draws near, the managing director of Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC) Engr Ibrahim Onoja and the acting managing director of Warri Refining and Petrochemical Company (WRPC), Mrs Usua Ofonmbuk Edet are currently under pressure to deliver. The federal government had said the December deadline for…
More than 1,000 people in Bangladesh have died of dengue fever since the start of the year, official figures showed, in the country’s worst recorded outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease. Figures from the country’s Directorate General of Health Services published on Sunday night said 1,006 people had died, among more than 200,000 confirmed cases. The…