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16th May 2024 Outraged Nigerians are protesting the government-sponsored wedding of 100 orphans who lost their parents to banditry attacks in the Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. A petition circulating online has garnered thousands of signatures, with citizens expressing shock and dismay over what they perceive as a misuse of public funds, a […]

Yul Edochie, a prominent figure in Nollywood, commended President Bola Tinubu for his decision to suspend the 0.5% cybersecurity levy. The directive was issued during the lengthy FEC meeting. Edochie, known for his unwavering support for the president, expressed his joy over the announcement on social media. He wrote in a post on his official

Why Organised Labour issues 14-day nationwide strike notice to FG Following Organised Labour’s insistence on downing tools and declaring a nationwide strike if discussions on the new National Minimum Wage are not concluded by May 31, 2024, the Federal Government has summoned a meeting of the 37-member Tripartite Committee on the New National Minimum Wage,

The embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele has pleaded not guilty to the allegation that he unlawfully printed Naira Notes while he held sway at the apex bank. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, alleged that Emefiele had without authorization from former President Muhammadu Buhari, printed N684million Notes

This sketch from court shows former President Donald Trump, left, and Michael Cohen, right, on May 14, in New York. It would be no surprise if the jury in Donald Trump’s first criminal trial now sees his former fixer, Michael Cohen, as a profane social media troll and vengeful liar who dreams of seeing the

Google on Tuesday said it would introduce AI-generated answers to online queries made by users in the United States, in one of the biggest updates to its search engine in 25 years. “I’m excited to announce that we will begin launching this fully revamped experience, ‘AI overviews,’ to everyone in the US this week,” Google

14th May 2024 President Bola Tinubu and the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, will now pay airport access toll and parking fees at any of the nation’s airports. This was as the Federal Executive Council chaired by Tinubu approved a memorandum from the Ministry of Aviation scrapping toll exemptions for all Very Important Persons and

14th May 2024 Vice-President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, ex-officio, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has threatened a nationwide strike. The union decried the failure of the Federal Government to appoint Governing Councils for Federal Universities. The union also faulted what it described as the nonchalant attitude of the

14th May 2024 Father arrested for filming four-year-old daughter in skimpy dresses A man who was arrested in Edo State for dressing his four-year-old girl in skimpy dresses to dance inappropriately on social media has revealed his motives. According to him, he dressed her in skimpy dresses and posted the content on her Instagram page

13th May 2024 Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, on Sunday threw his weight behind the planned picketing of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission headquarters and offices of the Electricity Distribution Companies across the country on Monday over the hike in electricity tariff. The Organised labour under the auspices of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade