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About 512 directors in the civil service who have spent eight years on the directorate cadre may be forced out of the service ...

The Delta State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a driver, Irekpita Ezekiel, for allegedly concealing Automotive Gas ...

In the midst of confusion over the political situation in Niger Republic, a delegation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) ...

The leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state has described as shameful, Governor Godwin Obaseki’s call on Nigerian workers to reject ...

Nigerian Breweries has said that it is set to carry out moderate adjustment to its current price regime. According to the company, the ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the movement will shut down the nation from August 14, 2023 if the federal government fails ...

The Customs Area Controller, Kwara Command, Compt. Kehinde Dehinde Ilesanmi on Thursday paid a sympathy visit to the management of the Peace Pharmaceutical ...

Barely 24 hours after embarking on nationwide protests against the removal of fuel subsidy, the Organised Labour has suspended its proposed strike action. ...

Oil marketers have said local refining will save at least N70 per litre off petrol price when it is fully operational. The National ...

Power supply from Nigeria to the Republic of Niger was stopped on Wednesday, as sanctions against the neighbouring country by the Economic Community ...

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday night, assured the leaders of the organised labour that the Port Harcourt refinery will commence operations by December ...

Amid nationwide protests, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Joe Ajaero, and his counterpart of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria ...

Senate has commended the Executive Director (Business Development) of the Nigerian Export and Import, NEXIM Bank and President Bola Tinubu’s ministerial nominee from ...

The Edo state Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has asked organised labour to reject the federal government’s proposed palliatives aimed at cushioning the effects ...

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday morning invaded the farms of a former Senator representing Kwara South in the National Assembly, Simeon ...

The Senate yesterday said it would revisit the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act to address governance gaps in its structure. Senate President ...

An insight into how the Federal Government will solve the perennial electricity crisis was given yesterday by ministerial nominee Nasir El-Rufai. He spoke ...

Chairman of Lagos State Parks and Garages (LASPG), Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called, MC Oluomo, has said the fare cut across commercial bus drivers ...

The Federal Government has appealed to the organised labour to cancel the proposed strike on Wednesday, saying that government is doing everything to ...

Members of the civil society organisations have warned the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC and Trade Union Congress, TUC, to jettison their proposed strike ...

The Senate Tuesday directed the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service ( NCS) and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to lift the ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed the payment of N10,000 each to students of Kwara origin in public-owned tertiary institutions. The Governor ...

Property worth millions of naira was gutted by fire at Peace Pharmaceutical Company located at Hajj Camp area of Ilorin, Kwara State Capital ...

A light piston engine aircraft with two occupants that has registration mark 5- NCCQ and operated by Air First Hospital and Tour hospitality, ...

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of ace journalist, Ajuri Ngelale, as his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity. This was contained ...

The screening of at least three ministerial nominees was put on hold for reasons of age forgery and age falsification, among others, as ...

The organized labour, Monday insisted on proceed with its planned protest slated for August 2, 2023 over the removal of petroleum subsidy, despite ...

Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has said President Bola Tinubu would not regret nominating him as a minister in his cabinet. ...

The Nigerian Senate has expressed concern over the proposed nationwide strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), stating that it poses a significant ...

The Oyo State workers, Monday, locked the state secretariat in Ibadan. The workers are demanding for palliatives, upward review of pension allowances and ...

Youths from the five South East states on Monday took to the streets of Enugu in support of efforts to end sit-at-home, saying ...

The Senator representing Kwara Central in the National Assembly, Mallam Saliu Mustapha, on Monday felicitated the Mutawalli of Ilorin, Dr Muhammad Alimi AbdulRazaq, ...

AFTER DARKNESS COMES THE GLORIOUS DAWN My fellow citizens, I want to talk to you about our economy. It is important that you ...

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it is fully prepared for Wednesday’s nationwide strike, even as all state councils and civil societies have ...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the military coupists in Niger Republic to reinstate President ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has told the Solicitor-General of the Federation and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, that there is no order, ...

The Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, yesterday raised the alarm that the removal of fuel subsidy without cushioning the effects has put ...

In the midst of controversy over the ongoing trial of suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, the Presidency has ...

A two-month-old baby, Usman Idris, has been stolen from the mother during a school graduation ceremony in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Sources ...

Freed Anambra state native doctor, Mr. Chidozie Nwangwu, popularly known as Akwa Akuko Tiwaraki has boasted that he willingly offered himself to be ...

By abiodun KOMOLAFE “Then I said to them, ‘You see the trouble we are in: Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been ...

An accomplished media entrepreneur, Publisher, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Blueprint newspaper, Mohammed Idris was included in the ministerial list which ...

President Bola Tinubu has called for the patience and understanding of Nigerians, particularly the youths, assuring them that the hardships of the moment ...

Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani, has donated 50% of his salary to a special Trust Fund for the poor, underserved and ...

The People Democratic Party (PDP) Kwara State Chapter has decried the insecurity and bad state of roads bedeviling the state. The party expressed ...

The Euthanasia Prevention Initiative (EPI) is set to hold its annual week campaign on euthanasia. The Euthanasia Prevention Initiative is a non-governmental organization ...

In line with the Federal Government’s drive to facilitate trade and improve Nigeria’s economy to become globally competitive, a delegation of the Nigeria ...

Plateau State Police Command has warned that it will not tolerate any protest by staff of local government areas in the state over ...

Nigerian President, and Chairman, ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has cautioned that the ECOWAS leadership will not ...

President Bola Tinubu has appealed to the organized labour to give him more time to look into their grievances rather than embark on ...

The Senate has rejected a motion to release from the detention the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The ...

The Lagos state chapter of the Labour Party (LP) has charged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to give clarification on how his administration came about ...

Osun state governor, Ademola Adeleke, has announced his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed and 29 others as special advisers. Adeleke had sought the approval of ...

A mild drama ensued on Tuesday, as a Commissioner with the Federal Character Commission (FCC), exposed Chairman of the Commission, Muheeda Dankaka before ...

Kwara state Police command has identified alleged collaboration of indigenes and kidnap suspects as one of the major reasons for cases of kidnapping ...

The Kwara State Muslim Stakeholders has condemned criticism of Kwara State government’s declaration of 1st Muharram 1445( Hijrah) as work-free day in the ...

THE Federal Government has been urged to intervene in the foreign exchange market to contain the likely free fall of the Naira to ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, yesterday asked the National Association of Resident Doctors, NARD, to be realistic in their demands, ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Monday, lambasted Nigerian leaders, stating that most of them were empty as far as development issues were concerned. ...

The Nigeria Police Academy has opened an online portal for applications for its 10th regular course cadet degree programme from interested and qualified ...