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Ondo state government has suspended the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and the Road Transport Employees Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) with immediate effect. The government has also directed taxi drivers […]

When the verdict came, it reduced the Paris court to a stunned silence: Nicolas Sarkozy was guilty of corruption and influence peddling, and sentenced to three years in prison, two of them suspended. France’s president […]

By Thursday, April 9, 2020, ten days after Nigeria entered a partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigerian security officials had extra-judicially killed 13 people while enforcing the curfew – the virus had only […]

By Precious Igbonwelundu About 200 clubbers and workers were Saturday night arrested at popular Cubana Night Club for alleged breach of COVID-19 protocols. Detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Monitoring Team at […]

In a new video trending on social media, the self-styled Yoruba warrior, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has threatened to go after politicians of Yoruba extraction who are already campaigning ahead of the […]

Former Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili, has demanded an independent medical evaluation of President Buhari’s physical and mental capacity to govern Nigeria. The Former Minister made the demand while reacting to the abduction of 317 […]

The Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff and Cattle Dealers of Nigeria has explained why its members stopped the movement of food items from the North to the South. The body commenced an indefinite strike following the […]

The Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has said Northerners can withdraw their cows from the South but should not forget that the southern states produce petroleum, the country’s economic mainstay. Speaking on Friday, the group’s National […]

Professor Abiodun Salawu of the North-West University, South Africa, has described food blockade against the South from the North as an effort that was doomed to fail. The don told the Tribune Online on Friday […]

FOODSTUFF and cattle dealers across the Northern part of the country have started diverting their goods and all consumables to the neigbouring countries of Niger Republic and Cameroon. They have also begun blocking trade routes […]

If regulators give the go-ahead as expected in the next few days, there will be three vaccines available in the United States to prevent COVID-19. A fourth is in widespread use in 50 countries around […]

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has confirmed the successful completion of the maintenance and rehabilitation works on the Third Mainland Bridge. Sanwo-Olu through his official Twitter handle on Saturday said, “Dear Lagosians, The Third […]

A Lagos State High Court has barred Folasade Tinubu-Ojo, the daughter of All Progressives Congress leader, Bola Tinubu, from imposing levies on traders at the Computer Village, Lagos. The development comes over a year after […]

Nigeria’s former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has received the African Leadership Person of the Year Awards for 2020. The award was organised by the African Leadership Magazine. He was honoured on Friday at the 9th […]

The Department of State Services, DSS, has spoken on the attempt to arrest Yoruba activist, Sunday Ighoho on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The DSS, in a statement said it never attempted to arrest Igboho at any time, […]

By Abankula President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why security forces have been reluctant in fighting bandits with the full force at their disposal. He was reacting Friday to the kidnapping of 317 schoolgirls in Government […]