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Oba Rilwan Akiolu of Lagos, in this interview, speaks on the state of the nation among other issues. Excerpts: How did you emerge as the Oba of Lagos? Any genuine prince from the day he […]

A new report, ‘Knowledge is Power’, has revealed that an estimated 9.4 million people who are infected with HIV virus are not aware. According to the report, released by UNAIDS, 75 per cent of all […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan says pictures of his mock coffin displayed in the media during the anti-fuel subsidy removal protests of 2012 traumatised his aged mother who had lost eight children. Jonathan said this in […]

The combination of tightening global financing conditions, which has resulted to capital outflows in the country, the elevated global risk aversion, 2019 election uncertainties and high services payments are likely to put pressure on the […]

The Presidency and the Industrial Training Fund on Tuesday said that the Federal Government and its agencies could not provide jobs for all Nigerians. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Job Creation and […]

Embattled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday he has no plans to resign, sounding defiant after a rough year for the social platform. “That’s not the plan,” Zuckerberg told CNN Business when asked if he […]

The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) yesterday disclosed that in every 10 users of grid generated electricity supplied by the 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) in Nigeria, nearly six of them, representing 57 per cent, […]

Commercial activities were grounded in some parts of Lagos metropolis on Monday as trucks blocked highways. The areas affected are Iganmu, Costain Roundabout, Ijora, Funsho Williams Avenue and other areas on the Lagos Mainland. The […]

Mr Hyginus Omeje, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Lagos State has said that the traffic gridlock around Apapa Port may linger for a while. Omege disclosed this to the News Agency […]

Oyo State Government has begun rebuilding Yinka Ayefele’s Music House which was demolished on August 19, 2018. The house is also the office for Ayefele’s Fresh FM station. The Oyo State Government carried out the […]

Labour yesterday requested that all processes leading to the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage should be completed next month. It also vowed not to accept anything less than the N30,000 recommended by the Tripartite […]

Birthright citizenship has become a subject of debate after the United States president, Donald Trump, announced his plans to terminate the right to citizenship for babies born on US soil to non-citizens. Interestingly every few […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its affiliates to mobilise for a nationwide strike commencing November 6. A communique yesterday by its president and general secretary, Ayuba Wabba, and Peter Ozo-Eson, after an emergency […]

Ethiopia’s President Mulatu Teshome on Wednesday filed resignation request to the Ethiopian Parliament, State news agency ENA reported. Teshome, who has been the East African country’s head of state since October 2013, on Wednesday submitted […]

The Ogun State Government on Tuesday said former Head of Interim National Government, Chief Ernest Shonekan is still alive and not dead as being rumoured. Rumours of Shonekan’s spread on Tuesday evening, but the Ogun […]

The Federal Government has said it was working hard to come out with a policy that would limit the number of children that a mother could have in Nigeria. Finance Minister, Zainab Ahmed disclosed this […]