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The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on Monday called on members and civil society groups in Lagos State to come out en-masse on Tuesday morning to begin the two-day protest in solidarity with striking lecturers. Mrs […]

The House committee investigating the storming of the US Capitol by Donald Trump supporters wraps up its gripping public hearings on Thursday with a televised primetime finale dissecting the former president’s actions on the day. […]

The internationally respected 74-year-old formally handed his resignation to President Sergio Mattarella, whose role it is to now guide the country out of the crisis. Mattarella is likely to dissolve parliament and call early elections […]

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says he will be surprised if the National Labour Congress (NLC) goes ahead with the planned protest. The NLC had threatened to go on a two-day protest on […]

The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, is in robust good health, says his Media Aide, Paul Ibe. Mr Ibe, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said that the video […]

The U.S court in Texas has sentenced two Nigerian founders of a fintech company to 27 months in prison for their role in sending $160 million in fraud earnings to Nigeria through their company, Ping […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday unveiled the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, a landmark event that officially changes the oil firm from a wholly state-run entity to a commercial oil company, limited by shares. […]

Enhertu, a collaboration drug by AstraZeneca and Daiichi, has been approved by the European Union for breast cancer treatment. The approval was announced on Tuesday, for adult patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer. […]

Flutterwave, Africa’s leading payments technology company, is officially announcing the launch of The Flutterwave Graduate Trainee Program. This program aims to nurture 200 young Nigerians by teaching them technical, and soft skills, exposing them to […]

Governor Kayode Fayemi has terminated the appointments of all his political aides with effect from July 31. The termination is contained in a memo signed by Mr Foluso Daramola, the Secretary to the State Government, […]

An Ikeja special offences court in Lagos has sentenced Baba Ijesha, the embattled actor, to 16 years in prison for sexual assault involving a minor. The Yoruba actor has been in a protracted legal battle […]

The court of appeal sitting in Port Harcourt has asked National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to address the sublicense requests from MultiChoice Nigeria Limited by Metro Digital Limited. Metro Digital is a multi-channel terrestrial digital satellite […]

Four families occupying a two-storey building at Onipanu area of Lagos on Tuesday night scampered to safety before the building collapsed to the ground. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the South-West Coordinator of the National Emergency Management […]

The Lagos State Residents Registration Agency (LASRRA) has explained why everybody living in the state should obtain its upgraded Resident Identity Card (LAG ID Card). General Manager, LASRRA, Engr. (Mrs.) Ibilola Kasunmu said the new […]

A member of the House of Representatives Akin Alabi has declared the Labour Party (LP) will not get up to 15 votes in his polling unit. Alabi, who is the lawmaker representing Egbeda/Ona-Ara federal constituency, […]

No fewer than 16 passengers are feared dead after their boat capsized around Mile 2 area of Lagos State. Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) said that at about 7.45p.m., on Friday, it received a distress […]