Author: Olakunle Oke
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The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has called for better pay, insurance cover and pension for journalists across the country. Ajaero made the call when he visited the President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Dr Chris Isiguzo in Abuja. He explained that while journalists played significant roles in the fight for […]
President Bola Tinubu, will Saturday, in Lagos, commissioned the newly constructed paved roads to the nation’s gateway ports in Apapa and Tin Can Island, Lagos. The commissioning is expected to bring relief to port users and operators, who had suffered great losses as a result of the bad roads and traffic problems. The situation had […]
Priscilla, the daughter of Iyabo Ojo, the Nollywood actress, has tackled Naira Marley over his threat to file a N500 million defamation lawsuit against her mother. The drama between Ojo and Marley began after the mysterious death of Mohbad on September 12. Ojo claimed Marley had a hand in Mohbad’s death. She also alleged that […]
The Federal Government has said it was unaware that billionaire Aliko Dangote’s Dangote Refineries imports its crude oil from the United States of America (US). Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), said this in Abuja on Thursday at the Ministerial Sectoral Updates to mark President Bola Tinubu’s one year in office. Lokpobiri […]
Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka, has said that the 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, is unfit to lead the country. This, he said, had become evident with the conduct of his supporters, popularly known as ‘Obidients’, during electioneering of the 2023 general elections. He said that Obi’s failure to reign on his supporters […]
The Managing Director of Nigerian Film Corporation, NFC, Ali Nuhu, says recent deaths in the movie industry has robbed the nation of legendary filmmakers. This is according to a statement signed by the Director of Public Affairs of the NFC, Brian Etuk, in Abuja. Nuhu, described the death of Saratu Gidado (aka Daso) and John […]
Gunmen, on Thursday, attacked a police checkpoint along the Abakaliki-Enugu Highway and set a police patrol van belonging on fire. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened at the Ishieke Junction on the outskirts of Abakaliki metropolis. Gunmen killed one policeman and abducted another, but this could not be independently verified as of the time […]
Meta said on Thursday it was developing new tools to protect teenage users from “sextortion” scams on its Instagram platform, which has been accused by US politicians of damaging the mental health of youngsters. Gangs run sextortion scams by persuading people to provide explicit images of themselves and then threatening to release them to the […]
Members of Nigeria’s junior football team have been denied visas to attend a tournament in Spain, the country’s football federation says. The visa denials affected both players and officials of the under-15 football team, the Future Eagles, it said. The team would “therefore not be travelling to take part in the Uefa U16 Development Tournament”, […]
The Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has rejoiced with the President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, on his 67th birthday. Yusuf described Dangote as an illustrious son of Kano, whose philanthropic gesture breeds life and livelihood to millions of households in Nigeria and Africa. This is contained in a statement by the governor’s Director-General, Media […]
