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Wike drops murder charges against former Rivers APC chairman, Flag-Amachree
The Rivers State Government has dropped the murder charges against the removed Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Ojukaye Flag-Amachree. The trial...
BREAKING: Osun Guber: Court grants Sen. Adeleke bail
The Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in the just concluded Osun election, Ademola Adeleke, has been granted bail. He was granted bail at...
Week in pictures: 27 April – 3 May 2019
Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week. Image copyright Steve Marcus / Reuters Image...
World sport: 10 photos we liked this week
A selection of some of the most striking sports photographs taken around the world this week: Stavelot, Belgium, 4 May: The #08 Toyota...
On the east coast of America
Image copyright Thomas Joshua Cooper Image caption Moonrise over Montauk Thomas Joshua Cooper has been making pictures for 50 years and can recall...
In pictures: The art fuelling Sudan’s revolution
Image copyright AFP Murals have been mushrooming on the walls around the military headquarters in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, as thousands keep up a...
May Day: Ekiti workers make demand to Fayemi as Governor assures on minimum wage
As workers in Ekiti State gathered at the Oluyemi Kayode stadium in Ado Ekiti, the state capital to celebrate May 1, the state’s...
May Day: Gov Dankwambo appeals to residents
Governor Ibrahim Dankwambo of Gombe State and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Gombe State Chapter, on Wednesday called for peaceful co-existence amongst people...
May Day: You’ll get minimum wage this month – Gov. Bindow tells Adamawa workers
The Governor of Adamawa State, Sen Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow, has assured that the state civil servants will receive the legislated N30,000 monthly minimum...
Anambra assembly passes law banning marriage among sickle cell carriers
The Anambra State House of Assembly has passed a bill banning marriages involving people living with sickle cell anemia or incompatible genotypes. The...
Shehu Sani reveals what NLC, Aviation workers should do to governors defaulting on minimum wage
Shehu Sani, the Senator representing Kaduna Central in the National Assembly, has advised the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to devise ways of imposing...
What Buhari govt should fix urgently – UK
The United Kingdom on Tuesday advised the Buhari government to improve the investment climate to attract more investors to Nigeria. UK Foreign Secretary,...
Police speak on reported kidnap of dead body in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command has denied reports that 42 persons and seven policemen were killed in the State, and also that a...
ASUU, FG set for showdown over plan to incorporate lecturers into IPPS
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected a move by the Federal Government of Nigeria to use the 2019 personnel verification...
Tension heightens in Cross River LGA as youths desert villages over brutality of IGP’s men
Tension has heightened in Yala local government area of Cross River State over feared intention of the police to swoop on traditional rulers,...
Kogi judiciary suspends four-month strike
Barely one week the National Judiciary Council (NJC) wade into the impasse between the Executive and the Judiciary in Kogi State, workers under...
