Eight people have reportedly died following multiple road crashes that occurred in various parts of Anambra State. At Ogidi, in the Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, there was a multiple fatal motor accident on the Enugu/Onitsha Expressway by Tarzan Junction. An eyewitness told Southern City News on Sunday that the accident occurred […]
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the United Labour Congress (ULC), have suspended their warning strike for a new minimum wage. The strike was embarked upon on Sept. 26. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the organised labour had embarked on the strike after a 14-day ultimatum to the […]
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Following the withdrawal of Dr Obafemi Hamzat, thirty-six of the 40 Lagos house of assembly members have endorsed Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the governorship ticket of the state. The lawmakers have thrown their weight behind Sanwo-Olu ahead of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary fixed for Sunday. Adefunmilayo Tejuoso, chairman of the house committee on […]
Continue ReadingThe National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, is trending on social media over a blunder, “pain of rigging” he made during a press conference on Friday. Oshiomhole goofed while commenting on the Osun governorship rerun election which was won by Gboyega Oyetola, his party’s candidate. “I think that for democracy to flourish, […]
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Okechukwu Osadebe, 18-year-old son of late highlife maestro, Chief Stephen Osadebe, has died in a flood disaster in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)reports that the younger Osadebe died on Thursday Sept. 27 in the Osadebe’s Atani country home in Ogbaru when he was swept away by the flood […]
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The presidency, on Friday, stepped up efforts to convince labour unions in the country to call off their strike following the earlier meeting at which the government accepted their demand to reconvene the tripartite meeting on the proposed new national minimum wage. The meeting between the labour leadership and the representatives of the employers of […]
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Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the UBA Foundation, the Corporate Social Responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa Group, have joined together to strengthen health systems and raise awareness of immunisation across Africa, starting in 2018 with Nigeria. “We are delighted to work with the UBA Foundation to help protect children across Nigeria against […]
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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has condoled with the people and government of Kwara state over the death today of Rep. Funke Adedoyin. In a condolence message, Dogara described the late Adedoyin as a vibrant lawmaker whose death came as a shock. “News of the death of Hon. Princess Funke Adedoyin […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigerians in the diaspora that his administration has done well in the areas of security, economy and anti-corruption. Buhari, who stated this during an interactive session with a select group of Nigerian professionals based in the United States and Canada, said his administration had delivered within the available resources. The […]
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The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed an air accident involving two of its aircraft taking part in the rehearsals for the 58th Independence Day Celebrations. Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, made the confirmation in a statement on Friday in Abuja. ” I wish to confirm an air incident involving […]
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