“Even the one wey we dey use, nobi everybody sabi am” – Reactions as Bill to bring back “Nigeria, We Hail thee” as Nigeria’s anthem scales second reading at Senate

23 May 2024

A bill seeking to change the current national anthem titled “Arise, O Compatriots” to revert to the old national anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” has passed a second reading at the Senate. This is just as the Bill was passed at the House of Representatives on Thursday. It received an accelerated hearing at the lower […]

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Police arraigned four hospital workers over missing placenta and umbilical cord

23 May 2024

Police in Kwara State have arraigned four workers of the Cottage Hospital, Iloffa in the Oke-Ero local government area of Kwara over a missing baby placenta and umbilical cord in the hospital. The four suspects brought before two Kwara Magistrates Courts sitting in llorin on Wednesday and Thursday were Dr Ajibola Joseph, the resident doctor […]

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Cop accidentally killed by colleague in Jos market

23 May 2024

Tragedy struck at Terminus Market in Jos, the capital of Plateau State, on Wednesday, as a police officer attached to the enforcement team of the Jos Metropolitan Development Board (JMDB) was accidentally shot dead by his colleague. Security operatives, including police officers and soldiers, were recently deployed by the state government to enforce regulations against […]

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FG approves $750m World Bank loan for rural electrification

22 May 2024

The Federal Government has approved a $750m World Bank funding for the construction of 1,200 mini-grids in rural communities across Nigeria. The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Rural Electrification Agency, Abba Aliyu, disclosed this Tuesday, May 21, at a forum in Lagos. According to Aliyu, the loan was approved to close the gap between […]

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Labour Rejects FG’s Fresh ₦54,000 Wage Offer, Talks Continue Wednesday

22 May 2024

The tripartite minimum wage negotiation meeting involving Organised Labour, the federal and state governments, and the Organized Private Sector, OPS, yesterday ended in deadlock, following Labour’s dismissal of the government’s N54,000 offer as expected. Labour leaders also lamented the absence of state governors in the meeting to present their offers, as their representatives said they […]

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Sowore slams Nigerian Army for shutting Banex Plaza in Abuja over soldiers, traders’ clash

22 May 2024

Rights activist and the 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has condemned the action of the Nigerian Army to close the Banex Plaza in Abuja. Posting on his X account on Tuesday, Sowore said the act was a repression of the civilian spaces by soldiers, and that it should be stopped. […]

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Cross River State Assembly members impeach Speaker, Ayambem

22 May 2024

The Cross River State House of Assembly Speaker, Hon. Elvert Anyambem, has been impeached. It was learnt that Hon Ayambem was impeached in the early hours of Wednesday by his colleagues over alleged gross misconduct and administrative high handedness. The plot to remove Anyambem has been on for months as members have been expressing misgivings […]

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Obi, Atiku desperate, not to be trusted with power – APC

22 May 2024

The All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, dismissed the potential merger talk between the Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar and the standard-bearer of the Labour Party in the election, Peter Obi. It described Atiku and Obi as desperate politicians who could not be trusted with power. The ruling party also […]

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Pastor refuse to return ₦900,000 mistakenly transferred into his account by church member

21 May 2024

An unidentified male pastor allegedly refused to return N900,000 mistakenly transferred to his account by a church member, as seen ina viral video circulating social media. The male church member explained in the social media post that has since gone viral that he accidentally transferred N1,000,000 to the pastor instead of the intended N100,000. Upon […]

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