Category: Top Stories
Young boy who rejected Awoniyi’s cash gift earns admiration nationwide
09 Jun 2024
In a heartwarming encounter at the French Embassy in Abuja, an eight-year-old boy named Peter captured the admiration of many Nigerians when he respectfully turned down a significant cash gift from Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi. The incident unfolded on Monday when Awoniyi visited the French Ambassador to Nigeria, Jean Francois Hasperue, […]
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Minimum wage: Resign if you can’t pay, labour tackles govs
09 Jun 2024
Organised Labour on Saturday tackled the state governors, accusing them of acting in bad faith towards the new minimum wage negotiations ongoing in the country. Recall that the governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors Forum rejected the proposed N60,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers. In a statement issued on Friday by the Director […]
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Minimum Wage: FG offers N62K, labour requests N250K
09 Jun 2024
The Federal Government has increased its offer for a new national minimum wage to ₦62,000, while organized labour has reduced its demand from ₦494,000 to ₦250,000. This development follows the submission of the cost implications of the new minimum wage by the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, to President Bola Tinubu. A source confirmed this […]
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LASU overall best student gets N10M from Gov. Sanwo-Olu
09 Jun 2024
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu offers the sum of N10M to be the best-graduating student at the 27th convocation ceremony of Lagos State University (LASU) on Thursday. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Sanwo-Olu on New Media, Jubril Gawat, shared this information in a post on X, mentioning that the governor arrived at the university at 12:38 […]
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SS3 students crash car while celebrating graduation
09 Jun 2024
The graduation celebration of a group of overzealous SS3 students ends in an accident after running into a tree, causing severe damage to the car. A video making the rounds on social media captured the joy in the hearts of some high school graduates who packed themselves in a car. In the video, they could […]
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Married women stage protest against husband snatching in Asaba
09 Jun 2024
Some married women have caused a buzz in a market as they storm out to protest the alarming rate of husband snatching going on in Asaba. The women were seen expressing their annoyance by demonstrating at a market to create awareness over the issue. In a video that was shared on social media, the women […]
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Lady who admits having sexual relations with dogs kills self
09 Jun 2024
A young lady who admitted on a podcast to engaging in sexual activities with her dogs as a result of addiction stemming from past trauma has taken her own life. During a podcast episode hosted by Nollywood actress, Abiola Adebayo, she recounted being abused at a young age and detailed various instances of exploitation that […]
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Minimum wage: Don’t plunge nation into monumental crisis, Labour tells govs
08 Jun 2024
Organised Labour has rejected claims by state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, that they cannot afford N60,000 minimum wage, urging the governors not to plunge the country into a monumental crisis. Speaking on behalf of Labour, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, accused the governors of lying with their resources, contending […]
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Drug reaction caused Mohbad’s death, autopsy reveals
08 Jun 2024
Almost a year after his death, the autopsy conducted on the body of the Nigerian rapper and singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has finally revealed the possible cause of his death. The report, which went viral on the internet yesterday, said though the cause of the singer’s death could not be ascertained, there […]
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