A two-storey school building at Saint Academy, Jos, has collapsed, trapping scores of students. The building that housed classrooms and offices collapsed on Friday, while the students were writing their third term examination. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who was at the scene of the...
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Rema, Nigeria’s afrobeats megastar, has arrived in India to perform at the wedding of Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani’s son, Anant Ambani, and daughter of pharma tycoons Viren and Shaila Merchant, Radhika Merchant. On Instagram Thursday night, the ‘Calm Down’ crooner posted a video of himself where he...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday, admitted former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to a N10 billion bail with two sureties. Justice James Omotosho, in a ruling on Mamman’s bail application moved by his counsel, Femi Ate, SAN, held that alternatively, the former minister shall enter...
The Federal Government has said the organised labour has the duty to enforce compliance to the minimum wage payments by state governments following the inability of some states to pay. Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, communicated this on Thursday in Abuja at...
The House of Representatives has waded into the face-off between the Police Services Commission (PSC) and the Inspector General of Police over recruitment into the force. This followed the adoption of a motion on urgent public importance by Rep. Mitema Obordor (PDP -Bayelsa) during plenary in Abuja. The...
A 40-year old man, Bello Musa, was on Friday arraigned in a Chief Magistrate’s Court over alleged poisoning of Shamsiyya Usman, 31, to death. The defendant, also known as Katuka Dingyadi, is standing trial on three count charges of culpable homicide, false information and fraudulent activities. The defendant,...
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said the number of new taxpayers in Nigeria has increased by 170,000 and tax compliance also improved by 20 per cent over a year. Special Adviser to the FIRS Executive Chairman, Dr Zacch Adedeji, Mr Femi Olarinde, made this known...
The President of Capital Market Academics of Nigeria, Prof. Uche Uwaleke, says the ECOWAS single currency if actualiseed, will facilitate free trade within the sub-region. Uwaleke, who is also the Director, Institute of Capital Market at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, said this in an interview with...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday closed a three-day NATO summit in Washington by promising to “keep NATO strong,” in a press conference that focused heavily on U.S. politics and concerns about his mental fitness. The 81-year-old U.S. leader is facing calls to let another candidate from his...
A renowned journalist and author, Mike Awoyinfaoe, has joined the global community in celebrating Nigeria’s literary icon, Wole Soyinka, on the occasion of his 90th birthday, describing him as a “Giant of Literature”. Awoyinfa, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos,...
The National President, Horse Racing Federation of Nigeria (HRFN), Alhaji Mustapha Abubakar-Bida, says a world cup for the sport will soon be organised in Nigeria. “There will be participation from all the countries of the world like it is being done in Dubai,” Mustapha-Bida told the News Agency...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Thursday that negotiations on a potential ceasefire-for-hostages deal between Israel and Palestinian extremist group Hamas are “making progress.’’ “The trend is positive,’’ Biden said in a news conference at a NATO summit in Washington, adding that the framework was now agreed on...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed on Thursday flagged off the Bauchi 2024 Sports Fiesta at Abubakar Tafawa Stadium Bauchi. The sports loving governor told that his government will use sports to empower youth by identifying their talents, grooming them for long-term growth and...
President Bola Tinubu has said Nigerian workers, as the driving force of the nation, deserve improved welfare, better wages, as well as safe and enhanced working conditions The President stated this on Thursday in Abuja, while speaking with the leadership of the organised labour led by the Presidents...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted thunderstorms and rains from Friday to Sunday across the country. NiMet’s weather outlook released on Thursday in Abuja envisaged morning thunderstorms on Friday over parts of Kano State and Kaduna State. It anticipated thunderstorms over parts of Bauchi State, Gombe State,...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says Monkeypox (Mpox) has remained a global health threat as 26 countries reported cases to WHO in July. The Director-General of the organisation, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, said this on Thursday during an online media conference. Ghebreyesus said the outbreak in the Democratic Republic...
The Chairman, Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Rivers State, Mr Alex Agwanwor, has described the Supreme Court decision granting financial autonomy to local government councils as a good omen. Agwanwor made the statement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Thursday. He...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said the Supreme Court judgment granting financial autonomy to the Local Government would revitalise governance at the grassroots. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Reacting to the apex court judgment granting financial autonomy...
Sen. Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, Alhaji Tajudeen Abbas, Speaker of the House of Representatives and Mr Lateef Fagbemi, Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, have applauded the Supreme Court judgment granting autonomy to local governments in the country. The legislators and the...