BREAKING News: Nigerian Labour Congress Calls Off Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its ongoing nationwide strike after the Federal Government agreed to reconvene the tripartite committee on national minimum wage on October 4. The suspension of the warning strike takes effect from today. Announcing the decision in Abuja on Sunday, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, stated that the labour action was suspended to enable the tripartite committee to hold its crucial meeting and conclude...

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Man rapes, kills woman in Delta

In Ughelli a lifeless body of a woman in her late 50s has been recovered after she was reportedly raped and killed by her assailant at Okparabe community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The vicim’s corpse was discovered in her farm by a search party made up of youths from the community, a day after she was declared missing. Confirming the incident, a Police source at the Otu-Jeremi Police Station, disclosed that...

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Police arrest 15 suspected child traffickers in Rivers

The police in Rivers State have arrested 15 suspects over alleged involvement in child trafficking. The Commissioner of Police, Zaki Ahmed, disclosed that the intelligence unit of the command, acting on a tip off, stormed four baby factories in the state and arrested the operators, including 12 pregnant young girls. Ahmed said one of the alleged baby factory operators, Gloria Raphael, a General Overseer of Mount Sinai Ministry at Rukpokwu...

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Police arrest 32 suspected cultists in Asaba, recover charms, guns, N100, 000

The Police Anti-Cultism Unit of “A Division Police Station” Asaba, Delta State in the early hours of Saturday arrested thirty-two suspected cultists within Umuagu Quarters of Asaba, and recovered from them charms in sack bags, guns and the sum of N100, 000. It was gathered that suspected cultists said to be members of Supreme Vikings Confraternity, had in the last six months taken over Umuagu Quarters thereby posing serious threats...

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Minister for Women Affair, Aisha Alhassan dumps APC for UDP picks nomination form

Minister for Women affair, Aisha Alhassan,  resigned her appointment  and also dumped the APC on Saturday, has picked the United Democratic Party (UDP), nomination form to contest for the Taraba governorship seat. Mrs Alhassan, at a press conference shortly after joining UDP and picking its nomination form, claimed that the APC had become “the weakest political party in Taraba” with her defection. The former minister, also...

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2019 Election: SDP will accommodate Ambode if denied APC’s ticket, says Chieftain

Dr Adetokunbo Pearse, Chairman, Strategy and Mobilisation, Social Democratic Party (SP), South-West Zone, on Friday said that the party would accommodate Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State in 2019 election. Pearse, a University teacher, told newsmen  in Lagos that Ambode would be welcome to fly SDP’s ticket if his (Ambode) party, All Progressives Congress (APC) denied him second term ticket. NAN reports that Ambode’s second...

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Breaking: Oshiomhole, Lai Mohammed, yusuf, others visit Omisore

Recall that ever since the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, declared the Saturday September 22 gubernatorial election in Osun state inconclusive and had equally scheduled September 27 for a re-run, both members of PDP and APC have been visiting Omisore to woo him to support their candidates. The senate President and presidential aspirant, Dr Bukola Saraki had gone to visit him with other PDP chieftains to beg him to support...

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Flood kills nine-year-old girl in Anambra

A nine-year-old girl identified as Benedict Uzo has been killed by the flood disaster in Amiyi, Ogbaru council of Anambra State. The Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, Mr Arinze Awogu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that the deceased drowned while fetching water with a bucket. He said, ‘’Benedict’s 11-year-old elder sister who tried to rescue her almost lost her life too but was quickly rescued by neighbours. “The...

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NLC Directs All Unions, Civil Society Organisations To Embark On Indefinite Strike

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has directed all unions and civil society to embark on the warning strike which is starting from midnight, September 26, 2018. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, who gave the directive in Abuja said the decision was as a result of the refusal of the Federal Government to reconvene the Tripartite Committee on a new National Minimum Wage. President Muhammadu Buhari had in November 2017, inaugurated a...

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Best FIFA Player Award: Lucas Modric end Messi-Ronaldo duopoly

Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modric, on Monday beat Mohamed Salah and Cristiano Ronaldo, to win the 2018 Best FIFA player award. In doing so, the Croatian midfielder broke the 10-year duopoly of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, at the ceremony which held at the Royal Festival Hall in London on Monday. Messi and Ronaldo have shared the prize five times each over the past decade. Official numbers released by FIFA, shows Modric...

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FSARS Arrest Female Kidnapper Who Abducted Borno APC Chairman's 4-Year-Old Son

Operatives of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Maiduguri have rescued Kashim Bukar-Dalori, the four- year old son of the Borno All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman kidnapped on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the boy was kidnapped from school around 1p.m. by an unknown woman who falsely claimed to be a relative.  Demian Chukwu, The Borno Police Commisioner, had earlier said that police personnel...

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Anthony Joshua Knocks Povetkin Out To Retain World Heavyweight Titles (Photos)

Anthony Joshua retained his world heavyweight titles by inflicting the first stoppage defeat of Alexander Povetkin’s professional career with a ruthless seventh-round finish at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. A previously close contest turned in Joshua’s favour decisively when he sent the Russian crashing to the canvas with a straight right hand and left hook. Povetkin gamely beat the count but Joshua piled in before referee Steve Gray stopped...

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APC: Tinubu’s ‘candidate’ Sanwo-Olu speaks on ‘withdrawing’ from Lagos guber race

Lagos governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Babajide Olushola Sanwo-Olu, has reacted to reports that he has withdrawn from the race. The former commisioner has the backing of Mandate Movement, a group loyal to APC national leader, Bola Tinubu. He had also been endorsed by the 57 chairmen of local government and council development areas, top party chieftains, PSP operators, and most recently all...

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Senate Under Saraki Has Failed Nigerians - Senator Ali Ndume

Sen. Ali Ndume, the All Progressives (APC) Senator representing Borno South in the Senate said the Senate under the leadership of Dr Bukola Saraki had failed Nigerians. Ndume stated this on Sunday in Abuja, adding that Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, had privatised the legislative arm of government. “I really want to admit that we have failed in our responsibility to the people somehow, but we the...

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Osun decides: I stand with Senator Adeleke – Atiku declares

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will resist every attempt by the Independent National Electoral Commission to tamper with the will of the people. He said he was sure that the people of the state were behind the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, adding that the opposition party would win the re-run election on Thursday. Atiku stated this in...

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Osun election: Saraki reacts, blasts INEC for declaring poll inconclusive

President of the Senate and Chairman, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Council on Osun State Gubernatorial Election, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has faulted the declaration by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) that the election results were inconclusive. Saraki, in a statement personally signed, expressed dismay over the decision by INEC to declare as “inconclusive” an election in which a candidate won...

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Detailed results of Osun election

Osun election : The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Saturday’s Osun governorship election as inconclusive. Prof. Joseph Fuwape, the Returning Officer for the Sept. 22 election made the declaration in Osogbo. Fuwape, who is the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), while announcing the results of the election, said that Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the candidate of the Peoples...

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INEC Declares Osun Election Inconclusive, Adeleke, Oyetola To Battle In Re-run Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the Osun state governorship election inconclusive, in a declaration made by Joseph Fuwape, the presiding officer of the election at the INEC headquarters in Osun. The election, which is one of the closest in Nigeria’s electoral history, was held on Saturday to elect a new governor for the South-Western state.  At the end of the collation of votes, the PDP candidate,...

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Driver Lands In Trouble As Prostitute He Paid For The Night Flees With Boss N5m Car

A 54-year-old driver of the chairman of an outsourcing firm located on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State, is in trouble after a s-x worker allegedly fled with his boss’ Kia Sorento sports utility vehicle valued at N5.4m.  The prostitute, identified only as Nina, reportedly fled with the vehicle at a filling station in Ikoyi immediately the driver, Victor Dossa, came down to fuel it. Dossa, who lives on Ikoyi Crescent, usually...

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Osun governorship election: Police arrest two for vote-buying in Iwo

The police have arrested two men in Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State for suspected vote-buying. According to a statement, the police recovered N604,000 from the suspects, adding that investigation had commenced into the matter. “Two suspected vote-buyers have been arrested by a team of police personnel on election duty at Iwo Local Government Area of Osun State and the sum of N604,000 recovered from their possession. ...

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