Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Anambra State, on Tuesday, blocked the Aroma axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway to protest the five-month-old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Awka protest was part of the Read more…
The Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has asked the Federal Government to end the ongoing strike by the university-based unions. The Congress warned that should the government fail to end the strikes, it would embark on a three-day warning strike. President of Read more…
The Nigerian Army has confirmed three soldiers were killed during an attack on Troops of 7 Guards Battalion on Sunday by suspected terrorists along Kubwa-Bwari Road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. While there were conflicting reports about casualties Read more…
A first-class traditional ruler and Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has admonished the Federal Government, under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari to rescind the proposed ban of Okada service nationwide. Th traditional ruler however suggested that, Read more…
The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has disclosed that the high cost of aviation fuel popularly known as Jet A1 fuel was a global crisis affecting countries like America, New Zealand and other developed nations, and not a peculiar situation Read more…
Russia-made products accounted for 83% of the country’s market for common consumer goods in the first half of 2022, up 4% on a year before, according to a report published by NielsenIQ on Tuesday. Domestic production of so-called fast-moving consumer Read more…
Only a part of Russia’s armed forces is involved in its special military operation in Ukraine and the number of troops engaged is sufficient to fulfill the tasks set forth by the commander-in-chief, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday with Read more…
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz suggested his country could launch a strike against Iran’s nuclear program, calling it “a global problem” at a conference on Tuesday. He also criticized the 2015 nuclear deal – abandoned by the US in 2018 Read more…
Federal Security Service (FSB) officers deserve ‘top marks’ for uncovering and foiling a Ukrainian plot to hijack Russian warplanes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. “Obviously, it’s a very effective job by our counterintelligence,” Peskov said on Tuesday when asked Read more…
A Nigerian senator’s wife accused of plotting to traffic a homeless man into the UK to harvest a kidney for her daughter has been granted bail. Beatrice Nwanneka Ekweremadu, 55, together with her husband Ike Ekweremadu, 60, allegedly trafficked the Read more…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has disclosed plans to hold a mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Saturday, 6th August, 2022, for candidates who could not participate in the examinations during the period of the exercise for Read more…
The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, has congratulated Nigerian super athletic star, Tobi Amusan, for winning the women’s 100m hurdles gold with a new world record. Amusan, the first Nigerian athlete to win a gold medal in the World Athletics, Read more…