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President Bola Tinubu, congratulates management and staff of THISDAY Newspapers on the 30th anniversary of the publication

THISDAY sacks 76 workers

*As staff demand payment of salary arrears After owing staff salaries ranging from 10 to 17 months, THISDAY Newspapers Limited…

Donald Trump named Time magazine’s Person of the Year

United States president-elect Donald Trump has been named Person of the Year by Time magazine. The business tycoon-turned-politician defied the…

Yuletide: EKO Disco to install 138 transformers

The Management of Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) has said that over 138 transformers worth N700 million had been…

Union seeks LASG bailout for college

The College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), chapter of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED), Ijanikin on Wednesday…

Fraud: Court adjourns Justice Ngwuta’s trial

The criminal trial of Justice Sylvester Ngwuta by the Federal High Court, Abuja was on Wednesday stalled on allegation of…

Max Air former employees drags company to court

Four former employees of Max Air Ltd have dragged the company to the National Industrial Court, Kano, over alleged wrongful…
Auchi Polytechnic: forgives 4 repentant cultists

Auchi poly sacks 13 lecturers over sexual harassment

Authorities of the Federal Polytechnic Auchi in Edo have sacked 13 lecturers and demoted 16 others over sexual harassment and…

Yuletide: Lagos NURTW boss tasks drivers on safety

Mr. Tajudeen Agbede, Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Lagos State Chapter, has advised members of the union…

Beyonce leads Grammy nominations as pop, R&B dominate

Beyonce got a leading nine Grammy nominations on Tuesday, followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West with eight nods each.…

Kano to provide constant electricity to 100 companies

The Kano State Government says it has concluded plans to provide 100 companies out of the 600 in the state…

Buhari swears in new INEC commissioners

President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in the newly-appointed Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The swearing-in was conducted…

Buratai launches policy handbooks for Army

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Wednesday, launched four handbooks on four policies for the Nigerian Army.…

“Plan for retirement”, Nasarawa CJ urges civil servants

Justice Suleiman Dikko, the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State has advised civil servants in the state to plan well for…

800 tourists stranded on Indian island

The Indian Navy on Wednesday launched operations to evacuate 800 tourists stranded on an island in India’s Andaman and Nicobar…

NSCDC arrests 3 illegal miners in Plateau

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Plateau command, has apprehended three illegal miners in Mista Ali Village in…

Dr Junaidu’s allegation against Buhari condemned

The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) has described as “uncharitable and baseless”, the allegation by a former House of Representatives…

Elechi Amadi goes home in grand style

The news of the demise of the literary icon, Captain Elechi Amadi (retd.), who died on June 29 at the…

Ogun LCDAs to commence full operations next week

The Ogun Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Jide Ojuko, said on Wednesday that the 37 newly-created Local…

Adamawa pensioners appeal for review of monthly allowances

The Chairman, Adamawa branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners, Mr Samson Almuru, has appealed to the state government to…

Bolivia arrests airline boss over Chapecoense plane crash

The authorities in Bolivia have arrested the head of the airline involved in a crash last week which killed 71…

CBN policy delays wheat farming in Kano – Farmers

Wheat Farmers in Kano State have blamed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) for the delay in the take-off of…

South Sudan authorities deports AP journalist

South Sudan on Wednesday deported a journalist working for the international Associated Press news agency, and the reporter said it…

NUC approves Usmanu Danfodiyo University engineering programmes

National Universities Commission (NUC), says it has given approval to the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto to commence four core engineering…

Ghana votes in hotly contested presidential elections

Ghanaians started lining up at voting stations on Wednesday to elect a president and parliament, in polls dominated by a…

Tanzania, Dangote Cement haggle over price of gas

Tanzania is in talks with Nigeria’s Dangote Cement on supply of natural gas to a manufacturing plant for building material,…

Teenager jailed 7 years for planning terror attack

An Australian teenager on Wednesday was sentenced to seven years jail for planning a terrorist attack in Melbourne on Mother’s…

No mercy for Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia

A Nigerian drug convict in Cambodia, Precious Chineme Nwoko has had his hope for reprieve dashed. Nwoko, also known as…

Reps plan 3-day retreat on constitution amendment

The House of Representatives Special Ad hoc Committee on Constitution Review planned to host a three-day retreat on the amendment…

Bayern end Atletico Madrid’s unbeaten run

A Robert Lewandowski free-kick sealed Bayern Munich’s 1-0 win over Atletico Madrid on Tuesday in the Champions League with both…

INEC to deploy 10,294 staff for Saturday Rivers rerun election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would deploy 10,294 staff to conclude the re-run National and State Assembly…