NLC two days warning strikes takes full effect
The strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress to protest the failure of the Federal Government to provide palliatives following the fuel subsidy removal yesteday reportedly grounded economic and commercial activities in several states but workers in Lagos, Sokoto, and Katsina states disregarded the labour action. Banks and other financial institutions and the civil service […]
VAR to be deployed on NPFL
President of the Nigeria Referees Association Sanni Zubair has hinted that plans are ongoing to deploy video assistant referees in the Nigeria Professional Football League from the incoming 2023/24 season. The new season kicks off on Saturday with the opening fixture between 3SC and Plateau United in Ibadan. During the elective congress of the NRA […]
AFCON qualifier: Super Eagles set to open
Report said, The Super Eagles camp for the 2023 Africa Cup qualifying game against São Tomé and Príncipe will open in Uyo, tomorrow, Wednesday 6th September. The Eagles will play the Selecao at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo on Sunday, September 10, in a dead rubber game. Jose Peseiro’s side head into the game […]
NNPC steps up effort to fight oil theft
Buisness – The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited is stepping up efforts to combat oil theft in the Niger Delta, as the country’s oil production continues to plunge. In an update on its fight against crude oil theft in the country in July, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said it uncovered 162 illegal pipeline […]
Number of asylum migrants in Europe jumps
The number of migrants lodging asylum applications in the European Union has jumped 28 percent in the first half of this year compared to the same period last year, official figures released yesteday showed. Between January and the end of June this year, there were 519,000 such requests made in the 27-nation bloc and associated […]
Nigerian students have every right to protest – Group
Students under the aegis of a civil rights movement, Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike, have insisted that Nigerian students have constitutional rights to protest while alleging plans by the Department of State Services to turn its protests planned against the fee hike by schools slated for Wednesday, September 6, into an arena of violence, […]
Police IG orders criminal investigation into death of cadet
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun has instituted a seven-man Panel of Inquiry, headed by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Abuja, Abiodun Alabi, with a mandate to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a police cadet, Sulaiman Jika at […]
Kogi 2023: Police promies level playing ground to parties
The Kogi State Police Command has promised a level playing field for all political parties taking part in the November 11 governorship election in the state. The command also denied knowledge of any planned attack on the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party, Alhaji Muritala Ajaka, describing such as fake, malicious, and misleading. A […]
