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The organized labour, led by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, on Wednesday, picketed the private residence of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, in Asokoro, Abuja.…

• NASS passes 676 bills in 20 years• A bill costs N2.959 billion•Nigeria loses N118.343 billion on 40 rejected bills since 2015BY the end of 2019, Nigeria would have spent the sum of two trillion naira on the National…

The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje has stated that the new law that provided the creation of four additional Emirate Councils in the state is irreversible.The governor, on May 8 signed into law, the Bill…

The federal government has accused former President Goodluck Jonathan and Diezani Alison-Madueke, his former minister of petroleum resources, of accepting bribes for the controversial OPL 245 deal. These claims were…

DISCIPLINARY action will be taken against the policemen who whisked away the Chief Priest of Okhuaihe shrine at Evbokhoi, Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State , Chief Osarodion Usuanlele, the Ohen N’ Ukoni Neyedo to the…

The Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona has expressed worry over the breaking up of Kano emirate by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.Awujale spoke just as the Presidential candidate of the Young…

Alhaji Habib Aliyu Kila is the father of Zainab, a student of Yusuf Maitama Sule University who was arrested and detained for four months by the Saudi Arabian government over alleged drug trafficking. In this interview, Kila…

The Kano State Government said on Saturday it did not receive any court order restraining Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje from further action concerning the newly appointed First Class Emirs of Rano, Karaye, Gaya and Bichi…

Adam Lamido Sanusi (Ashraf), a son of Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said the creation of four additional emirates by Kano governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje will only stand if the governor was on the…

There is currently a deployment of heavily armed policemen around Kano Emir’s Palace and personal residents of some senior council members of the emirate, Daily Trust observed.Our reporter observed that about 10 Police Hilux…

The Secretary General of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani, has said he would not be surprised if the Sokoto emirate is broken up, too. There has been a gale of tumultuous silence since…

Inibehe Effiong, Lagos based human rights lawyer, has filed a suit against President Muhammadu Buhari over his recent private visit to the UK. In the suit with number FHC/L/CS/763/2019 filed at the federal…

For the 319 baby girls born and named Lyanna last year, “Game of Thrones” will never end. More parents are bestowing “Game of Thrones” character names on their children than ever, according to Social…

THE relentless search for the syndicate behind the distribution of a poisonous brand of cow hide delicacy, popularly called ponmo, finally yielded result last Saturday. Two weeks ago, The Nation had…

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of 1,792,719 candidates who sat for the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Is-haq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar,…

For the first time since her travails in the court, the former Managing Director of the defunct Oceanic Bank, Mrs Cecilia Ibru, speaks on life after she left the bank, her ordeal and what she has…

Transportation Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, said, yesterday, that 123km of the 156 km stretch of the Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge rail project has been completed. Amaechi, speaking during his routine…

Shahida, daughter of Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, has described Abdullahi Ganduje on social media as “Kano’s worst curse”. Her outburst is coming after Ganduje decentralized the Kano Emirate there y reducing her father’s…

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari yesterday told Nigerian graduates that earning a university degree was no longer an assurance for employment, but something that would help them to face the challenges of life.The president, who…

A human trafficking victim has narrated how she avoided being raped by her employer when she was working as a maid in Oman. Oyinlola Solanke, 25, who was rescued by the Erelu Eyinade Foundation, is a…

One might be quick to assume Awujale of Ijebuland Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona is a regular monarch. However, this is not the case; he is a monarch with a difference. His very ascension to power was a…

A Ghanaian man identified as Victor Eghan, took to social media to give reasons why Christians who watch Game of Thrones are going to Hell. Read his reasons below; “Dear Game of Thrones fans (who say they’re Christians), please…

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said the collapse of the National Grid on May 8, at 2:32p.m was caused by a multiple tripping on its substation in Onitsha, Anambra. The Managing…

The Presidency yesterday described as  ‘absolute falsehood’ the allegation that the Federal Government gave N100billion to Miyetti Allah, an association of Fulani herders, for ‘dubious reasons’. Malam…