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A former Minister of Labour and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Musa Gwadabe, is dead. Gwadabe died on Wednesday morning at the age of 87 after a protracted illness at a Kano hospital, according to…

Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Credit: BBC) On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cancelled his scheduled election campaign rallies due to a “minor sickness.’’ “I will rest at home today as our doctors…

DSTV, GOTV MultiChoice Nigeria has announced an increase in its DStv and GOtv subscription rates, citing Nigeria’s current economic challenges for increasing its subscription rates. “Due to the various economic…

Governor of Cross River State, Ben Ayade Ekpenyong Iso, the commissioner for culture and tourism in Cross River, has been suspended for working against the All Progressives Congress. Mr Iso was suspended by the…

TRAVELLERS AT NIGERIAN AIRPORT As competition for skilled workers continues to rise globally, while populations in rich and middle-income countries age, the World Bank says migration, popularly known as ‘japa’…

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Musiliu Akinsanya aka MC Oluomo The Lagos State Ministry of Justice says it will appeal the industrial court judgment dissolving the activities of Lagos State Parks Management…

The Nigerian naira, on Wednesday, weakened to N740 per dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. The figure represents a depreciation of N3 or 0.4 percent compared to the two weeks ago. Bureaux…

The Adamawa State governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aisha “Binani” Dahiru, has withdrawn a suit she filed before the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja challenging the victory of the…

The Federal Government, on Tuesday, declared that it had commenced the disconnection of some power firms from the national grid as a…

The accumulated debt from Unstructured Supplementary Service Data which Deposit Money Banks owe telecommunication firms has risen to over N100bn.…

The push by President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration for oil and gas in the northern part of the country has come under spotlight as the end of its second and final tenure nears. Since coming to office in May 2015,…

Flights were delayed for over 50 minutes at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja Tuesday evening due to “Very Important Personalities (VIPs)” movement. An airline operator said the cost of the delay…

The Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party has dismissed the claim that it approached the Election Tribunal asking for withdrawal of cases, including the petition brought against the ruling All Progressives…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is to commence afresh the prosecution of a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and three others at the Federal High Court, Abuja on alleged misappropriation…

Google parent company Alphabet beat market expectations in the first quarter of 2023 with a net profit of $15 billion, the company said on Tuesday, in a sign that the search engine behemoth is regaining its footing. The…

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) said only God can stop the inauguration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on May 29th. Keyamo made this assertion in statement on Tuesday.…

A police officer was killed on Tuesday by an internet fraudster also known as a Yahoo boy at the Moniya area of Akinyele Local Government Area, Ibadan. According to eyewitness accounts, the deceased police officer was…

Canadian Actor Saint Von Colucci has passed away at the age of 22 after undergoing twelve cosmetic surgeries to look like BTS singer, Jimin. Colucci died on Sunday at a South Korean hospital after complications from his…

…Expels former Governorship Aspirant, Kente The State Working Committee, SWC, members of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Taraba state, has ratified…

As Nigeria expands its oil and gas reserves, through the Ebenyi-A Exploration Well, the first oil drilling well located in the Benue Trough in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, the government must take measures to…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned Bamidele Oloyelogun, speaker of the Ondo state house of assembly, over allegations of fraud. Oloyelogun was arraigned alongside Felemu…

Valentine Obienyem, media adviser to Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), says his principal did not say “serious leaders do not go on rest”. Obi, on Sunday, joined the Muslim community to…

Kimpact Development Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, has launched a platform where citizens can have access to information on proceedings and the outcome of the election petition tribunals. The…

•Govs, APC leaders, clergymen, others keep vigil at Tinubu’s residence •Adamu visits Tinubu, party keeps mum on zoning, NEC meeting A day after President-elect, Bola Tinubu, returned from an over  30-day vacation…