from Bayo Adekoya Ogun Residents Throng Polling Units Apparently desirous of participating in efforts to elect the next president, residents of Ogun State besieged polling units around the area to cast their votes. The photographs from a polling Station at Otemuyi, Oke Aro, Ogun State indicates the willingness of the people to do their civic duties.
Independence day: Buhari’s full speech October 1, 2022
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S 62ND INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON 1ST OCTOBER, 2022 Fellow Nigerians, I address you today, with a deep sense of gratitude to God and a high level of appreciation to all Nigerians whose…
Two Dead As Another Building Collapses in Lagos
There was tragedy on Sunday when another building under construction collapsed in Lagos State. Two yet unidentified bodies were recovered by a combined team of rescue workers from the Red Cross, Nigeria Emergency Management Agency, NEMA and Lagos State Safety and Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA that have mobilised to site from the wee hours of…
Parents Appeal to FG, ASUU to End Strike
By Jessica Oshomagbe As the indefinite strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU entered its second week, parents and teachers have appealed to the federal government and the union to find a lasting solution to the strike. The parents who are at the receiving end also called on the striking lecturers…
Ekweremadu, Wife and Son Escape Assassination Attempt
By Abimbola Adedolapo. Unidentified armed men in the early hours of Tuesday invaded the Abuja residence of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu. The attack was described as an assassination attempt by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu. In a statement issued on Tuesday morning, he said: “the Deputy Senate President and his family,…
Minimum Wage: Strike Suspended As Govt Endorses N30,000
The federal government, following a protracted negotiation, has agreed to pay the N30,000 earlier agreed at the tripartite committee meeting chaired by Amma Pepple. The agreement reached late Monday has softened the hard stance by government which got an injunction restraining labour from embarking on the strike planned strike. Therefore the initial stand of the…