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Subsidy: We’ll review minimum wage to reflect realities, Tinubu assures

Subsidy: We’ll review minimum wage to reflect realities, Tinubu assures

President Bola Tinubu on Friday said that the national minimum wage needs a review to reflect realities, assuring that improved livelihood for Nigerians remains a top priority of his administration, with more people-focused economic policies.
Petrol

We won’t fix petrol prices again – NMDPRA

subsidy removal

Subsidy Removal: NLC orders nationwide strike on Wednesday

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Subsidy: Why I opposed Tinubu in 2015, Ajulo tells critics

Subsidy: Why I opposed Tinubu in 2015, Ajulo tells critics

The Renowned Lawyer and Rights Activist, Dr Kayode Ajulo, has slammed critics for using his 2015 comments on subsidies to oppose the recent announcement by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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At least 120 dead, 850 hurt in India rail crash

At least 120 dead, 850 hurt in India rail crash

At least 120 people were killed, more than 850 more were injured and many others are feared trapped after a grisly three-train collision late Friday in eastern India’s Odisha state, local officials said. Images broadcast on local stations showed smashed train compartments torn open with blood-stained holes of twisted metal, and scores of passengers lying […]

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Lagos ends 9th Assembly, passes 46 Bills, 120 resolutions in 4 years

Lagos ends 9th Assembly, passes 46 Bills, 120 resolutions in 4 years

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa has said that, the House has passed 46 Bills and 120 resolutions within the period of four years.

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Sergio Ramos to leave PSG

Sergio Ramos to leave PSG

French champions Paris Saint-Germain said on Friday that veteran former Spain defender Sergio Ramos will leave the club at the end of the season. Ramos, 37, joined the Parisians in 2021 after a trophy-laden spell with Real Madrid. “We would like to express our immense gratitude to Sergio Ramos for the two years he has […]

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medical doctor

Four arrested for allegedly sodomising eight minor boys in Jigawa

By Bashir Bello The Jigawa State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC on Friday said it has arrested not fewer than four suspects for allegedly sodomizing and turning eight minor boys into sex machines. The Command’s spokesperson, CSC Adamu Shehu who confirmed the arrest, said the suspects lured their victims with […]

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Faith Kipyegon breaks women’s 1500m world record

Faith Kipyegon breaks women’s 1500m world record

Faith Kipyegon broke the world record for the women’s 1500 metres at the Florence Diamond League on Friday with a time of three minutes 49.11 seconds. The 29-year-old Kenyan bettered the previous best of 3:50.07 set by Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba in Monaco in 2015. “I’m so excited, so happy, I didn’t expect this. I was […]

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Djokovic blasts ‘disrespectful’ French Open fans

Djokovic blasts ‘disrespectful’ French Open fans

Novak Djokovic blasted French Open fans as “disrespectful” after he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in a tense third-round clash on Friday. Djokovic, chasing a third Roland Garros title and men’s record 23rd Grand Slam crown, came through 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 against the 34th-ranked Spaniard to reach the last 16 for a 14th successive […]

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NCC begins issuance of Mobile Virtual Network Operators’ Licence

NCC begins issuance of Mobile Virtual Network Operators’ Licence

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa As part of measures to expand quality mobile network coverage and bridge the gap between unserved and underserved areas and population in the country, the National Communications Commission, NCC, has begun the issuance of Licences to Mobile Virtual Network Operators, MVNO. The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed […]

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Benue Gov dissolves State Assembly

Benue Gov dissolves State Assembly

By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Governor of Benue State,  Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia on Friday, dissolved the 9th Benue Assembly following a dissolution order read by the clerk of the house, Mr. Benard Nule, during plenary. According to the Clerk, the dissolution order was carried out in compliance with section 105(3) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. He […]

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Sanwo-Olu

Sanwo-Olu pardons 49 prisoners for 2nd term celebration

By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy has approved the release of 49 inmates from various correctional facilities across the state. The governor signed the release Order on May 26, 2023, in cognizance of his Inauguration for the second term in office […]

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Politics

Gbajabiamila denies lobbying to be Tinubu's Chief of Staff

Tinubu appoints Akume SGF, Gbajabiamila, Chief of Staff, Hadejia, DCoS

President Bola Tinubu, has announced the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as the Chief of Staff of the Federation.
Speakership tussle: Lagos 9th Assembly ends, lawmakers-elect okay Obasa as Speaker

Speakership tussle: Lagos 9th Assembly ends, lawmakers-elect okay Obasa as Speaker

Ohanaeze criticises APC for allocating deputy speaker to South-East

Ohanaeze criticises APC for allocating deputy speaker to South-East

Meet Tinubu’s new SGF, George Akume

Meet Tinubu’s new SGF, George Akume

Tinubu

Tinubu makes fresh appointments (See details)  

Videos

Meet 2-yr-old Efosa Igbinoghene who drums with everything in sight

Meet 2-yr-old Efosa Igbinoghene who drums with everything in sight

People Talk: What is your take on the fuel subsidy removal?

People Talk: What is your take on the fuel subsidy removal?

Adegoke murder: Court sentences Adedoyin to death by hanging

Adegoke murder: Court sentences Adedoyin to death by hanging

Everything to know about UK dependant visa policy and how it affect Nigerians?

Everything to know about UK dependant visa policy and how it affect Nigerians?

Metro

Teenager kills mom in Kano

13-year-old boy drowns in Kano

A 13-year-old boy and student of Tsangaya Qur'anic school, identified as Yusuf Magaji has drowned inside river in Makugara village in Karaye local government area of Kano State.
Fuel Price Hike: 9 ways to conserve fuel as a car owner 

Fuel Price Hike: 9 ways to conserve fuel as a car owner 

Subsidy: New players’ll make petrol price come down — Kyari

Subsidy: New players’ll make petrol price come down — Kyari

Rape

37-year-old man flee Delta Community after raping a 10-year-old girl

5 missing as six-storey building collapses in US

5 missing as six-storey building collapses in US

May 29

Presidential inauguration: Tight security around Eagle Square as ceremony gets underway

Presidential inauguration: Tight security around Eagle Square as ceremony gets underway

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US delegation for Tinubu’s inauguration arrives Nigeria

US delegation for Tinubu’s inauguration arrives Nigeria

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Kenyatta

Inauguration Lecture: Kenyatta, Kukah, Sultan, others urge Tinubu to unite Nigerians

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Aisha Buhari calls for regulation of Social Media Bills

Severance Package: Where are First Ladies’ entitlements? Aisha asks

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looting

Nigerians applaud, condemn Buhari’s performance in office

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Assets Declaration Form

Buhari receives Assets Declaration Form

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[Video] Nigeria Air’s plane lands in Abuja airport

[Video] Nigeria Air’s plane lands in Abuja airport

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Entertainment

Why s3x with broke Nigerian men is amazing - Toke Makiwa

My world crumbled after finding out my hubby impregnated his ex – Toke Makinwa

Nollywood actress and media personality, Toke Makinwa, has revealed how crushed she was after discovering her estranged husband, Maje Ayida, impregnated his ex-girlfriend.
Fear as Jamie Foxx left ‘paralyzed, blind’ from ‘brain clot’

Fear as Jamie Foxx left ‘paralyzed, blind’ from ‘brain clot’

Dog lover tackles Hilda Baci, Enioluwa for cooking, eating dog meat

Dog lover tackles Hilda Baci, Enioluwa for cooking, eating dog meat

‘I keep refreshing my email,’ Hilda Baci anticipates response from GWR

‘I keep refreshing my email,’ Hilda Baci anticipates response from GWR

Rema visits Barca players during training, gets customised jersey

Rema visits Barca players during training, gets customised jersey

Promoted

Afrobeats: Impacts On The Global Entertainment Stage

Afrobeats: Impacts On The Global Entertainment Stage

Redmi A2+ - Affordability and Functionality

Unleash the Magic of Xiaomi’s Mid-Year Promotion: Discover Incredible Deals and Exciting Offers!

The New GiftCardsToNaira 3.0 Web and App Design

The New GiftCardsToNaira 3.0 Web and App Design

Garden City Mall is managed by Mr Sunny Chawla

Garden city mall port harcourt

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Tinubu

Tinubu to fix one refinery before 2023 ends – NNPC boss, Kyari

The Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has disclosed that the administration of President Bola Tinubu will rehabilitate one of the country's refineries before the end of the year. 
Rigging: Oshiomhole’s allegation laughable, figment of his imagination ― Fayemi

EFCC grills ex-Ekiti Gov Fayemi 

Labour directs workers to shut shipping coys, begin nationwide strike Monday

Labour directs workers to shut shipping coys, begin nationwide strike Monday

It’s mischievous to say Tinubu removed fuel subsidy – Keyamo

It’s mischievous to say Tinubu removed fuel subsidy – Keyamo

Adegoke murder: Court sentences Adedoyin, 2 others to death by hanging 

Adegoke murder: Court sentences Adedoyin, 2 others to death by hanging 

Today’s toons

Mr & Mrs: Pay-as-you-go

Mr & Mrs: Pay-as-you-go

Petrol Subsidy: ‘We go feel something, chi chontin’

Petrol Subsidy: ‘We go feel something, chi chontin’

Cartoon: Your Excellency, the cows too?

Cartoon: Your Excellency, the cows too?

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Business

Teachers' CBT test not meant to promote Christianity ― Consultant

Firms to empower students with leadership, STEM skills

As part of its efforts to further prepare young people for the future and help them solve some of the biggest challenges in their communities and in the world, Junior Achievement Nigeria (JAN) has partnered with KPMG Nigeria to implement successful career programmes for students.
How Nigeria’ll become maritime hub for AfCFTA, Shippers’ council

PPP: Snake Island Port set to attract $1bn investment

INFLATION

Inflation: Household consumption expenditure falls 4.07%

ICT

Digital supply chain solution unveiled to tackle MSMEs’financing gap

Our land soaked in blood, gloom, South-East Bishops wail

Nigerian-Indonesia trade balance up 81% to $4.7bn

Health

Breast Cancer

Breast cancer drug shown to reduce recurrence risk

NICArb lauds FG’s assent to Arbitration and Mediation Bill

NICArb lauds FG’s assent to Arbitration and Mediation Bill

Employers must prioritise feeding habits of their workforce  — Oloriegbe

Employers must prioritise feeding habits of their workforce  — Oloriegbe

Kelina Hospital hits 250th non-invasive prostate surgery in 4 years

Kelina Hospital hits 250th non-invasive prostate surgery in 4 years

Sports

Sergio Ramos to leave PSG

Sergio Ramos to leave PSG

French champions Paris Saint-Germain said on Friday that veteran former Spain defender Sergio Ramos will leave the club at the end of the season. Ramos, 37, joined the Parisians in 2021 after a trophy-laden spell with Real Madrid. “We would like to express our immense gratitude to Sergio Ramos for the two years he has […]
Faith Kipyegon breaks women’s 1500m world record

Faith Kipyegon breaks women’s 1500m world record

Djokovic blasts ‘disrespectful’ French Open fans

Djokovic blasts ‘disrespectful’ French Open fans

Oshoala’s Barcelona target Champions League trophy against Wolfsburg

Oshoala’s Barcelona target Champions League trophy against Wolfsburg

Man United not afraid of Haaland – Varane

Man United not afraid of Haaland – Varane

Relationships

Dear Bunmi, wife becomes born again after 15 years of marriage

Dear Bunmi, wife becomes born again after 15 years of marriage

Dear Bunmi, my step-daughter’s hostile

Dear Bunmi, my step-daughter’s hostile

Dear Bunmi, I need to find a girlfriend

Dear Bunmi, I need to find a girlfriend

new lover

Mobiles can also be detrimental to your relationship!

Columns

Tinubu

Tinubu biting the bullet from day one

By Azu Ishiekwene President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is under fire for announcing that petrol subsidy is gone from day one. His inauguration address also touched on a unified currency exchange, high-interest rate, and power, among others. Of all these, however, the one that got the headlines was petrol subsidy and the most frequently expressed concern, […]

Bursting the scamsidy bubble

Bursting the scamsidy bubble

By Adekunle Adekoya A few weeks ago, on April 7, I discussed issues around petrol subsidy in a piece titled The Magic of Scamsidy. I took the position that the subsidy policy has been a scam perpetrated by the power elite at the expense of ignorant, non-discerning Nigerians. This is because subsidy was meant to […]

The homosexuality of cultural imperialism

The homosexuality of cultural imperialism

I made acquaintance with a lady, Yeye Akilimali Funua Olade, about 1990. A few months later, my wife and I visited her in Ila Oragun where she was running a rural library, the African Heritage Research Library. She was an American who had studied at Fisk University from 1963 -1965, earned a Bachelor’s degree in […]

The five stages of grief

The five stages of grief

By Donu Kogbara Dr Elisabeth Kubler- Ross (1926-2004) was an eminent Swiss American psychiatrist who first introduced a theory titled: “The 5 Stages of Grief” in a 1969 book titled On Death And Dying. The five distinct stages she highlighted were: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Kubler-Ross originally based this theory on her observations […]

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Technology

NCC begins issuance of Mobile Virtual Network Operators’ Licence

NCC begins issuance of Mobile Virtual Network Operators’ Licence

By Emem Idio, Yenagoa As part of measures to expand quality mobile network coverage and bridge the gap between unserved and underserved areas and population in the country, the National Communications Commission, NCC, has begun the issuance of Licences to Mobile Virtual Network Operators, MVNO. The Executive Vice Chairman, NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, disclosed […]

NCC

NCC commences review of existing licenses

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, Thursday said it is currently reviewing the scope and structure of its existing licenses to make them more robust and to accommodate some of the identified new industry trends.

Japa syndrome: Nigerians worry over the fate of immigrant job seekers

Japa syndrome: Nigerians worry over the fate of immigrant job seekers

The fate of Nigerians who leave the country in search of greener pastures in foreign countries has become a point of pain to concerned Nigerians.

Davido: How MTN lifted my music career

Davido: How MTN lifted my music career

Popular musician and Afro Pop star, David Adeleke, known as Davido was the face of MTN Pulse between 2012 and 2016.

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Education

How to check JAMB UTME Results

We ‘ll support JAMB to rid education sector of corruption, malpractice – NANS

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has said it will support and collaborate with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to sanitise the education sector, especially the segment involved in the conduct of public examinations and rid it of corruption and malpractice.

Unilag students’ association gets first female president

Unilag students’ association gets first female president

Students in the Faculty of Science, University of Lagos were thrown into a jubilant mood as the election results of their science students’ association was made public on Monday the 29th day of May. For the first time in 32 years since the inception of the University of Lagos Science Students’ Association (ULSSA), a female […]

ASUU: Court upholds FG’s ‘No work no pay’ policy 

ASUU: Court upholds FG’s ‘No work no pay’ policy 

The National Industrial Court, has upheld the no work no pay policy by the Federal Government in the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

BayelsaPRIME will improve learning in children – Diri

BayelsaPRIME will improve learning in children – Diri

By Elizabeth Osayande The Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri has noted that BayelsaPRIME was launched to improve the learning outcomes of children in the state-owned primary schools. The governor disclosed this at the sideline of events to mark this year’s Children’s Day celebration while affirming his administration’s commitment to the development of young […]

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