Mr Quadri Olaleye, the President, Trade Union Congress(TUC), says political office holders, by virtue of their tenure of office, do not qualify and should not be paid pension. Olaleye at a media parley in Abuja stressed that due process should be followed in pension administration. “As elected officeholder, the highest you can stay in office […]

FOLLOWING the recent directives by the Lagos and Ogun state governments placing a ban on all religious meetings and gatherings of more than 50 worshippers in Lagos, as part of the precautionary steps towards managing the further spread of the Coronavirus disease, the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN and the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG have endorsed the new measures to save the lives of Nigerians.

A woman fighting coronavirus said it felt like her whole body was on fire and she ‘had swallowed glass’. Mum-of-three Mandy Charlton, 46, was admitted to the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle via ambulance on Friday evening with a temperature of more than 38 degrees celsius. The photographer is now self-isolating at home until the […]

In line with its Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, Embassy Pharmaceutical and Chemicals Limited in partnership with Chief Ezenwa/Mrs Veronica Obi Foundation weekend organised free health mission for about 1,000 indigenes of Osumenyi community in Lagos.

Despite the fact that Nigeria made progress in the reduction of infant mortality among others in the 2018 National Demographic Health Survey, NDHS, only 29 percent of Nigerian children are exclusively breastfed.

Oil prices rose on Thursday but pared early gains as investors tried to assess how effective massive stimulus by central banks will be in shoring up the global economy as the shock from the coronavirus pandemic deepens.

Two security guards, Haruna Moses, and Abdulhamid Lawal, on Thursday, appeared in a Wuse Zone Six Chief Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for allegedly abandoning their duty posts. Moses and Lawal are charged with negligent conduct. The Prosecution Counsel, Peter Ejike, told the court that the matter was reported by Europol Security Company, Abuja, at the Wuse […]

The International Labour Congress(ILO) says almost 25 million jobs could be lost worldwide as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.

The World Health Organisation (WHO)  Regional office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says there are now 633 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa in 33 countries.

A Police Inspector, John Babalola, on Wednesday narrated to an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a lodger, Joshua Usulor, who allegedly murdered a lawyer at the Citiheights Hotel, Opebi, Lagos, was caught by authorities. Babalola testified as a prosecution witness in the trial of Usulor, a 21-year-old chef. Usulor was accused of murdering Mrs Feyisayo […]

WARRI:  FEDERAL government has been urged to drop charges against Ijaw leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo , saying the move will further consolidate peace in the Niger Delta region

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says no fewer than  200,000 cases of  Coronavirus ( COVID-19)  have now been reported to WHO and 8,000 people have lost their lives. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, gave the update on the agency’s website. According to him, more than 80 per cent of all cases are from two […]

Stakeholders in the organised private sector (OPS) have expressed divergent views on the use monetary intervention to mitigate the impact of  the global Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on businesses in Nigeria.

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that the average prices paid    by consumers for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol), Kerosene and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) rose last month from the levels in January.

By Dennis Agbo A Man presumed to be about 44 years, Mr. Ifeanyi Ukwuani, from Umuokpara-Egede in Udi local government area of Enugu state has gone into hiding after he allegedly defiled a 12 years old girl from Ebonyi State. The Minor (name withheld) is said to be a housemaid to the mother of the […]