80-year-old Lesotho’s PM, Thabane, buckles to pressure, agrees to step down

Lesotho’s embattled Prime Minister Thomas Thabane announced his resignation on Monday, ending months of political uncertainty gripping the kingdom since he was accused of participating in his ex-wife’s murder. Thabane’s political rivals have piled pressure on the prime minister to step down early over allegations that he had a hand in the brutal 2017 shooting […]
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NBA forward Bogdanovic has season-ending surgery: report

Utah Jazz forward Bojan Bogdanovic will miss the remainder of the coronavirus-hit 2019-20 NBA season after undergoing right wrist surgery, ESPN reported Monday. The 31-year-old Croatian playmaker, in his sixth NBA season, is expected to fully recover in time for the start of the 2020-21 campaign, according to unnamed sources. READ ALSO: Kobe Bryant among 8 […]

Breaking: APC gets new National Secretary

 The National Chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole,  on Monday sworn in Alhaji Waziri Bulama as the new acting National Secretary of the party.

Ogun APC commends Abuja Court ruling against former State Chairman

ABEOKUTA: The Ogun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday commended the ruling of an Abuja High Court, which set aside the application for interlocutory injunction filed by the Chairman of the dissolved state party exco, Chief Derin Adebiyi and other members of his dissolved executives.

Rights campaigners reject use of workers as ‘COVID-19 sacrificial lambs’

By Victor Young Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, has faulted work policy that places workers on fractional, no-salary or outright sack of workers as a result of the CODVID-19 lockdown, saying workers were being used as sacrificial lambs. National Chairperson of CDWR, Rufus Olusesan, who spoke in Lagos, said: “It is unfortunate that […]

Covid-19: MFM issues fresh prayer template

THE General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries, Dr. Daniel Olukoya on Monday directed a repeat of the church’s 30 days Prayer Retreat, whose second session ends this weekend.
Dr. Olukoya, who gave the directive, stated: “We restart the prayers using the former booklet. From the 25th of May to the 7th of June, members are to read Psalm 91 and carry out aggressive praise worship for 15 minutes each day.”

Benue leaders blame youths for ceaseless communal crisis

By Peter Duru – Makurdi Benue traditional rulers and stakeholders have blamed the lingering communal crisis in the state on the youths who enjoy the protection of elders in their communities. They, however, vowed not to surrender Benue to criminals but take far reaching punitive measures against those fingered in the conflicts irrespective of social […]

Flight ban violation: Aviation Minister corrects Flair Aviation as Flairjet

By Lawani Mikairu The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika has said the correct name of the operator of the impounded aircraft is Flairjet, instead of Flair Aviation he earlier said. Sirika made the corrections yesterday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. He said, “There is a company called […]

Reps wade into FCT health workers’ planned strike

House of Representatives will deliberate over the planned strike action by the Joint Health Sector Union and the Assembly of Healthcare Professionals (JOHESU), FCT chapter caused by issues of irregularities in salary payment, among others Tuesday, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said.

NASU issues strike notice to FG, files complaints against Accountant General 

…Writes Ngige on declaration of trade dispute By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, has issued a strike notice to begin in Federal Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education the day they resume academic activities. This was disclosed by the General Secretary of NASU, Comrade Peters Adeyemi […]

FG commends NNPC, partners for COVID-19 interventions

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and Chairman of the Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19, Boss Mustapha, yesterday, commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for her unwavering support and several medical interventions, geared towards providing a lasting solution to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Nigeria.

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