The Edo State Government has rescheduled the resumption of primary and secondary schools across the state for the 2020/2021 academic session to Tuesday, October 6, 2020. In a statement, Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, said Primary and Secondary Schools in Edo State will resume for […]

To avert the strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) billed to commence on Monday, the House of Representatives has offered organised labour the possibility of accommodating some palliatives in 2021 budget. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, at a negotiation meeting with labour on Sunday in Abuja said the palliatives would be […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru IN a bid to avert the planned strike by the organized labour expected to start on September 28, the Federal Government has scheduled to meet with the labour leaders today by 7pm. Recall that government representatives and the organized labour had met on Thursday over the impending strike occasioned by the increase […]

Alhaji Suleiman Yakubu, National Public Relations Officer, Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), has urged their members to dissociate themselves from the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) strike. Yakubu said this during an interview. on Sunday in Abuja while reacting to the planned strike by the organised labour slated for Monday. […]

The Federal Government shocked Organised Labour, last Thursday, by claiming the country will incur the wrath of International Monetary Fund, IMF, the World Bank and other international lending institutions Nigeria is indebted to, should electricity tariff and petrol pump price be reversed to the old rates.

Number one bestselling author and former aide to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Pastor Reno Omokri, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari “to refund to the National Treasury the cost of using Presidential jet to ferry his representatives to his Personal Assistant, Bashir Ahmed’s wedding in Katsina on Friday.” Pastor Omokri, in a statement, accused the president of […]

…In talks with varsities on locally fabricated refinery ..Says Nigerians paying for services not product …Adds subsidy benefiting few corrupt individuals By Chris Ochayi The Federal Government has assured consumers of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol that the price of the product would soon crash relatively below N100 per litre, if its […]

By Chioma Obinna 5 Speaking in Lagos during a blood donation drive to mark its six years anniversary, Coordinator of the Foundation, Dr Samuel Okerinde who recounted the health benefits of the exercise said blood donation reduces iron levels in the blood which could as well prevent cancers. Okerinde said: “Voluntary blood donation ensures good […]

Clashes erupted between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday over the volatile Nagorno-Karabakh region, reigniting concern about instability in the South Caucasus, a corridor for pipelines transporting oil and gas to world markets. Both sides, which fought a war in the 1990s, reported fatalities. Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, a breakaway region that is inside Azerbaijan but is […]

A political pressure group in Ondo State, Ikale Accountability Network (IAN), has called on the member representing Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Gboluga Ikengboju, to explain the whereabouts of the sum of N24million which the group claimed to have been approved by the Federal Government for supply of books and shelves […]

…Directs NDDC, others to make budget provision for project ….As Ogoni people commend Buhari By Chris Ochayi The Federal Government, weekend, said that it would meet up with the December 2021 dateline for the completion of the dualisation of the East-West highway project. Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, who disclosed while inspecting […]

By Ifeanyi Okowa Let me begin by welcoming all of you to this year’s Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Resident Doctors. Coming against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is my considered view that this meeting offers us a good opportunity to review the ongoing national efforts to combat the epidemic […]

…Your administration is anti-people , a disappointment – Mimiko …What’s more anti-people than you sacking 10,000 workers – Akerrdolu Dayo Johnson Akure THE Ondo state governorship election has further deepened the frosty relationship between the immediate past governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko and his successor, Rotimi Akeredolu with each other exchanging diatribes. Their friendship of over […]

Erling Haaland chose Borussia Dortmund over RB Leipzig because the latter could not guarantee game time, according to the club’s former sporting director Ralf Rangnick. Norway striker Haaland has been a sensation at Dortmund, scoring 18 goals across all competitions since joining from Salzburg in January. Leipzig were also said to be in the running […]

Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has said that Nigeria’s land borders will soon be reopened. Federal had in August shut all land borders to check mate smuggling of food items and stem the spread of Covid-19 in the country. Disclosing this during a webinar organised by The Africa Report, Osinbajo said: “We are working with […]