The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and former Vice President, Abubakar Atiku, weekend, warned that the increase in petrol price by the federal government has put most Nigerians at a breaking point.

The Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University, LASU, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has approved the interdiction of the Provost of the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM), Prof. Biodun Adewuya, on grounds of insubordination, unauthorised disclosure of official information, actions prejudicial to the security of the university and the state, divided loyalty, and conduct unbecoming of a public officer.

As schools resume for the 2024/2025 academic session across the nation from tomorrow, the economic and social dislocation caused

The shocking arrest of 23-year-old Ayomide Adeleye, a philosophy student at Olabisi Onabanjo University,

MURIC had suggested that recent adjustments in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) would prevent the Dangote Refinery from offering competitive prices and claimed that NNPC had become the sole offtaker for the refinery’s products.

“It’s very clear that the man cannot speak. Even if you ask him to speak Esan language, is he going to speak Esan at the Villa?”

Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, has applied to proceed on an indefinite leave of absence to deal with medical matters affecting his nuclear family.

There were indications, yesterday, that consumers would have to pay more for
imported petrol as the exchange rate dropped by 1.6 per cent to N1, 621/$, from N1,595/$, recorded on Thursday, this week.

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday welcomed a delay in his New York hush money fraud case that pushed sentencing on his 34 felony convictions until after the election. “The Manhattan D.A. Witch Hunt has been postponed because everyone realizes that there was NO CASE, I DID NOTHING WRONG!… This case should be […]

‘It is expected that with the injection of 30,000 MT (1,000 trucks of 30 MT each) of this important staple into Nigeria’s food balance sheet… will… crash the price of rice’

By Elizabeth Adegbesan The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,640 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,620 per dollar on Wednesday. Similarly, the Naira depreciated to N1,639.41 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM rose to N1,639.41 per dollar from N1,625.88 […]

The Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, yesterday, expressed worry over the state of the nation, just as it urged President Bola Tinubu to tackle the current hardship faced by Nigerians.

AS fuel scarcity woes worsened in the country, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, House of Representatives, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, and Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, among others, yesterday, called on the Federal Government to reverse the hike in fuel price.

THE Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, Wednesday, told President Ahmed Tinubu, in an unmistakable term, that Nigerians are “suffering deeply” under his administration asking him to meet short term needs of the people before pursuing a long term vision.

“The summary is that the President is empathetic about what’s going on. That’s why he directed this meeting”