Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Ikechukwu Sunday Okonkwo, aka Cross, has emerged as the first finalist of the season after he purchased the ultimate immunity. Cross, who is the current Head of House, gained immunity from last week’s possible eviction and has also secured a place in the house till the end of the…
The meeting between the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Federal Government ended in a deadlock with another meeting scheduled for a later date, The PUNCH reports. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Simon Lalong, is also expected to meet with the representatives of the Trade Union Congress led by its national president, Festus Osifo, later…
A lawyer, Festus Ogun, through his law firm, has written the Attorney General of Lagos State, Moyosore Onigbanjo, requesting a Coroner’s Inquest into the suspicious death of Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. SAHEL STANDARD reports that the Lagos Police Command inaugurated a 13-man special investigation team to probe the mysterious death of…
The National Industrial Court sitting in Port Harcourt has ordered Guinness Nigeria Plc and three others to pay an aggrieved former employee of the company, Bright Nwosu, the sum of N52,456,000 million over wrongful termination of employment. Bright Nwosu. who was employed by Guinness Nigeria Plc in 2004 as a Sales Executive, filed a suit…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Prof John Okeniyi, as Chief Medical Director of Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital, Ile-Ife, Osun State. The appointment was disclosed in a press statement signed by the Director of Information at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Patricia Deworitshe, on Monday. The statement noted that…
Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of some suspects in connection with the killing of a 28-year-old man, Ibrahim Kudus in Okanla area of Irepodun Local Government of the state on Sunday. The victim, who was an admission seeker was killed by gunmen who attacked a house where he was staying, shot him…
Former President Olusegun Olusegun Obasanjo has reacted to the controversies being generated by his order to traditional rulers to stand and then sit during the inauguration of two projects in Iseyin, Oyo State last Friday. Obasanjo was a special guest of honour at the inauguration of the road projects constructed by Governor Seyi Makinde. However,…
Nigeria is ranked 36 in the Global Firepower’s 2023 Military Strength Ranking. The ranking also considers factors including the amount of military equipment and troops each country has, as well as their financial standing, geography, and available resources, information which may be imperfect. Notably, the ranking only evaluates militaries from a conventional standpoint, overlooking a…
Nigeria’s Queen of the track, Tobi Amusan produced her best performance of the season to regain her esteem Diamond League title after she won the 100m hurdles at Eugene Oregon yesterday. It was a good way for her to bounce back from last month’s disappointment at the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary where she…
A 28-year-old admission seeker, Kudus Ibrahim was on Sunday killed and burnt at Okanla area of Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government of Osun amidst the communal crisis between Ifon and Ilobu communities. Recall that there has been a communal crisis between the Ifon and Ilobu over a piece of land. Narrating how the incident happened, an…
