In a statement signed by its President, Joe Ajaero, and made available to our correspondent in Abuja, the Labour Centre expressed shock and dismay at the clandestine increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit ,PMS, describing it as a deep sense of betrayal. The NLC recalled that one of the reasons for accepting […]
The students were waiting to enter the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city in Shandong province when the bus slammed into them after 7 a.m. The public security bureau in Dongping county said in a statement the bus, specially customized for transporting students, lost control when it drove into an intersection, th Five […]
This decision has jeopardised Nigeria’s trip to the biennial tournament starting in South Africa today, with Nigeria billed to face Egypt in Pretoria later in the day. The players, who trained and camped in Abuja on return from Abidjan, are in total shock, tears, and pain as they watch their dreams of being at the […]
Brian Trueman, the British writer behind cartoons including Danger Mouse and Count Duckula, has died aged 92, his son has said. Ben Trueman who disclosed this on the X social media platform, added his dad, who he described as clever, funny, resilient, an absolute gentleman, maybe “best known as the writer of and actor in […]
Results of a peer-review study published in Nature Medicine established the study conducted by the Universities of Oxford and Liverpool and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, vaccination against Lassa Fever – a viral disease spread by rodents and contaminated food – would shield millions of people from contracting the illness and the expensive medical […]
It was learnt that the victim was attacked on Saturday, August 17, after being mistaken for a police informant. The attack came after officials of the Lagos State Task Force had raided motorcycle parks in the area and seized some of the motorcycles in the process. Gbolahan, who spoke from his hospital bed, on Sunday, […]
News reports gathered that the boat was travelling from Bonny to Port Harcourt at about 10 am when the incident occurred. The state Chairman of the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, Rivers Commercial District, Israel Pepple, who confirmed the incident, said the abducted boat passengers were travelling from Bonny Island to Port Harcourt when the […]
The Federal government has rubbished reports on social media suggesting that the Ministry of Petroleum has ordered NNPCL to sell fuel at N1000, above the approved pump price. A report, intending to mislead the public and cause panic, which is devoid of truth, circulating in the media had maliciously claimed that the minister of Petroleum, […]