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Opposition threatens showdown with Ogun gov over LG tenure

20 July 2024

The incumbent council chairmen and councillors were sworn in on July 26, 2021, after the All Progressives Congress won all the seats during the local government election that year. The Supreme Court had granted financial autonomy to local government councils, declaring that it was unconstitutional for state governors to hold funds allocated to the councils. […]

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Police nab four terrorists’ informants

20 July 2024

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Sadiq at a briefing held at the command headquarters, said the informants’ action led to several attacks on villages and unsuspecting members of the public including cattle rustling and kidnapping among others in the state. It was gathered that based on credible intelligence on their activities, the trio […]

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Hilda Dokubo: I was never suspended from Labour Party

20 July 2024

Dokubo, the LP’s chairperson in Rivers, was said to have been suspended on Thursday after the party’s ward executive committee held an emergency meeting on July 15. Dokubo was said to have been accused of financial misconduct, abuse of office, and breach of party regulations, among other allegations. A letter addressed to the LP chairman […]

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Kwara: Unilorin confirms one dead, nine others injured in accident

19 July 2024

The lone accident involved a commercial bus carrying ten passengers and going out of campus. A statement by the institution’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, in Ilorin  said as soon as it occurred, the University Management immediately commenced rescue operations, and all the victims were moved to the University Health Centre. They were attended […]

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Paris 2024: Rihanna announces partnership with Olympic, Paralympic Games

19 July 2024

Global pop star Rihanna has announced that her fashion brand, Fenty Beauty, is a premium partner of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The billionaire singer announced this on social media. The 2024 Olympic Games will hold in the city of Paris, France, from Friday, 26 Jul 2024 to Sunday, 11 August 2024. Canadian singer, […]

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Transfer: Amuneke endorses Osimhen’s move to PSG

19 July 2024

Ligue 1 champions, PSG are currently working on a deal to sign Osimhen this summer.  The Nigeria international has a €130m release clause in his contract. Amuneke, who gave Osimhen his international breakthrough at the U-17 level, stated that a move to PSG will help the forward’s career. Amuneke declared PSG are a big team who play […]

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US election: I will be president – Donald Trump

19 July 2024

Trump spoke while taking the stage at the Republican National Convention at  Milwaukee in Wisconsinafter accepting his nomination as presidential candidate Recall that the former US President had escaped an assassination attempt during his campaign in Butler, Pennsylvania. A 20-year-old, Mathew Crooks had shot at Trump but only managed to hit his ear while one person […]

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NAFDAC seizes, destroys expired drugs worth N18m in Katsina

19 July 2024

This was disclosed by the NAFDAC Coordinator in the state,  Musa Momodu while speaking to newsmen on the sideline of a one-day workshop for stakeholders in Katsina . According to him, the expired drugs were recently destroyed in Kano State by their North-West Zonal Office.  He explained that some of the expired drugs weighing about […]

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N70,000 minimum wage good, review politicians’ lifestyle – Moghalu to Tinubu

19 July 2024

Moghalu said the next step after the minimum wage increment should be the review of maximum wages and the lifestyle of the political class. Tinubu agreed N70,000 new minimum wage increase for Nigerian workers.  The agreement was reached during a meeting with representatives of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC. The president […]

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Fubara Denies Promising ₦80,000 Minimum Wage

19 July 2024

The denial came following reports circulating online, that the governor had promised to pay the said sum. A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Nelson Chukwudi, described the report as false. The statement read, “The attention of the Rivers State Government has been drawn to claims circulating in an online media that the Governor of […]

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