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Ogun road mishap claims four lives
At least four persons lost their lives while two others sustained injuries following an accident involving a Daf truck and a commercial bus around Capital Hotel area on the at the Ijebu Ode-Oru Road in Ogun State, Saturday
The…
Trump’s options narrow as Michigan Republican lawmakers back Biden’s victory
Donald Trump has had a fresh setback in his bid to overturn his loss in the US election as Michigan lawmakers indicated they would not seek to undo Joe Biden's projected win in the state.
Two Republican legislators pledged to…
Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: UN, other aid agencies seek ceasefire
Aid agencies are calling for an immediate temporary ceasefire in northern Ethiopia to allow aid to reach civilians affected by fighting.
The UN wants humanitarian corridors set up after two weeks of conflict between Ethiopia's…
Nigeria slides into second recession in five years
For the second time in five years, Nigeria has entered into recession as official figures published on Saturday show that the economy shrank again in the third quarter of this year.
This may not be unconnected with the economic…
Army arrest 27 suspected cultists in Jos
No fewer than twenty-seven suspected cultists have been arrested by troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State.
Commander of the task force, Major General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, who paraded the suspects at its headquarters…
Obaseki tasks FG to set up panel to investigate destruction of security infrastructure in Edo
The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged the Federal Government to set up an investigative panel to look into the destruction of security infrastructure in the state during the hijack of EndSARS protest across the…
Global Fund earmarks $143m to fight tuberculosis in Nigeria
Nigeria will receive a $143 million grant from the Global Fund to fight Tuberculosis (TB) over an implementation period of three years.
The senior disease coordinator at Global Fund, Eliud Wandwalo, made this known at…
ASUU Strike: FG offers N65 billion, suspends IPPIS
The federal government, on Friday, shifted grounds and made some concessions to university lecturers (ASUU) as it offered N65 billion to Nigerian universities to address some of the lecturers’ demands.
The government also agreed…
LAUTECH: Osun assures workers of security of their jobs
Osun State Government has said that the dissolution of its joint ownership of LAUTECH, following new terms of management spelt out by the National University Commission (NUC), is in no way done against the state.
Osun…
Ex-NUPENG boss kidnapped, killed in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command, has confirmed the killing of a former Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Ebenezer Kalabo Amah, by suspected kidnappers.
The former…