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N10bn libel suit: Ortom says he will forgive if Oshiomhole tenders apology
Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday said he is ready to forgive a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, if he apologises to him.
Ortom spoke during the distribution of 46 vehicles to…
Union issues 7-day ultimatum to Atiku’s firm over sack of 600 staff
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria has issued a seven-day ultimatum to the management of Intels, a company said to be linked to former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, over the sack of 600 workers.
The union asked the…
Adeboye backs #EndSARS protests
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has endorsed the ongoing #EndSARS protests in various parts of the country.
Adeboye disclosed this in a tweet on Wednesday evening.
The…
Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 13.7%, highest in 30 months
Nigeria’s inflation rose to 13.7 per cent in September, hitting its highest level since its 13.34 per cent rate of March 2018.
The National Bureau of Statistics made this known in its Consumer Price Index report for September on…
Gov Makinde loses 81-year-old mother
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Thursday lost his mother, Chief Mrs Abigail Makinde.
The Governor’s mother passed on at age 81.
Makinde during the 80th birthday of his mother on July 11, 2019, said he imbibed his mother’s…
INEC:Tambuwal wants Buhari to drop Onochie ‘in nation’s interest’
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw the nomination of Mrs Lauretta Onochie, as a Federal Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commissioner.
Tambuwal made…
#EndSARS: Hoodlums attack, rob protesters in Lagos
Suspected hoodlums on Thursday launched a reprisal attack on.#EndSARS protesters at the Secretariat/CMD road/Magodo axis of Lagos robbing them of their phones, cameras and smashing windscreens of cars and commercial buses.
The…
Nigeria records 179 fresh COVID-19 infections
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 179 new COVID-19 infections in the country.
With the latest number of cases, Nigeria has now recorded a total 60, 834 cases so far.
The breakdown of the…
#EndSARS: SUV runs into protesters in Alagbado area of Lagos
Two persons were reportedly killed and many others injured, on Wednesday, when a Sports Utility Vehicle ran into #EndSARS protesters at the Alagbado area of Lagos State.
While some eyewitnesses said the SUV deliberately ran into the…
IMF projects less severe recession for Nigeria says 4.3% GDP possible
The International Monetary Fund has revised Nigeria’s economic contraction from 5.4 per cent to 4.3 per cent in 2020.
It said this in its World Economic Outlook which was released on Tuesday in Washington DC, United States.
The…