The London Metropolitan Police has confirmed that the body found in a lake in Essex was that of a 19 year-old Nigerian student, Richard Okorogheye. The teenager went missing from his home in Ladbroke Grove on Monday, 22 March. Richard’s…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its earlier plans for a three-day warning strike over alleged plans by the Kano State government to revert to N18, 000 minimum wages. The strike was scheduled to begin on Thursday. The suspension…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that the late official driver to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Sa’idu Afaka, was not detained or tortured by the service before his death. A statement by Dr Peter Afunanya, DSS Public Relations…
A group under the aegis of Concerned Edo Citizens Forum (CECF) has appealed to the Federal Government to prevent an abrupt shutdown of the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF). The group under the leadership of Mr Roy Oribhabor, made the…
Some Nigerians on Wednesday expressed divergent views on the extension of the National Identification Number (NIN) and Subscribers Identification Module (SIM) linkage by the Federal government. The subscribers and vendors reacted in separate interviews with newsmen in Lagos. Reports state…
Celebrated Nollywood actress and producer, Funke Akindele-Bello, has been listed among the Forbes ‘100 Icons from Africa.’ The seasoned TV star was listed alongside Burna Boy, Wizkid, Davido, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Genevieve Nnaji, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mr Eazi, and Dr Ngozi…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it recorded 108 road traffic accidents in Gombe State between January and March. The FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr Ishaku Ibrahim, stated this in Lafiyawo, Akko Local Government Area of the…
The Kaduna State office of the Legal Aid Council has recorded 88 new cases from January to March 2021, its Coordinator, Mrs Habiba Ohwoevworhua, has said. Ohwoevworhua said in an interview with the newsmen on Wednesday in Kaduna that 48…
Hussaini James, Chairman, Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has urged parents to “reason with the union’’ as it began a nationwide indefinite strike. ASUP declared an indefinite strike on Tuesday to demand…
Mr Princewill Ayim, Director-General, Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), says facilities outside refugees’ camp are overstretched due to the increasing number of refugees. Ayim stated this during an interview with the newsmen on Wednesday in Calabar. He said…
