The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) will picket the office of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and distribution companies (DisCos)’s premises nationwide on Monday over the hike in electricity tariff. “We write to inform you of the picketing action scheduled to take place in the offices of the NERC…
The Speaker, Niger State House of Assembly, Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, has said he decided to sponsor the wedding of about 100 girls from his constituency in Mariga Local Government Area over genuine concerns for the parents. Sarkindaji, on Friday, pledged to pay the dowries for the bridegrooms, adding that he had procured all necessary materials for…
A woman who is asserting she has refrained from food, water, and using the toilet for 16 years, explains that doctors have confirmed her to be in good health. She now claims to have insight into the reason behind this phenomenon. The woman, Muluwork Ambaw claims that the last meal she had was when she…
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a father for posting nude images of his four-year old daughter. It was gathered that the father posted naked pictures of his daughter while calling on Nigerians to attend her birthday. A statement issued by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, PPRO, said the content portrays the…
…Says Picking Fubara As Rivers Governor Was A Mistake Nyesom Wike, minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), says no one has the power to sack elected members of the Rivers house of assembly. Wike and Siminalayi Fubara, governor of Rivers, have been locked in a battle for the political structure of Rivers since 2023….
Richard “Rick” Slayman, a 62-year-old man who made history as the first person to receive a genetically edited pig kidney transplant, has died two months after the groundbreaking surgery, according to his family and a statement from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he had the transplant. The Boston hospital in a statement issued late…
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has restated the state government’s resolve to rid the popular Lokpanta Cattle Market in Umunneochi local area of the state, of crime and make it non-residential. Governor Otti said his administration is ready to protect legitimate business persons trading in the market and support such individuals, but made it clear…
A former Minister of Youth and Sports, Solomon Dalung, has recounted how a hospital in Plateau State did not attend to him because of the non-payment of the admission deposit. Dalung said he fell ill on Wednesday, May 8, and went to the unnamed hospital for treatment but that the hospital refused to give him…
The Nigerian Army has promised to investigate conditions at its detention facilities after a video emerged online showing soldiers complaining about overcrowding and poor feeding at the 8 Division Garrison detention facility in Sokoto State. In the video which surfaced online on Friday, the soldiers lamented the condition of the facility and the way they…
A middle-aged man who previously claimed in a viral video to be a son of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, has issued a public apology to the monarch, retracting his earlier assertions. The apology came after the man’s initial claim sparked considerable controversy and prompted a response from the Ooni’s palace. In the…
