The Department of Security Services (DSS) has invited for questioning a popular Islamic cleric, Sheikh Auwal Shariff based in Zaria, Kaduna State over his recent sermon where he criticised President Bola Tinubu’s government. Sheikh Auwal Shariff is a renowned critic of the Nigerian government and in one of his recent sermons during Juma’at prayer, he…
Leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have insisted on going ahead with their planned nationwide strike after the expiration of the 14 day notice. At a meeting between the labour leaders and officials of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, headed by the Minister of State for…
The Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria has threatened to begin a nationwide strike from February 27, should the Federal government refuse to implement the agreement it entered into with the association in 2020. It called for the immediate implementation of financial support palliatives for bakers as promised by the Federal Government as…
A bill for an Act seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to change the educational qualification for elections into certain political offices, has been stepped down by the leave of the House of Representatives. Standing in the name of Adewunmi Onanuga, the proposed legislation aimed at pegging minimum qualification for elections into the governorship, presidential,…
President Bola Tinubu has awarded each member of the Super Eagles team the Member of the Order of the Niger (MON) national honour for their impressive display at the just concluded AFCON 2023 tournament held in Ivory Coast. They were also given one flat each and a plot of land in the FCT Nigeria came…
Nigerian afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, says infidelity is not a deal breaker in his marriage and so he won’t leave his wife if she cheats on him. His wife, Yetunde, who also appeared with him on the Valentine edition of the TVC programme, Your View, recently, said she would also not leave if the singer…
American rapper Kanye West has been speaking on his reason for flaunting his wife on social media Speaking in a video message, Wests says he flaunts his wife Bianca Censori on social media because “she makes him happy.” Reacting to criticisms that he flaunts his wife excessively on social media, he explained that his wife…
Senegalese today protested against President Macky Sall’s controversial move to delay this month’s presidential poll to December Sall’s decision to push back the February 25 vote plunged Senegal into a crisis which has seen three dead amid clashes between protesters and police. The group, which includes some 40 civil, religious and professional groups, had called…
The head of military junta in Niger Republic, General Abdourahamane Tchiani, has vowed that none of the three Sahel countries would rejoin the regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS. Tchiani made the vow in an interview in the country’s capital Niamey on Monday. Military regimes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, on…
The Lagos State Government has given a four-day ultimatum to illegal occupants to vacate Obalende Bridge, Apongbon Bridge, Ijora Bridge, National Stadium and illegal motor parks. In a joint statement issued by the state Commissioner for Transportation, Seun Osiyemi; the Special Adviser to the Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa; and Special Adviser to the Governor…
