The proposed palliative cash transfer robs the poor and pays the rich – NLC cries out
The Nigerian Labour Congress has rejected the palliatives proposed by the Federal government to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. In a statement released today July 18, NLC…
US supermodel Gigi Hadid arrested and charged for marijuana possession
Gigi Hadid was arrested and charged with possessing marijuana and drug paraphernalia after she flew to the Cayman Islands from the USA last week. The supermodel, 28, was embarking on…
Court sentence mother, son and prophet who brutally murdered LASU student, Favour Daley-Oladele and ate her body parts for money ritual
On Monday, July 17, Justice Christiana Obadina of an Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire sentenced Phillips Segun, a pastor at the Cherubim and Cherabum Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile,…
Details of alternate routes as Lagos Government sets to close Eko bridge for repairs
The Eko Bridge will be closed for 24 hours on Sunday, July 16, 2023, according to a statement from the Lagos State Government. Engr. Abdulhafiz Toriola, permanent secretary of the…
How South-East Nigeria lost over 4trn naira over IPOB’s sit-at-home orders
According to statistics cited by the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, the Indigenous People of Biafra’s call for a sit-at-home protest cost the south-east geopolitical zone…
Fuel subsidy removal: Gov Uzodinma increases minimum wage to 51 USD per month, Nigerians react
The minimum pay for employees in Imo state has been raised to N40,000 (about 51 USD at the current exchange rate of 775/dollar) by Governor Hope Uzodinma. On Saturday, July…
Ex-Manchester City star, Benjamin Mendy weeps as he’s cleared of raping woman after re-trial
Ex-Manchester City star, Benjamin Mendy weeps as he’s cleared of r3ping woman after re-trial, leaving him a free man but without a club An emotional Benjamin Mendy broke down in…
Watermelon-a-thon: Young Nigerian man attempts to break Guinness World Record for the most watermelon eaten in 30 seconds
Watermelon-a-thon: Young Nigerian man attempts to break Guinness World Record for the most watermelon eaten in 30 seconds 17-year-old Akor Kelechi Kingsley who has received approval from GWR, plans to…
NDLEA operatives kill 2 year old boy, injure his brother during Delta raid
A 2-year-old baby, Ivan Onose Omhonrina was sh0t d£ad and his younger brother, Eromonsele, sustained injury during a raid on a notorious drug joint by operatives of the National Drug…
Kano rejects FG’s sharing formula for 500 billion Palliative, says it benefits Lagos more
Kano State’s Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has objected to the federal government’s distribution scheme for the recently authorized N500 billion palliative. The federal government had declared that it will employ…