Author: Yetunde Ogunmola

    By Miracle Ogunde   Lagos State Police command has denied a report of sealing the secretariat of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Yaba, Lagos, on Monday.   State’s Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, described the report as rumour, saying the Commissioner of Police Adegoke Fayoade only went to the NLC secretariat to…

    The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) says it will crush some of the over 130 impounded vehicles that failed integrity tests.   Abdulateef Bello, the director of the Department of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), stated this after taking journalists around the impounded vehicles in the various offices in Abuja on Monday.   Mr…

    Bassang Nation, a community in the Obanliku Local Government Area of Cross River State, has issued a stern warning, declaring their intention to initiate the traditional burial rituals for former senate president, Dr. Joseph Wayas, regardless of the presence of his remains. This declaration was conveyed through a communique signed by the President…

    The Nigeria Police Force has sealed the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) office in Lagos State to prevent the planned nationwide protest against hunger and hardship.   The protest, scheduled by the NLC for February 27 and 28, aimed to address the economic challenges faced by Nigerians.   Activist and national coordinator of the…

  The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ogun branch today began a five-day warning strike over non-payment of 40 per cent peculiar allowance by the state government. The JUSUN chair in Ogun, Olanrewaju Ajiboye, who spoke to journalists in Abeokuta, said that it embarked on the warning strike after several meetings with the government…

    Senator Ireti Kingibe has criticized FCT Minister Nyesom Wike for his indifferent approach, expressing concern about Wike’s lack of concern for the residents of the nation’s capital.   At an event marking the first anniversary of the 2023 presidential election, Senator Ireti highlighted the worrisome nature of the minister’s attitude and stated that…

    The human rights group known as the “Take It Back Movement” have taken to the streets of Lagos State to protest the escalating prices of food and the exorbitant cost of living in Nigeria.   Despite the warning from Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, the protesters bravely gathered at Ojuelegba under…

    President Bola Tinubu has been advised to sack the minister of foreign affairs Yusuf Tuggar over the leak of a letter from Qatari authorities.   Former presidential aide Reno Omokri gave the advice on Sunday.   On Saturday, a diplomatic correspondence between the Embassy of the State of Qatar in Abuja and Nigeria’s…

  In a heart-wrenching incident at No. 8, Boluke Line, Zango-Kulende quarters, Ilorin, a boy and two girls, siblings of the same parent, lost their lives due to extreme suffocation inside a car parked in their residential quarters on Sunday.   The children, playing inside the borrowed car, accidentally locked themselves in at around 2…