AUCHI POLY RECTOR JIMAH IS DEAD

The Rector of Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo State, Dr Momodu Jimah, is dead. He passed on Friday night at exactly 7pm, according to the News Agency of Nigeria. Public Relations…

PENGASSAN accuses Chevron of planning to sack 600 workers

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria said on Friday that it will resist the planned retrenchment of 600 workers by Chevron Nigeria Limited. Chevron Nigeria Limited…

EFCC arrests 10 suspected yahoo boys in Oyo

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal headquarters, Oyo State, on Friday, arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters. The suspects are Isaac Ogundayo; David Ayodele; Etiowe Kelvin; Seun Afolabi; Saheed…

COVID-19: Putin, Merkel, others wish Trump, wife speedy recovery

World leaders have wished US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania a quick recovery following his announcement that they were quarantining after testing positive for coronavirus. – Russia –“I…

Yoruba people in Benin Republic facing political persecution –Monarch

Ologunba of Ogunba town in Benin Republic, Oba Abdul-Wahab Adio Ogunjin, is a Yoruba Oba whose domain falls within Nigeria and neighbouring Benin Republic. Ogunjin, who was recently in Ile-Ife,…

Buhari raises concerns over slow pace of nuclear weapons’ elimination

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday raised concerns over what he called slow pace by United Nations member states in eliminating the nuclear weapons in their possession.…

More defections hit APC ahead of Bayelsa by-election

The membership of the All Progressives Congress in Bayelsa West Senatorial District was further depleted on Friday as more grassroots leaders and supporters of the party defected to the Peoples…

Journalists to submit entries online –Wole Soyinka Centre

For the first time, the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism says it will accept all entries for its annual award for investigative reporting online. In a statement on Friday,…

Nigeria ratifies amendment to UN convention on climate change

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday signed the Doha Amendment of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. With that, Nigeria has…

GSM users hit 203 million, MTN, Airtel lead growth

MTN and Airtel are the biggest gainers of new mobile phone subscriptions in August, the latest monthly subscribers’ data from the Nigerian Communications Commission have shown This is as the…