A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, has sentenced Andrew Ominikoron, a driver of Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, to death by hanging for killing Bamise Ayanwola, a 22-year-old fashion designer. The trial Judge, Sherifat Sonaike, gave the judgment on Friday. In March 2022, Ominikoron, 47, was arraigned by the Lagos…
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has refuted recent allegations levelled by a factional president of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Atiku Abubakar Isah, against Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu. In a Friday statement signed by its National Organising Secretary, Abagun Kole Omololu, Afenifere labelled the accusations “salacious, fallacious, and completely unfounded.” The…
The Comrade Julius Abure-led National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Labour Party (LP) is currently holding a crucial meeting in the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. Abure, who is chairing the meeting, is being assisted by the National Secretary, Alhaji Umar Farouk, and chairmen and secretaries of the party for the 36 states of the…
In a twist of events, the long-awaited records expected to be released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) on an alleged drug investigation involving President Bola Tinubu will no longer be released today. In April, Judge Beryl Howell of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia…
THE suspended Chairman of the Senate Committee on Diaspora and NGOs, Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (PDP, Kogi Central) has again opened up, this time, reaffirming her commitment to pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, insisting that the matter must be resolved by the court. In a letter dated April…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, will any moment from now arrive in China, ahead of series of official engagements, aimed at ensuring provision of water for Satellite Towns in the FCT. The Minister’s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka, said in a statement on Thursday, that the…
Senator Sani Musa, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, has announced that certain categories of civil servants in Nigeria will be exempt from paying tax, specifically those earning below N1 million per year. The Senator made this revelation in Minna, Niger State, shortly after the Workers’ Day celebration. He revealed that the tax reform…
President Bola Tinubu Thursday acknowledged that Nigerians are experiencing economic hardship, including rising living costs, hunger, insecurity, unemployment, loss of livelihoods, and the pressure of providing for their families. This came as Organised Labour issued a 20-point demand to the Federal Government, urging action on worsening socio-economic conditions in Nigeria, including escalating genocidal killings and…
Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo has raised the minimum wage for Edo workers from N70,000 to N75,000 to further improve their standard of living. The governor announced this during his May Day speech at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin. The governor, while appreciating Edo workers’ contributions to the state’s development, said his administration would…
The Lagos State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to extend the implementation of the N85,000 new minimum wage to workers in all state agencies and parastatals as part of efforts to alleviate the economic hardships faced by workers. The appeal was made during the 2025 International Workers’…
