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There are indications that the organised labour may meet with both the federal and state governments over plans to increase workers’ allowances in the New Year without a commensurate increment in salaries in the face of rising inflation and…

The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration in Lagos says the planned Fourth Mainland Bridge would be completed within four years. On Thursday, the Lagos government announced Messrs CCECC-CRCCIG Consortium as the preferred bidder for…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the expulsion of the G-5 governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would not in any way adversely affect their candidacy at the 2023 general elections. Festus Okoye, the…

The Zamfara House of Assembly on Friday passed the state’s 2023 appropriation Bill after trimming the proposal to N184.8 billion. This was disclosed by a spokesman to the Assembly, Nasiru Biyabiki. Governor Bello Matawalle had on…

The Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday ordered that suspended police officer, Drambi Vandi, be remanded over the murder of pregnant lawyer Bolanle Raheem on Christmas Day. Mrs Raheem was allegedly gunned down by the trigger-happy…

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined world leaders in expressing grief over the death of Brazilian soccer legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pele, who died on Thursday. The world’s greatest ever football player succumbed to…

The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says security agencies must ensure that the killers of Mudashiru Baraka, a grassroots mobiliser for the party, were nabbed and brought to justice. Mr Baraka was allegedly…

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), in conjunction with the Ondo State government, has distributed farm inputs as palliatives to 50 farmers affected by flood in the state. Distributing the items on Thursday in…

Senator Emmanuel Bwacha, on Thursday, urged aggrieved party members to close ranks and work for victory in the 2023 general election. Mr Bwacha’s admonition came after the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal endorsed his emergence as…

Legendary Brazilian footballer, Edson Arantes do Nascimento, better known as Pele is dead. He was 82. Pele died on Thursday after days in intensive care, the UK Mirror reports. The three-time World Cup winner had been undergoing…