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In a dramatic escalation of the dispute between Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) and the Dangote Group, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has asked its affiliates to mobilise and join the strike called by PENGASSAN against...
It is a sobering reality that one South African bank, Standard Bank Group, has a market capitalisation of roughly ZAR 384.34 billion (about $21-22 billion), while the entire Nigerian banking sector combined cannot match it. For a nation of...
Engineer 'Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will remain in office beyond 2027 in the state, while it will also reclaim the presidency and win massively in the next general...
History is a master storyteller. On 25 September 1944, Ibadan welcomed a son. Eighty-one years later, in 2025, that son—Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja—ascended the throne as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadanland. Born in 1944, crowned the 44th. Destiny had been...
No fewer than five people have lost their lives in a road accident along Akure-Ado Ekiti expressway, at Ita Ogbolu, the headquarters of the Akure North Local Government Area of the state. The accident which occurred on Sunday. A video on...
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Abimbola Owoade, has called on religious leaders across Nigeria to preach and promote ethno-religious tolerance while accommodating opposing views as part of efforts to strengthen peaceful coexistence in the country. The monarch made the appeal...
President Bola Tinubu has been scheduled to inaugurate the newly renovated National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos on Independence Day. This was disclosed in a statement from the Central Bank of Nigeria on Monday. The renovation of the National Theatre has been...
In February 2025, Daily Trust quoted him as saying: “I’ve been fighting battles all my life and I have not lost one yet." In May 2025, Business Day quoted him as saying: “I have been fighting all my life. And...
The Nigerian Guild of Editors has cautioned politicians ahead of the 2027 general election to stop trading insults and personal attacks, urging them to focus instead on governance and the well-being of Nigerians. The Standing Committee of the Guild issued...
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe (SAN), has raised the alarm over the disregard for admission quotas by many law faculties, warning that it has worsened congestion at the Nigerian Law School and overstretched the system. Osigwe,...
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