Nigerian government on Saturday appealed to labour union to suspend its planned nationwide strike over the increase in petrol price and electricity tariff. Recall the government and the organised labour, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), failed to reach an agreement on Thursday over the increase in petrol price and electricity tariffs…
The Elephants of Cote d’Ivoire have pulled out of a friendly with Nigeria, which was scheduled to be played next month. The Super Eagles were to face the Ivorians and Tunisia’s Carthage Eagles within four days in Austria, in preparation for their Africa Cup of Nations double header against Sierra Leone in November. However, their…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Kano University of Science and Technology, Wudil (ASUU-KUST), has advised stakeholders to prevail on the Federal Government (FG) to fulfil its promises towards ending the ongoing strike. The call was made on Friday in a statement jointly signed by Muhammad Gaya and Murtala Muhammad, chairman and secretary of the…
The decomposing bodies of four men were reportedly discovered in a one-room apartment in Abraka, a University town in Ethiope East Local Government Area of Delta State on Thursday morning, September 24. It was gathered that the deceased had eaten noodles the previous night. Two others who also eat the meal are currently receiving treatment at…
A 26-year-old man, Chisom Ogum, has allegedly killed his father, Christopher Ogum, in Anambra State. The incident occurred on Saturday in Umuomaku in the Orumba South Local Government Area of the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident said the suspect had been arrested. He said the suspected ran…
An unknown number of persons are missing after a truck fell off the Berger bridge into the Epe river in Lagos State. GIOTV gathered that the incident happened on Friday night. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed the incident on Saturday. Head, Public Affairs of LASEMA, Nosa Okunbor, said search and rescue operations are ongoing….
A 22-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Sarafa Ayuba has committed suicide by hanging in an uncompleted building beside his uncle’s house at the Amuloko area of Olorunsogo in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. GIOTV gathered that Ayuba is the only son of his late father. His mother, Nike, who traveled to Ibadan from Owu in Ogun State,…
A young graduate from Katsina state identified as Usman Abubakar has reportedly burnt all his certificates including National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) University degree, WAEC. According to reports on various Hausa Facebook pages, the frustrated young man tore all the certiicates and set them ablaze because he was unable to secure a job since graduation.
Eight policemen, three soldiers, and four Civilian Joint Task Force operatives were killed after the convoy of the Borno state governor, Babagana Zulum, was again attacked by Boko Haram terrorists along the Baga Highway in the state on Friday, September 25. According to reports, the governor had left Maiduguri for Baga to prepare for the planned return…
Workers under the Federal Civil service have been asked not to join the planned strike by labor unions across the country scheduled to begin on Monday September 28. Folasade Yemi-Esan, head of civil service of the federation in a statement released late on Friday September 25 stated that the workers cannot embark on the industrial action…