Niger state workers have embarked on a seven-day warning strike over the ‘ineptitude and failure’ of the state to guarantee their welfare. The decision was taken by the state’s council of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) at a State Executive Council (SEC) meeting at Labour House. While the council unions began their strike on March 3,…
A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer has been arrested after he allegedly killed his soldier girlfriend in the Utawala area, Nairobi in a suspected love triangle. The slain KDF soldier identified as Esuron Phoebe Kaele was based at Modica Garrison, Garissa while his boyfriend identified as John Gitau lived in a rented apartment outside Embakasi…
Shehu Sani, a former federal lawmaker and activist, has revealed the exact words of former President Olusegun Obasanjo when both men were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1995. Recall that Obasanjo was arrested and convicted of being part of a planned coup in 1995, having been openly critical of the government of military dictator, Sani…
As the Russia-Ukraine war intensifies, a barrage of Russian missiles destroyed the airport in Vinnytsia in central Ukraine on Sunday. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made this information known, according to the Agency France Presse, AFP. “I have just been informed about a missile strike on Vinnytsia. Eight rockets… The airport was completely destroyed,” he…
There was a fatal accident that claimed the life of one and five others severely wounded in a tragic accident that occurred at Amje bus stop, Ajegunle, Alagbado area of Lagos state on Sunday, March 6. The accident involved a black Toyota Highlander SUV with Registration Number BDG 654 DC driven by one Akinola Sulaimon…
Twitter user @Lolo_cy who shared the sad story online said no one knows what happened to the baby only that the mother came back to pick her baby’s dead body. ”A friend dropped her 3 months old healthy baby at creche and she came back to pick his dead body. Nobody understands what happened The…
A businessman identified as Jonah Onche at Naka, has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers at Naka, headquarters of Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that the robbers stormed the residence of the businessman in the early hours of Sunday, March 6.Chairman of Gwer West local government, Mrs Grace…
President Muhammadu Buhari has departed Nigeria for London. Buhari, who departed Abuja for London on Sunday, is expected to undergo his routine medical check-up, NAN reports. The president had initially planned to embark on the trip from Nairobi, Kenya, after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at 50 in that country. The president’s spokesman,…
A 42-year-old married man, Terhemen Iorbee has committed suicide by hanging himself on a tree. The father of four said to be a native doctor was reportedly an indigene of Mbakuha Council ward of Ushongo Local Government Area. The deceased was found with a rope around his neck, with his body dangling on a tree. It was gathered…
CNN reports that the United States has flown its B-52 Stratofortress bomber, the Air Force’s largest strategic bomber over NATO’s Eastern flank. The US on Friday conducted the exercise alongside German and Romanian militaries as a sign of unity in the second weekend of the war in Ukraine. The B-52 Stratofortress, according to the report,…