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BREAKING: LABOUR DECLARES INDEFINITE NATIONWIDE STRIKE JUNE 3, OVER MINIMUM WAGE Organised Labour has announced an indefinite nationwide strike beginning Monday, June 3rd, in response to the federal government’s failure to finalise negotiations on a new national minimum wage and reverse the power tariff increase. It was was exclusively reported on Friday that Organised Labour under the aegis of the …

STORMY DANIELS, WOMAN WHO BROUGHT TRUMP DOWN The legal saga involving former President Donald Trump and his dealings with porn star, Stormy Daniels, reached a dramatic conclusion Thursday as Trump was found guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records. This conviction, stemming from a $130,000 payment made to Daniels to conceal their alleged extramarital affair just days before …

SIT-AT-HOME: MILITARY VOWS TO AVENGE KILLING OF FIVE PERSONNEL The military high command has vowed to clamp down on members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who masterminded killing of soldiers in the Southeastern part of the country while enforcing sit-at-home order. Vehicles and tricycles (popularly known as Keke Napep) were also set ablaze by the rampaging IPOB …

KANO EMIRATE TUSSLE: SANUSI LEADS FRIDAY PRAYERS AS GOV YUSUF APOLOGISES TO NSA, RIBADU, OVER FALSE ACCUSATION The Kano State Police Command has revealed that the 16th Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido will lead the Friday prayers at the Central Mosque. This is coming amid reports that Alhaji Aminu Bayero, the 15th Emir would lead the prayers. The Commissioner of …

NATIONWIDE STRIKE LOOMS OVER NEW MINIMUM WAGE There are strong indications that Organised Labour may begin a nationwide strike from Monday, June 3, over a new minimum wage. This is as the tripartite committee on a new national minimum wage, NNMW, reconvenes today, following abrupt adjournment due to labour’s walkout of last Tuesday’s meeting, where it accused government negotiators of …

LABOUR PARTY APPOINTS HEADS OF ‘OBIDIENT’ DIRECTORATE The Labour Party has appointed eight ‘Obidient’ members to control the affairs of the Directorate. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Obiorah Ifoh on Thursday. According to the statement, the move is part of the repositioning efforts of the party towards integrating millions of youths particularly, …

GOVERNOR MBAH COMMISSIONS ENUGU URBAN ROAD PROJECTS To mark his first anniversary in office, Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, on Wednesday, began the commissioning of 71 urban road projects, being the first phase of contracts awarded for the construction and reconstruction of roads in the state capital. He also announced a second phase comprising 80 roads, adding that …

WHY PETER OBI’S 2027 AMBITION SCARES SOYINKA, BY SIMON NJOKU Is Nnamdi Kanu, APC ‘s trump card for 2027? In his widely publicized recent interview, Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka stated that the Federal Government made a mistake keeping Nnamdi Kanu in detention since 2021. Soyinka, as the arrowhead of the APC propaganda machinery, going by the opening paragraph of …

EX-US PRESIDENT, TRUMP, FOUND GUILTY OF FALSIFYING BUSINESS RECORDS Former US President, Donald Trump, has been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The verdict came after a jury deliberated for less than twelve hours in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a US …

LGA AUTONOMY: SUPREME COURT GIVES GOVERNORS SEVEN DAYS TO FILE DEFENCE The Supreme Court, on Thursday, ordered the 36 state governors of the federation seven days to file their respective defence in the suit seeking full autonomy for the 774 Local Governments in the country filed against them by the Federal Government. The apex court ordered the Attorney General of …