S’Court to deliver judgment in Plateau governorship appeal

The Supreme Court is set to deliver judgment on the appeal filed by the governor of Plateau State, Caleb Mutfwang. Muftwang’s election was upheld by the Plateau State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Jos but the appeal court overturned Mutfwang’s victory and declared

More multinationals may exit Nigeria in 2024 – Report

Multinational firms in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods subsector may exit the country this year if the operating environment does not improve, according to a new report by a financial solutions firm, Cardinal Stone. The report, titled ‘Strategic Resilience: Sailing Through Business Disruptions’,

Join me to develop Lagos, Sanwo-Olu woos Jandor, Rhodes-Vivour

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged his opponents during the 2023 governorship election to join him to develop Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu urged the duo to join the progressive governance train, noting that he and his deputy, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, do

UK varsities falling into deficit as foreign students reduce — Report

Many universities in the United Kingdom are at risk of falling into financial deficit due to the astronomical decline in international students after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s ban on bringing dependants into the country. The reports that the Home Office of the United

Two million workers may lose jobs in 2024 – ILO

The International Labour Organisation has projected that two million workers may lose their jobs this year, as the global unemployment rate will be up from 5.1 per cent in 2023 to 5.2 per cent. In the latest report titled “World Employment and Social

Tinubu in closed-door talks with APC govs at Villa

President Bola Tinubu is currently in a closed-door session with governors elected on the platform of his party, the All Progressives Congress. Although the agenda for the meeting held at the council chamber of the State House remains undisclosed, our correspondent observed that

Bandits abduct 23 in Abuja

Bandits said to number around 40 stormed the Kawu community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday and abducted 23 people. The reports that Kawu shares boundaries with Niger and Kaduna states. Speaking about the development, the Councilor representing

Borno gov mourns as spokesman, Gusau dies in Indian hospital

Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of his spokesperson, Isa Gusau. A government statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Prof. Usman Tar, confirmed that Gusau died during a protracted illness on Thursday,

Again, Tinubu’s soldiers go on the rampage, brutalise policeman for ‘wrong parking’

A public interest and human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, requesting him to fish out and punish a group of Army personnel whom he claimed assaulted a police officer, ASP Edet Inyang. Effiong

Netizens mourn as female banker kills self, pens suicide note

Nigerians on Thursday mourned the death of a female bank worker in Ikorodu, Lagos State, who took her own life. The 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu was said to have died after consuming an insecticide. we learnt that the incident happened on Monday within the