After Labour, ASUU threatens own strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the federal government fails to implement the 2017 FGN/ASUU agreement. Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the…
Osun election: PDP’s Adeleke rejects result, heads to court: Full result
Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Osun governorship election, has rejected the result of the rerun poll. Adeleke, in a statement in Osogbo by his…
Osun election: INEC declares APC Oyetola winner by 1,160 votes
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Thursday’s governorship rereun election in Osun, Gboyega Oyetola, on Thursday emerged victorious with 1,160 votes. Oyetola had beaten the Peoples Democratic…
Presidency summons leadership of organised labour over strike
The Presidency on Thursday in Abuja summoned the leadership of the organised labour to an emergency closed door meeting presided over by the Chief of Staff to the President,…
Nestle Nigeria partners DAME, NUJ on Nestle Prize for Nutrition Reporting
Nestlé Nigeria on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Diamond Awards for Media Excellence (DAME) Trust Fund to institute a Nestlé Prize for Nutrition Reporting with the…
Kwankwaso: I am Nigeria’s next president
Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, former Kano governor and PDP presidential aspirant, says he will “easily beat President Muhammadu Buhari” if given his party’s ticket to face the APC candidate in 2019….
Strike takes toll as trading close on bearish note; Nestle leads losers
The ongoing strike by labour may have scalped the stock market as equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday closed on a negative note, with Nestle Plc…
Okowa promises free and fair PDP Convention, receives David Mark
AS presidential aspirants on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), continue to woo delegates, Chairman of the PDP Special National Convention Committee, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has said members…
Osun rerun election: Police arrest 16 for possession of INEC tags; gunmen chase away voters
Osun State electorate had a rough time during the rerun election in the four local governments of Osogbo, Orolu, Ife North and Ife South Thursday as sporadic shootings and vote…
Nigeria’s Sterling bank to receive $50m line of credit to support Nigeria’s rural population
The African Development Bank has approved a US$50 million line of credit to Nigeria’s Sterling Bank Plc to support micro, small and medium sized enterprises (MSMEs) in strategic…