These are very dangerous days in Nigeria. “These are times that try men’s souls,” as the founding father of American independence, Thomas Paine, wrote in The American Crisis. In very recent history, people did not speak out in time until…
*Shelve protests, give me more time, Tinubu begs youths (DailyTrust)*Nigerian man breaks Guinness World Record for longest twerking (Nation)
Shelve protests, give me more time, Tinubu begs youths (DailyTrust) President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked those planning to protest against his administration’s policies to shelve their plan. Addressing State House reporters after a meeting with the President on Tuesday,…
Senate passes new national Minimum wage bill
The Senate on Tuesday passed the New Minimum Wage Bill into law. It was titled “A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2019 to increase the National Minimum Wage and reduce the time for period…
CJN, Makinde, lawyers, associates pay glowing tributes to late Justice Gbolagunte
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Ariwoola; Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State; Senior Advocates of Nigeria, led by Chief Folake Solanke; lawyers; Judges of various courts; as well as associates on Monday converged on the premises of the…
Fatah and Hamas agree to strengthen Palestinian unity after China talks
Leaders of rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas have signed a declaration to end years of division. They said they would form a unity government with other factions after talks hosted by China’s foreign minister in Beijing. The groups signed…
Premier League joins new legal action against FIFA over packed international schedule
The Premier League is joining fresh legal action against FIFA for expanding the international football calendar and risking the health of players. The European Leagues organisation, which England’s professional leagues are part of, announced it would file a complaint to…
Artisan bags life jail for defiling 13-year-old house help
Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, convicted and sentenced an artisan, Peter Odu, to life imprisonment for the defilement of a 13-year-old housemaid. The judge held that the prosecution proved the…
Senate, Group seek Domestic servants’ inclusion in minimum wage scheme
The Senate and the National Council for Women Society (NCWS) have sought for inclusion of domestic servants in the proposed 70,000 naira National Minimum Wage Scheme. This was highlighted during a public hearing by the Senate Committee on Employment, Labour,…
North ranks high in poverty, illiteracy, insecurity — ACF
The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has said the North remains essentially a work in progress, saying “All the indices that track human progress, most of all poverty, illiteracy, health and security of life and property, tend to place the North…
Fake kidnap: A’Court affirms dethroned Magodo monarch’s jail term
The Court of Appeal Lagos Division on Monday affirmed the sentence of the dethroned Baale of Shangisha in Magodo, Lagos State, Mutiu Ogundare, for faking his abduction. Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja had on…