• Labour may go for deal, agree on deregulation, resist electricity tariff hike • Banks, airports, seaports to be shut • Strike against court order illegal, lawyers insist • Police vow to enforce injunctions The success or otherwise of today’s strike action as planned by Nigerian workers, will depend largely on who finally wins the

• Anambra sets up 20 holding camps • Malami donates N11m to flood victims in Kebbi A middle-aged man has been swept away by flood in Iwaro Oka community of Akoko South West Local Government area, Ondo State at the weekend. Sources said the motorcycle of the farmer, simply identified as Akede, was seen inside

Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to salvage a point for 10-man Juventus in a 2-2 draw at Roma as Napoli hammered Genoa 6-0 in Serie A on Sunday. Champions Juventus were trailing 2-1 and a man down after an hour at the Stadio Olimpico after a Jordan Veretout brace for the hosts and Adrien Rabiot’s sending

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has said Nigeria may break up if efforts are not made to address the cracks. He said efforts to mend the crack may be opposed, but such opposition would be defeated with focus and consistent prayers. Osinbajo gave the warning on Sunday in Abuja at an interdenominational church service to

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has transmitted the much awaited Petroleum Industry Bill 2020 to the National Assembly and has proposed the creation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. The bill, which was sighted by our correspondent on Sunday, also proposes the scrapping of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the Petroleum

The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress have suspended the strike scheduled to commence today (Monday). This followed an agreement reached with the Federal Government at a meeting which started at 8.30pm on Sunday and ended at 2:50am this morning. After exhaustive deliberations on the issues raised by the labour centres, the meeting

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi, on Saturday engaged in a verbal fight at the burial of a former Justice of the Supreme Court, Adolphus Karibi-Whyte, in the Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government Area of the state. Amaechi, who is the Minister of Transportation, while speaking at the funeral service, lamented what

Big Brother Naija season 5 came to an end today and saw fan favourite Laycon emerge winner of the show. This year’s season tagged Lockdown saw 20 housemates compete for the grand prize worth N85 million. Only five of them made it to the final week of the show. Laycon edged out the four other

In this special report, SAMSON FOLARIN looks at how the failure of governance and corporate irresponsibility of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation are destroying the livelihood and health of a community in Ejigbo, Lagos State.   On a recent evening, Alhaji Wahab Olorunfunmi was having a meal in his house on Sanusi Street, Eijigbo, on

An Ogun State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, remanded a 31-year- old man, Taiwo Alimi, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in Abeokuta. The suspect was arraigned on one count of having unlawful carnal knowledge of the victim, which resulted in her getting pregnant. The police prosecutor,