Category: News Update

Three years after: Odunmbaku settles feuding tricyclists

The lingering crisis between three factions of tricycle operators in Lagos State, which led to the creation of three parallel associations since 2016, has been resolved...

senate

Breaking: Senate approves N30,000 mimimum wage for Federal, State workers

Senate on Tuesday approves payment of N30,000 minimum wage for both Federal government and States worker. The report was submitted for consideration by the Senate Adhoc...

Pochettino tips Barcelona to win Champions League

Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has said Barcelona will have the edge in their much-anticipated Champions League quarter-final against Manchester United,...

PDP to Buhari: Your comments on supplementary elections confirm you rigged presidential poll

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said President Muhammadu Buhari’s posturing that he will not manipulate the March 23 governorship supplementary elections is a...

Drama as LASEMA, LASBCA disagree on collapsed building

Did House 57, Egerton Street in Oke Arin on Lagos Island collapse yesterday? Yes, it did, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) said. But the State...

Burna Boy makes UK music chart debut with ‘Location’

Nigerian Afro-fusion star, Damini Ogulu aka Burna Boy has debuted on the UK music chart with his feature in ‘Location’. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...

Police

Lagos: Police repel attack on station, arrest three

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspects following a raid on cultists and ritualists’ hideout. The Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Bala...

My two remaining months, a long distance, says Amosun

The Ogun State Governor,  Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday likened his remaining two months in office to the last lap of a long-distance race. Amosun said the remaining two...

Brexit

Brexit crisis: PM May plots new course round Speaker’s obstruction

Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit plans were in disarray on Tuesday as her government sought to plot a way around the speaker of parliament’s ruling that she had...

Dollar near two-week low before Fed meeting

The dollar was on the defensive on Tuesday, weighed by growing expectations the Federal Reserve would adopt a more accommodative policy outlook this week and concerns...