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NLC demands new minimum wage, reduction in petrol price

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has demanded negotiations for a new national minimum wage, and an immediate reduction in the price of petrol, as it...

Oct 2, 2026 • Read Preview →

Carter Efe beats Speed Darlington (Video)

Nigerian comedian and content creator, Carter Efe has defeated defeated singer and rapper, Speed Darlington with a knock out to retain his title as ce...

Oct 2, 2026 • Read Preview →

Public workers commence 3-day warning strike over economic hardship

Following its earlier notice, civil servants under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council (JNPSNC) have declared a three-day warning st...

Oct 2, 2026 • Read Preview →

Phyna knocks out Nkechi Blessing in celebrity boxing match (Video)

Reality TV star Phyna on Thursday defeated actress Nkechi Blessing by knockout in a female celebrity boxing match. She put Blessing down in the fourth...

Oct 2, 2026 • Read Preview →

Obi says Nigeria faces deepening hardship as Tinubu declares era of prosperity

Presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, has used Nigeria’s 66th Independence anniversary to express concern over...

Oct 1, 2026 • Read Preview →

Scrap dealers shut down operations nationwide over disputed prices, weighing practices

Scrap metal dealers across Nigeria have commenced a 15-day warning strike following a dispute with iron-smelting companies over the pricing and measur...

Oct 1, 2026 • Read Preview →

Aiyedatiwa urges Nigerians to unite for stronger nation as Nigeria marks 66th independence

Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has urged Nigerians to embrace their collective responsibility in building a peaceful, united and prosperous co...

Oct 1, 2026 • Read Preview →

Public servants set for three-day warning strike over hardship, minimum wage

Public service workers under the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council have announced a three-day warning strike, citing worsening economi...

Oct 1, 2026 • Read Preview →

Wike vows to resign if Tinubu loses in FCT, Rivers in 2027

Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has vowed to resign from his office announce on January 17, 2027, if President Bola Tinu...

Oct 1, 2026 • Read Preview →

Nigeria has passed through its own Red Sea, prosperity is next, Tinubu tells Nigerians in Independence Day message

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday declared that Nigeria had passed through the process of painful reforms, and that prosperity would follow next for t...

Oct 1, 2026 • Read Preview →

FOR THE RECORDS: Full text of Tinubu’s Independence Day speech

TEXT OF INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU, WITH THE THEME, FROM REFORMS TO PROSPERITY My fellow Nigerians, Sixty-six years ago t...

Oct 1, 2026 • Read Preview →

Borno police clarify arrest of five men in ‘Tinubu must go’ t-Shirts

The Borno State Police Command has explained the circumstances surrounding the arrest and prosecution of five men found wearing or in possession of T-...

Sep 30, 2026 • Read Preview →

2027: SDP presidential candidate, Adebayo, in Independence Day speech warns INEC

The presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adebayo, has delivered an Independence Day anniversary message to Nige...

Sep 30, 2026 • Read Preview →

DG of fake agency, Adeniyi arraigned in court

The Director-General of an alleged fake government agency, the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) Adeniyi Adeyemi was on Wednes...

Sep 30, 2026 • Read Preview →

Atiku urges Nigerian government, states to make life easier for Nigerians

Former Vice President, and Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Atiku Abubakar, has called on the Federal and state governm...

Sep 30, 2026 • Read Preview →