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Month: June 2023

  • ‘Obedient Movement’ to Restructure Ahead 2027 –

    Members of the Labour Party’s Obedient Movement have said they will restructure and strengthen the movement ahead of the 2027 elections. Comrade Kennedy Iyere, founder of the 40 Million Ballots Movement, one of the stakeholders of the Obidient Movement, told newsmen in Lagos at the weekend that a conference would be organised for coordinators to…

  • 10 things to Know about Rupert Who Dislodges Dangote as Africa’s Richest

    Punch Newspaper On Friday, June 16, Forbes Magazine declared South African billionaire, Johann Rupert, ”Africa’s richest man,” displacing Nigeria’s Aliko Dangote, who has held that title consecutively for 10 years. Forbes real-time Global Billionaires Ranking pegged Rupert’s net worth at $12 billion and Dangote’s at $10.8 billion. Dangote’s net worth took a massive dip due…

  • Subsidy: Labour threatens strike, resumes talks with FG

    Subsidy: Labour threatens strike, resumes talks with FG

    Punch Newspaper Ahead of the meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour scheduled to hold today (Monday), the Nigeria Labour Congress has said the government must meet its demands to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal. The union threatened that it would not hesitate to call out workers for industrial action,…

  • ASUU President Gives Alternative To Students’ Loan

    ASUU President Gives Alternative To Students’ Loan

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked President Bola Tinubu to change the newly assented Students Loans Act to grant for indigent students. “This would have been better if we are giving it to those set of students who are very poor, it should be called a grant, not a loan,” ASUU National…

  • DSS Raids Emefiele’s Lagos Home, Discovers 18 Bags of Currency, Vital Documents

    DSS Raids Emefiele’s Lagos Home, Discovers 18 Bags of Currency, Vital Documents

    Nigerian Tribune No fewer than 18 Ghana-must-go bags containing money and documents have been carted away by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) from the residence of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, Nigerian Tribune has been reliably informed. Nigerian Tribune gathered that the money and the…

  • Students’ Loan: ASUU, SSANU, NANS-D Speak On Students’ Loan

    Daily Independent President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent approval of the Access to Ter­tiary Education Act, oth­erwise known as the Stu­dent Loan Act, may turn out to be a booby-trap for many young Nigerians as­piring to acquire tertiary education, stakeholders in the education sector have warned. They argue that the signing of the bill into law…

  • Varsity Vice Chancellors State Position on Students’ Loan

    Varsity Vice Chancellors State Position on Students’ Loan

    The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Registrars of Private Universities in Nigeria has commended President Bola Tinubu for signing into law the Student Loan Bill, saying the bill would enable more students to be able to afford either public or private education at the tertiary level. The Chairman, CVCRPUN and Vice Chancellor of Lead City…

  • Nigeria’s average ‘penis’ size falls below expectations — Report

    Researchers have conducted an analysis of data from nearly 90 countries to determine the average erect penis size among men. The study, published by World Data, reveals that Ecuadoran males have been ranked as the most well-endowed in the world, with an impressive average size of 6.93 inches. Among the top 20 countries, half were…

  • Shettima: From “Boko Haram Sponsor” to Anti-Muslim Muslim? – Farooq A. Kperogi

    Vice President Kashim Shettima is undergoing an interesting notional transformation in Nigeria’s fractured public sphere. Before and during the last presidential election, his opponents, particularly in the South, tagged him as the “founder of Boko Haram” even though he was a mere commissioner in 2009 when Boko Haram burst forth into national consciousness and he…

  • Oil Theft: What I Discussed With President Tinubu – Asari Dokubo

    Former leader of the de­funct Niger Delta Vol­unteer Force, (NDVF) Asari Dokubo on Friday, met with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, where he revealed how oil bun­kering activities thrive in the south south region. Dokubo, in a no holds back ex­pose, said top military personnel particularly the army and navy are the…