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Covenant University, University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology, Akure have secured top ranking in Nigeria according to Times Higher Education’s 2024 rating. Analysis of the latest ranking showed that Covenant University is among the top 1,000 universities in the world. Though ranked first in Nigeria, Covenant University …

President Bola Tinubu The Ministry of Labour says the report that President Bola Tinubu would announce a wage award to workers on Independence Day is untrue. The reports were debunked via a statement issued Mr Olajide Oshundun, Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of Labour. “The attention …

the victims of the wedding fire shared on Facebook by Shatha Asmar Matti More than 100 people, including the bride and groom were killed and 150 injured in a fire at a wedding party that left rescuers searching the charred skeleton of a building for survivors into the early hours …

E di de! (Stand up!). E joko! (Sit down!), a male voice, loud and guttural, was blasting out from the phone of a colleague who was engrossed in a video he was playing. The voice sounded more like that of a military officer commanding troops on parade. However, it was …

Wale Adedayo Ogun Government had indicated that it will call five witnesses to disprove claim of diversion of funds belonging to councils in the State levelled against Governor Dapo Abiodun by the impeached Chairman of Ijebu – East Local Government, Wale Adedayo. The state government said this when Adedayo was …

Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress during the protest at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja…on Wednesday. Photo: Olatunji Obasa Henry Falaiye, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Edidiong Ikpoto, Funmi Fabunmi, Anozie Egole, El-ameen Ibrahim and Peter Dada The Federal Government has invited organised labour to a meeting in a last-minute bid to …

NAF spokesperson, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet The Nigerian Air Force fighter jets under the air component of Operation Udo Ka II, on Tuesday, destroyed the armouries and hideouts of the Indigenous People of Biafra combatants in Anambra and Imo states. The fighter jets conducted several air strikes on the IPOB …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo Former Vice Yemi Osinbajo has been appointed the chairman of Board of Directors of Climate Action Platform for Africa (CAP-A), a public benefit organisation working to unlock Africa’s potential as a global hub for climate action. CAP-A announced the appointment of Osinbajo in a statement on …

Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Tuesday adjourned till October 3 to rule on an application to interpret its preservative orders in a bankruptcy suit filed by Access Bank Plc against businessman, Dr. Ambrosie “ABC” Orjiakor. Access Bank Plc filed the suit numbered FHC/L/BK/08/2023, following …

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Olajide Adediran (Jandor) As the Lagos State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal is set to deliver judgment on Monday, the 2023 governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olajide Adediran, popularly known as Jandor, has told his supporters that all hope is not lost. Adediran stated …