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At least four persons were confirmed dead in a boat accident in Awe local government area of Nasarawa State on Monday night. The spokesman for the state police command, Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday in Lafia, said the boat conveying Rice Farmers from Ubbe District in the Nasarawa Eggon LGA was crossing a river …

The Federal Government has called on labour unions to shelve their proposed strike and refrain from actions capable of undermining the subsisting court orders. It made the call in a letter signed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN and addressed to Falana’s law firm, counsel to the labour unions. The letter was …

Borno State-based investment firm, Stockmatch Investments Ltd, was on Tuesday shut down by the capital market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The regulator said Stockmatch was operating illegal investments, as it didn’t have the approval from the SEC to conduct fund management activities in the country. SEC disclosed that Stockmatch promises exorbitant rates of returns to lure investors, …

The duo of the embattled Labour Party national chairman, Julius Abure, and the party’s factional leader, Lamidi Apapa, last week pushed the party into more crises after they laid claim to the chairmanship seat. This and four other stories we tracked dominated public discourse last week. 1. Labour Party’s crisis deepens On August 25, both Abure and Apapa insisted that …

The Delta State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Friday, dismissed the petition of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege against the election of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as winner of the guber poll in the state, but dissatisfied, Omo-Agege of the All Progressives Congress had approached the tribunal to …

President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday met with Chairman of the United Bank for Africa (UBA), Tony Elumelu, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In a chat with State House correspondents after the meeting, Elumelu commended the president for his policy initiatives since he assumed office on May 29. He urged Nigerians to be patient with the president in his efforts at …

Barcelona missed out on becoming the first team to reach the knockout stages in this season’s Champions League as they lost on Tuesday night. The Spanish champions, who needed just a point to scale through in Group H with two games to spare, fell to a 1-0 defeat to Shakhtar Donetsk in Hamburg. Danylo Sikan scored the game’s only goal, …

Nigerian crossdresser, Idris Okuneye popularly known in social circles as Bobrisky has taken to social media to react to the arrest of suspected gay men in Delta State. Recall that the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Bright Edafe, revealed in a statement issued on Tuesday that the gay men (numbering up to 67) were arrested at a hotel …

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) has set up campaign councils for the November 11 governorship election elections in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi States. In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja, the party revealed that the Gombe State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya, would lead its campaign council in Bayelsa State. The Minister of the Federal Capital …

The Borno State Government has approved the release of over N500 million for the payment of registration fees for 19 medical students and 93 nursing students. The Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Bala Isa, made this known in Maiduguri, the state capital, on Tuesday. Isa said the 19 indigent medical students are studying at Suez University of …