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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) Wednesday endorsed the 30-day implementation plan of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the federal government and the organised labour represented by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC). Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council presided over by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Minister …

The Kogi State police command on Wednesday confirmed an attack on the Secretary of the state governorship election petition tribunal, Mr. David Mike, by gunmen. The spokesman for the state police command, Williams Ovye-Aya, said in a statement in Lokoja that the secretary was attacked along with two other persons on Monday. He warned the people of the state from …

Tottenham Hotspur put up a fighting effort as they played a 2-2 draw against Brentford in their opening game of the Premier League season. Spurs are no longer with star forward Harry Kane, who finally left the club for Bayern Munich over the weekend. Tottenham got ahead in the 11th minute of the game through Cristian Romero’s opener before the …

Former Tottenham Hotspur forward Harry Kane has expressed his excitement following his successful transfer to German giants, Bayern Munich. Kane, who spent 19years at Spurs, made his debut at Bayern on Saturday, making his first non-Premier League appearance in club football. Kane joined the Spurs academy in 2004, signed his first professional contract in 2010 and made his senior debut …

Chelsea and Liverpool played a 1-1 draw in their Premier League battle at Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon. Luis Diaz opened scoring for Liverpool in the 18th minute through an assist by Mohamed Salah, who himself had an effort disallowed by VAR. Axel Disasi, making his debut for Chelsea, equalised for the hosts in the 36th minute through an assist …

The Court of Appeal Abuja has sacked the lawmaker representing Adamawa North, Senator Elisha Abbo. Delivering judgement, the three-member panel presided over by Justice C.E. Nwosu-Iheme, ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue a Certificate of Return to Amos Yohanna as the duly elected senator representing the senatorial district in the National Assembly. The appellate court vacated the tribunal judgement which …

The late rapper, singer, songwriter, ‘Mohbad’ Nigerian street hop singer and former rapper under Naira Marley’s Marlian Music record label, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad is dead. Mohbad died in the early hours of today, Tuesday, September 12, 2023. According to PulseNG, the rapper sadly passed away from an ear infection. Sources from the singer’s team told the …

Following the motion moved by a former Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, on the floor of the Senate on July 5, 2023, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is set to embark on a visit to victims and communities ravaged by flood in Remo and Ijebu areas of Ogun East Senatorial District. The tour starts from Ijebu-Ode on …

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) on Monday confirmed the death of a set of conjoined twins delivered by doctors at the facility last week. The LASUTH Chief Medical Director, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, who confirmed the news to journalists in Lagos, however, said the twins’ mother was doing well. The hospital’s management had announced that the twins were delivered …

A Lagos-based medical doctor, Olufemi Olaleye, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s niece has filed a suit asking the Court of Appeal to quash his conviction by the lower court. Olaleye, the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, who was convicted and given a life jail term by Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Ikeja Sexual …