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The Federal Government on Tuesday urged organised labour not to embark on strike because of the minimum wage bill before the National Assembly. The government said some measures it had taken since 2015 were geared towards the welfare of workers nationwide. It said the decision on the minimum wage law, tax exemption and preservation of public service jobs were in the interest of workers. President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of […]

Bobby Brown Junior’s cause of death has been revealed as an overdose on drugs. It was reported that the 28-year-old was found dead on Wednesday in his home in the Los Angeles area. Police officials who were at the scene of the incident said they do not believe there was any foul play that resulted in the death. However, an official statement released on Monday from the Los Angeles Medical […]

Electricity generation in the country fell below the 4,000 megawatts mark on Sunday as the output of the hydropower plants tumbled by more than a third. The latest data obtained from the Nigerian Electricity System Operator showed that the power plants on the national grid generated 3,657 megawatts as of 6am on Sunday, down from 4156.7 megawatts on Saturday. A total of 2,792.6 megawatts of generation capacity was idle as […]

The Nigerian stock market extended its decline last week as investors lost N140bn. The Nigerian Stock Exchange All-Share Index and market capitalisation depreciated by 0.69 per cent to close the week at 38,382.39 and N20.08tn respectively. All other indices, however, finished higher with the exception of NSE Mainboard, NSE 30, NSE Insurance, NSE Consumer Goods, NSE Lotus II, NSE Industrial and NSE Growth Indices, which declined by 1.68 per cent, […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has said Nigerian singers, Burna Boy and Wizkid, took the entertainment industry by storm, with their recent outings at the Grammy Awards. According to a statement on Sunday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, the Vice President spoke in a message delivered at the opening of a Lagos-based studio, Ogidi Studios, owned by the Temple Company. Osinbajo was further quoted as saying […]

The widow of Kobe Bryant has published the names of Los Angeles police officers who she said shared graphic photos of the scene of her husband's death in a helicopter crash last year. Vanessa Bryant is suing the police department for negligence and invasion of privacy. The Los Angeles police chief, in his response, said they will refrain from trying the case in the media Basketball star Bryant died with […]

Fourteen days of national mourning have been declared in Tanzania to mark the death of President John Magufuli, who died at the age of 61. Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who announced Mr. Magufuli's death on state television, said he died from complications related to a heart condition. Mr. Magufuli had not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and rumours have been circulating about his health. Once praised […]

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, has vowed that kidnapping and banditry in the North West will soon be over. Speaking during an operational visit to the Nigerian Airforce Base in Kaduna State, he warned the criminals to prepare for the worst. He stated that the military would go after bandits and kidnappers in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive to bring back sanity and allow farmers […]