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…The matches will last 45 to 60 minutes, Says Official While sex is a hushed-up topic in many countries, Sweden has taken the first step to remove the stigma around sex by declaring it a sport. The first tournament will be held on June 8. The competition tagged European Sex Championship, is scheduled to take place on June 8 under ... Read More »

..Vested interests resisting subsidy removal – Shettima President Bola Tinubu on Friday said that the national minimum wage needs a review to reflect realities, assuring that improved livelihood for Nigerians remains a top priority of his administration, with more people-focused economic policies. President Tinubu also advised national and sub-national governments to work together on the issue, which, according to him, ... Read More »

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Senator George Akume as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). He also approved the appointments of Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila as Chief of Staff and former Deputy Governor of Jigawa, Ibrahim Hadejia, as Deputy Chief of Staff. The new appointments were contained in a statement on Friday by State House ... Read More »

Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, has directed workers to shut down all operations of shipping companies and begin an indefinite nationwide strike from Monday over a lingering dispute with shipping companies concerning the poor pay package and welfare of employees. At a briefing, Thursday, the President-General of MWUN, Prince Adewale Adeyanju, lamented that since 2018 Organised Labour had been ... Read More »

…NLC, TUC tell govt to revert to status quo The meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour over the issue of subsidy removal has ended without any resolution. The meeting called on the instance of the Federal Government at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, was to find a solution to the brewing crisis over effect of subsidy removal and ... Read More »

…marketers sell at N540/l in FCT, Nassarawa NNPC Limited, has confirmed the full deregulation of the downstream sector of the Nigerian Petroleum Industry with petrol now selling at market price following the removal of subsidy by President Bola Tinubu. NNPC, in a statement by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Garba Deen Muhammad on Wednesday, said pump price at its retail ... Read More »

The magnitude of accolades, grassroot and international support shown to the newly inaugurated President of federal Republic of Nigeria,President Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the Eagle square yesterday 29th May 2023 is clear indicator that Nigeria has really woken to a Real Renewed Hope as our Party, All Progressive Congress (APC) mantra says. This were the comments taken from the former ... Read More »

The owner of Hilton Hotel Dr Rahmon Adedoyin and two staff have been sentenced to death by hanging over the murder of Master student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke. The court presided over by Chief judge of Osun State, Justice Oyebola Ojo, found Adedoyin and three of his staff guilty of murder and conspiracy. Ojo held that ... Read More »

Mr. Dele Alake, a former Commissioner for Information in Lagos State, has described his rumoured appointment as the Spokesman to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as Fake News. Just immediately after President Tinubu was sworn-in on Monday, May 29, 2023 reports started emerging that the President had announced his first set of appointments. According to the fake viral reports, President Tinubu ... Read More »

Prominent businessman, Alhaji Nasiru Danu is among the 339 persons nominated on merit by the federal government to receive national honours. Recall that the federal government announced the recipients of 2023 national awards on Sunday. Alhaji Danu was nominated for Officer of the Order of the Federal Republic (OFR). Apart from his track record in business, Danu has a burning ... Read More »