Germany on Thursday won the race to host the 2024 European Championship as UEFA backed a bid seen as safer than the rival Turkish proposal. UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin announced the winner following a campaign that saw politics and concerns over human rights in Turkey play a central role. READ ALSO: No, Nigeria is in trouble […]
The People’s Democratic Party in Kaduna State has said that it would soon make public the names of the 2,677 delegates to participate in its party primaries. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that no fewer than 220 aspirants in Kaduna state are seeking the PDP’s ticket to run for the governorship and 53 various […]
The Acting Registrar of National Examination Council, Mr Abubakar Gana, says the ongoing reforms embarked upon by the council are beginning to yield results. Gana made the assertion while speaking with newsmen on NECO’s efforts over the past four months at fulfilling its mandate in Abuja on Thursday. The acting registrar explained that dividends of […]
Government offices, banks and public schools were on Thursday closed in Lagos State as the organised labour began its strike over delay by Federal Government in concluding negotiation on a new minimum wage. The enforcement teams of the organised labour set out from Ikeja to the State Secretariat, Alausa, at 7:20 am and workers who […]
Government offices, banks and public schools were on Thursday closed in Lagos State as the organised labour began its strike over delay by Federal Government in concluding negotiation on a new minimum wage. The enforcement teams of the organised labour set out from Ikeja to the State Secretariat, Alausa, at 7:20 am and workers who […]
US and Brazilian authorities have fined Brazil’s state oil giant Petrobras more than $853 million for covering up bribes to Brazilian politicians and political parties, the US Justice Department announced Thursday. Petrobras executives at “the highest levels,” including board members, orchestrated hundreds of millions in bribes “and then cooked the books to conceal the bribe payments […]
Adultery is no longer a crime, India’s top court ruled on Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail terms unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. It was the second legal decision this month reflecting a more liberal outlook in Indian society with the Supreme Court having on September 6 scrapped a ban […]
Adultery is no longer a crime, India’s top court ruled on Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail terms unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. It was the second legal decision this month reflecting a more liberal outlook in Indian society with the Supreme Court having on September 6 scrapped a ban […]
Cristiano Ronaldo will be able to face his old club Manchester United in the Champions League next month after UEFA handed the Juventus forward a one-game ban on Thursday. The Portuguese superstar was sent off in the first half of Juve’s 2-0 win away to Valencia last week after a clash with Jeison Murillo. […]
Cristiano Ronaldo will be able to face his old club Manchester United in the Champions League next month after UEFA handed the Juventus forward a one-game ban on Thursday. The Portuguese superstar was sent off in Juve’s win away to Valencia last week and risked a potentially lengthy suspension, but instead he will only sit […]
Workers deserted both the federal and state secretariats in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday in compliance with the seven-day warning strike declared by the organised labour. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some commercial banks in Ibadan metropolis also shut down their activities in compliance with the directive by the labour groups. NAN reports […]
Workers deserted both the Federal and State Secretariats in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday in compliance with the seven-day warning strike declared by the organised labour. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some commercial banks in Ibadan metropolis also shut down their activities in compliance with the directive by the labour groups. NAN reports […]
US and Brazilian authorities have fined Brazil’s oil giant Petrobras more than $853 million for paying bribes to Brazilian politicians and political parties, the US Justice Department announced Thursday. Petrobras executives at “the highest levels,” including board members, orchestrated hundreds of millions in bribes “and then cooked the books to conceal the bribe payments from investors […]
In spite of the total shutdown proposed by the organised labour unions in the ongoing nationwide strike, normal activities continued on Thursday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. NAN reports that normal flight operations are smoothly ongoing at both the arrival and departure sections of the airports. NAN […]
There was drama at the Ward 7, Unit 12 Polling Unit in Adereti village, Ife South Local Government Area, as a PDP agent in the ongoing governorship rerun election in Osun State was missing on duty. An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Stephen Oyewande, said he could not explain why the PDP agent […]
The two gates to the premises of Ikeja High Court in Lagos were closed as organised labour began a nationwide strike on Thursday following the inability of the Federal Government to meet the demands for a new minimum wage. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the the Nigerian Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and […]
Comrade Iboro Ibara, the Akwa Ibom State Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress has described the situation of workers in the country as that of being under slavery. Ibara said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Uyo on Thursday while monitoring the ongoing warning strike declared by the NLC. […]
Comrade Iboro Ibara, the Akwa Ibom State Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress has described the situation of workers in the country as that of being under slavery. Ibara said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Uyo on Thursday while monitoring the ongoing warning strike declared by the NLC. […]
Femi Makinde, Osogbo Three members of the Nigerian Bar Association Observer group have been arrested by policemen at Ifon on their way to monitor the rerun election in some of the units in Orolu Local Government Area. One of the lawyers, Mrs Abibat Oriekun, told our correspondent that policemen stopped the car she and her […]
La Liga champions Barcelona slumped to a shock 2-1 defeat at struggling Leganes and Real Madrid were resoundingly beaten 3-0 by Sevilla on Wednesday. The shocking results meant Spain’s two biggest clubs lost on the same day for the first time since January, 2015. Philippe Coutinho gave Barca the lead against bottom-of-the-table Leganes in the […]
Civil servants, the business community and parents in Damaturu, Yobe, condemned the Nigeria Labour Congress warning strike which began on Thursday, describing it as grossly unnecessary and counterproductive. A cross section of the respondents, who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, noted that schools and other public institutions in the state were still providing […]
Mr Adamu Garba, Vice Chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress in Gombe State, has warned that governors who opposed to the new minimum wage will lose 2019 election. Garba gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe State on Thursday. “Majority of governors that fail to implement the minimum wage may not […]
Video Assistant Referees will be used in the Champions League from the 2019-20 season and will also be introduced at the 2020 European Championship, UEFA said on Thursday. European football’s governing body revealed a decision had been taken at a meeting of their executive committee to bring in the technology, which will be used from […]
Video Assistant Referees will be used in the Champions League from the 2019-20 season and will also be introduced at the 2020 European Championship, UEFA confirmed on Thursday. European football’s governing body revealed via their Twitter feed that the decision to bring in VAR had been agreed at a meeting of their executive committee. The […]
The organised labour on Thursday shut down offices of aviation agencies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos to press home their demands for the implementation of a new National Minimum Wage. However, this action did not affect flight operations at the nation’s busiest airport as airlines and passengers went about their respective businesses […]