Members of the Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU), University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) chapter, on Wednesday embarked on a three-day warning strike to press home their agelong demands. Olutunde Oluwawumi, the branch Chairman of JOHESU-UITH who declared the warning strike during an emergency congress of the union in Ilorin, noted that their agitations border…
The Leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has warned the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, against zoning its presidential ticket ahead of the 2023 elections. Primate Ayodele warned that the PDP would not make any impact during the 2023 Presidential election if they zone the ticket to any region in the country. The…
Monday Okpebholo has officially assumed office as the Governor of Edo State, concluding Godwin Obaseki’s eight-year administration in the South-South region. The inauguration ceremony took place on Tuesday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, two months after Okpebholo’s All Progressives Congress (APC) secured a decisive victory. At around 12:55 p.m., Okpebholo and his…
In a recent statement, Access Holdings Plc, the parent company of Access Bank, revealed that Bolaji Agbede, the bank’s esteemed senior founding executive director, will step into the role of CEO on an acting basis. Ms Agbede joined Access Bank in 2003 and has nearly 30 years of experience in banking and business consultancy, the…
By Ayomide Otitoju Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded by 3.46% year-on-year in real terms during the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, according to the latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The growth reflects an improvement from 2.54% recorded in Q3 2023 and the 3.19% achieved in Q2 2024. Aggregate GDP at…
The division in the All Progressives Congress (APC) deepened at the weekend, after some key party members discovered, via leaked documents, how President Muhammadu Buhari single-handedly dictated the composition of the next Executive Committee of the party. APC has been bogged with its chieftains jostling for who controls the incoming leadership of the party and…
wooden boat conveying 34 persons along Agwara and Yauri local government areas of Niger and Kebbi states has capsized. According to reports, the boat which is said to be conveying passengers from Gebbe, Kasabo, and other waterfronts on River Niger to the Yauri market capsized a few meters to its destination. The incident was said…
By Ayomide Otitoju The arraignment of former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello at the Federal High Court in Abuja was postponed on Friday due to the absence of his legal team. Bello, who faces a 19-count charge of money laundering amounting to ₦80.2 billion brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), appeared before…
About 1.8 million registered voters are expected to decide the next governor of Kogi state during the November 11, 2023 election, according to the data released by the Independent National Electoral Commission. According to the Commission, the state has over two million registered voters, but only about 1.8M picked up their Permanent Voters Cards from…
