Adnan Syed: Conviction Overturned In Serial Podcast Murder Case
A US judge has quashed a Baltimore man’s murder conviction in a case that spawned hit true crime podcast Serial. Adnan Syed was 19 when he was sentenced to life in prison for the death of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, whose body was found buried in the woods in 1999. Prosecutors last week asked […]
Yahaya Bello: Online Agitation Is Different From Grassroots Mobilization
Governor Yahaya Bello on Monday dismissed the Anap poll which favored Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi, asserting that online agitation is different from grassroots mobilization. The poll result, released last week, predicted that the former Anambra governor is leading the race, way ahead of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s Atiku Abubakar and the […]
FG Assesses National Minimum Wage Increase
The minister of labour and employment, Dr. Chris Ngige yesterday revealed that efforts are ongoing by the federal government to review the 2019 National Minimum Wage. He said the current N30, 000 stipulated under the 2019 National Minimum Wage Act was no longer tenable for workers and must be reviewed to reflect the current economic […]
Kanu Lawyer Raises Alarm Over IPOB Leader Health Condition
Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, now suffers from gastro intestine disorder as a result of persistent heartburn, according to Ifeanyi Ejiofor, his lawyer and a human rights activist, who revealed this on Monday. He claims that despite Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court’s order that the IPOB […]
Lagos Govt Demolishes Illegal Structures Under Power Transmission Lines In Lekki
The Lekki-Epe Expressway has been flanked with illegal structures, and the Lagos State Government has begun to demolish them via the efforts of the Lagos State Planning and Environmental Monitoring Agency and the Lagos State Building Control Agency. In a statement released on Monday, Daisi Oso, General Manager of LASPEMA, who spoke during a joint […]
China Covid: Quarantine Bus Crash kills 27 And Injures 20
A bus transporting residents to a Covid-19 quarantine facility in China has crashed, killing 27 of those on board. The coach overturned on a motorway in the south-western province of Guizhou. Another 20 people were injured. Only two people have died from Covid in Guizhou province since the pandemic struck almost three years ago. The […]
Japan Storm: Nine Million People Told To Evacuate As Super Typhoon Nanmadol Hits
Nine million people have been told to evacuate their homes as Japan is battered by one of the worst typhoons the country has ever seen. The super typhoon Nanmadol has killed two people and injured almost 90. It hit Japan’s most southerly island, Kyushu, on Sunday morning, and is forecast to pass over the main […]
Queen’s Life Of Service Honoured At Historic Funeral
The Queen’s life-long sense of duty has been remembered in her state funeral service at Westminster Abbey. The Dean of Westminster, who led the service, expressed gratitude to a congregation of 2,000 people including world leaders and royalty. King Charles III led a sombre procession behind his mother’s coffin from Westminster Hall to the abbey. […]
Britain And The World Bids Queen Farewell
Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age. A day packed with events in London and Windsor […]
FG Plans To Create 774 Job Centres In LGAs
The federal government is working to create more job centers in each of the 774 local government areas to improve Labour Market Information System. The move is in addition to the already existing 16 job centers and will be used to enhance job matching for job seekers, using electronic job exchange to address the country’s […]
