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A coalition of aviation workers’ unions has grounded operations of Caverton Helicopters in Lagos and Port Harcourt over alleged indebtedness to former workers and anti-labour activities. The picketing exercise, led by the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) and ...

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday dismissed what it called “reckless and groundless claim” by the All Progressives Congress (APC) that its standard-bearer, Atiku Abubakar, was a Camerounian as a calculated attempt to “trivialise and divert attention from the compelling ...

Reasons have come to the fore why the next outbreak of epidemic in Nigeria and some other African and Asian nations might not be far off. Recent reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United States Centre for Disease ...

Lawyers have backed the request by rights body, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), urging President Muhammadu Buhari and state governors to provide specific details of spending of security votes between 2011 and 2019. The Dean, Faculty of Law, Lagos ...

Ecobank Nigeria Limited has announced special discount for shoppers using the EcobankPay option to pay for their goods and services during the Easter holidays and will run till the end of April 2019. EcobankPay is a digital QR code/ Unstructured ...

Five years on, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, yesterday reaffirmed that the search by the military for the remaining Chibok girls was ongoing. Delivering the maiden lecture of the Centre for Contemporary Security Affairs of the ...

President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Reverend Samson Ayokunle, has accused government of tolerating insurgency, kidnapping and armed banditry for economic returns. Briefing reporters yesterday at Government House, Maiduguri after his two-day visit to internally displaced persons’ (IDPs) ...

Troops of Section 1, Operation Lafiya Dole and Chadian Defence Forces neutralised 27 terrorists in a coordinated joint military operations in four communities of Borno. The soldiers also recovered five AK-47 rifles and Rapid Propelled Gun tube bombs each as ...

Disturbed by the recurring incidents of unprofessional handling and misuse of firearms leading to the deaths of innocent Nigerians, the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, yesterday warned his men to put an end to the ugly trend. During a ...

The revelation yesterday by the National Universities Commission (NUC) that it was processing 303 fresh applications from individuals, corporate bodies and faith-based organisations for the establishment of more institutions in the country has elicited mixed reactions. Its Executive secretary, Prof. ...