The Federal Government has announced plans to relocate the Ikoyi Correctional Centre and other correctional facilities across the country. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, made this known during a visit to the Ikoyi Prison in Lagos on Monday. Tunji-Ojo said urbanisation has caught up with the prison, noting that “there is no reason this…
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has appealed to the National Assembly to liaise with the tripartite committee on the new minimum wage to set up mechanisms for regular and systematic review of wage levels to ensure they keep pace with inflation and cost of living. NLC President, Joe Ajaero, made the call on Monday in…
A man who wanted to commit suicide, Monday morning, to protest the roiling economic hardship in the country by climbing the tallest radio mast in Abuja, is now in police custody. Nigerians, indeed, residents of the nation’s capital, woke up, Monday morning, to behold the terrifying sight of the middle-aged man hanging precariously close to…
Nollywood actor, Hanks Anuku, staged a solo protest on Monday, drawing attention to the issue of hunger in the country. In a viral video, Anuku was seen holding a flag with the inscription ‘Hunger dey ooo’ (meaning ‘hunger is real’ in Nigerian pidgin English), highlighting the plight of many Nigerians struggling with food insecurity. Some…
Thousands of Nigerians on Monday took to major streets in Abuja to protest the unbearable hardship and hunger occasioned by economic policies of President Bola Tinubu’s administration. The protesters who carried banners, urged the Federal Government to reverse some of its policies which have been impoverishing the people. They also asked government officials, political appointees…
Nollywood actress and producer, Motilola Akinlami has recently bagged an endorsement deal with a skin care company. Motilola Akinlami has been trending for herself few weeks after calling Kunle Afod out for blocking all her ways in the movie industry for almost 5 years. Beauty Glow Empire recently introduced Motilola Akinlami as their brand ambassador….
Nollywood actor, Adewale Adeoye, popularly known as Elesho, has said he gained popularity from childbirth because he was born an albino. Adeoye, who is known for his humorous roles in Yoruba movies, said this in an interview with media personality, Adedoyin Kukoyi, on Sunday. According to him, it was not popular to give birth to…
Veteran Nollywood actress Anike Obot has revealed some of the reasons producers stopped giving her movie roles, while also stating how he was asked to slap an actor who was an herbalist in real life. In a video that was posted on the official YouTube channel of Kunleafodtv during an interview with Kunle Afod, she…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors and the Nigeria Union of Journalists, on Sunday, decried the abduction of two journalists, their wives and children by bandits in Kaduna on Saturday night. Two Kaduna-based journalists – The Nation’s Abdulgafar Alabelewe and his Blueprint newspaper’s counterpart, AbdulRaheem Aodu – and their wives as well as children were on…
The Rivers State House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule has issued a 7-day ultimatum to Governor Siminalayi Fubara to re-present the 2024 budget to the House. The order follows the first sitting of the pro-Wike House on Monday after some months. The other House led by Victor Oko-Jumbo is also holding a parallel sitting….
