Leading construction engineering company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC emerged a tenth time winner of the famous Brand Leadership Forum 2025, organisers of the Top50 Brands Award held at Eko Atlantic City, Lagos, last Thursday. With a Brand Strength Management, BSM of 55.4, the company led the country’s construction sector for
The Federal Government of Nigeria has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider its decision to embark on an industrial strike, emphasizing that constructive dialogue remains the most effective and sustainable path toward resolving all outstanding issues in the tertiary education sector. In a joint statement, the
By Bayo Onanuga, Illegal miners, white-collar convicts, remorseful drug offenders, foreigners, Major General Mamman Vatsa, Major Akubo, Professor Magaji Garba, capital offenders such as Maryam Sanda, Ken Saro Wiwa, and the other Ogoni Eight were among the 175 convicts and former convicts who received President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mercy on
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a two-week total and comprehensive warning strike affecting all public universities nationwide. ASUU National President, Prof. Chris Piwuna, announced on Sunday during a press briefing at the University of Abuja. “Compatriots of the press, it goes without saying that there is
Minister of Works, David Umahi, has said that the South-East zone must exercise patience in its quest for Nigeria’s presidency, declaring that it is not yet its turn to produce the country’s next leader. Umahi stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in
Adeyemi Adeleye Nigerian business stakeholders have applauded President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms, following a $300 billion Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) commitment from Qatari investors to key sectors of the nation’s economy. They gave the commendation during a reception for a high-powered delegation from Future Union Group, Qatar, led by Sheikh
A 52-year-old businessman Ejiofor Godwin Emeka has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Kano following which a total of 127 wraps of cocaine concealed in his private part and stomach have been recovered after days under
By Yunus Yusuf Nigerian-born author and cultural storyteller, Oyindamola Olugbile, has won the 2025 NLNG-sponsored Nigeria Prize for Literature, defeating Chigozie Obioma and Nikki May. The Nigeria Prize for Literature, established in 2004, is one of the country’s most prestigious literary awards. The Advisory Board for the Prize, chaired by
The Oyo State Government has rejected calls to increase the retirement age for teachers and civil servants from 60 to 65 years, insisting that such a policy would limit job opportunities for young graduates in the state. The Federal Government had earlier approved a similar age extension for clinically skilled
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My ADC Comment Not Mockery Of 2006 Plane Crash Victims – Tunde Bakare
Pastor Tunde Bakare, Serving Overseer, Citadel Global Community Church (CGCC) says he was misquoted on his comment concerning the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and his allusion to the ill-fated ADC plane that crashed in 2006. Bakare said he was misquoted as his reference to the ADC plane crash was a