The General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Emmanuel Ugboaja, is dead According to Vanguard, he died on Thursday at the age of 60 years after a prolonged illness. Ugboaja, became the fifth General Secretary of the NLC in 2019. He was a veteran trade unionist and lawyer whose
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has urged the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and other student leaders to mobilise 10 million student votes for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election in 2027. This was contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by Mr Ikharo Attah, Special Adviser
The Defence Headquarters says the viral video purportedly showing Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, making partisan political statements, was an artificial intelligence-generated fabrication. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Samaila Uba, made this known in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Uba said the video was fake and
First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, on Thursday in Abuja, provided N500,000 each to 1,638 widows of fallen personnel of the Armed Forces and Nigeria Police who died in service between 2023 and 2026. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the intervention was the second edition of
Nigeria’s foremost engineering construction company, Julius Berger Nigeria PLC, will convene senior leaders from the development, engineering, finance, public and private sectors at its Luminary Soirée 2026, scheduled for Wednesday, September 9, 2026, in Lagos. The 2026 edition, themed “The Lagos Proposition | Unlocking Value in a City in Transformation,”
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Goshwe Yilwatda, has expressed profound sadness over the sudden death of Mr. Dotun Oladipo, a respected journalist and prominent figure in Nigeria’s media industry. Professor Yilwatda described the passing of Dotun Oladipo as a huge loss to the Nigerian
The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals (DPRP) has expressed concern over the continued issuance of petroleum product import licences despite the refinery’s proven capacity to meet and exceed Nigeria’s domestic Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) requirements. The refinery noted that while it remains fully committed to supporting Nigeria’s energy
President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness over the death of Mr Dotun Oladipo, former Political Editor of The Punch newspaper and Publisher of The Eagle Online. Tinubu described Oladipo’s death at 56 as a painful loss to Nigeria’s media industry and the nation, commending his contributions to journalism and democracy.
A farmer, Mr Onuoha Nnachi, and stakeholders in Ebonyi have urged the Federal and state governments to deepen agro-business investment to boost food security and strengthen the nation’s economy. Nnachi made the call on Wednesday during the new yam festival, known as “Iyi Akpa Oke Ikeji,” held at El Dorado
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has expressed sadness over the death of its former President, Dotun Oladipo, publisher of The Eagle Online. This was contained in a statement signed by GOCOP Publicity Secretary, Mrs Kemi Yesufu, and issued on Wednesday in Lagos. The statement said that Oladipo died