Drivers under the platform of e-hailing firms like Uber, Bolt, and InDriver, following the refusal of the companies to implement a significant upward review of fares in light of the new price of gasoline, withdrew their services on Wednesday. EDIDIONG IKPOTO writes on the grievances of the drivers On Wednesday, June 7, e-hailing drivers under […]

If there is any event in recent times that amply demonstrates that nations succeed or fail and define their essential character by the way they challenge the unknown and cope with fears, it is the Senate’s recent rejection of the controversial National Water Resources Bill, 2023 after it was listed for concurrence on the order […]

No fewer than 13 persons were kidnapped along Abuja Road in Isua, the headquarters of the Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State by some unknown gunmen. According to a source in the town, the victims were in an 18-passenger bus travelling to Abuja from Lagos when the hoodlums waylaid their bus and dragged […]

The Concerned Northern Forum has called for the arrest and prosecution of the immediate-past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, over his alleged complicity in the Nigeria Air fraud. The call was coming after the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation’s description of Nigeria Air as a fraud. The committee also charged the Federal Government to […]

Septem Paints, a subsidiary of Eleganza Group, has proposed embracing backward integration in the production process as a strategic move to overcome the current challenging business climate. The firm’s Managing Director, Tunde Okoya, stated this on Thursday during a painters’ forum organised to unveil the company’s products to key industry players. Okoya said, “We are […]

The Anambra State Police Command on Thursday said it rescued two persons accused of ritual killing by an irate mob in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state from being lynched. In a video that went viral, a man and a woman were seen being paraded naked by members of the community as they […]

Snapnet, an IT solutions firm, and Huawei have collaborated to showcase cloud advancements and cost optimisation strategies to businesses. According to the firms, they did this during an event that brought industry experts, IT professionals, and business leaders together to explore the possibilities of single and multi-cloud computing. They stated that the event-themed, ‘Current cloud […]

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu will go down in history as the first Nigerian leader to trigger a national crisis in his very first hour in office. Amid the current asphyxiating socioeconomic climate, his impetuous “subsidy is gone!” declaration at his inauguration immediately triggered panic buying of petrol, whose pump prices rose by over 250 per cent, […]

The House of Representatives wound down on Wednesday without approving the loan request by the immediate-past President Muhammadu Buhari for the Federal Government to pay some judgment debts totalling approximately N543,594,989,247. The Chairman of the House Committee on Aids, Loans and Debt Management Ahmed Dayyabu, laid the report on the presidential request on Wednesday but […]

The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, has identified dishonesty as one major drawback affecting public administration in the country. Speaking with journalists in Osogbo on Thursday, the 38-year-old Speaker of the 8th state Assembly said due to his age, some critics had underrated him. “I am a young man and […]