Members of the organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress, on Tuesday, suspended their strike for five days, a leader of the NLC told our correspondent in Abuja. The centres are expected to issue a statement shortly before the commencement of negotiations with the government. The strike which commenced on Monday…
Joeboy, the Nigerian singer, has revealed the inspiration behind his 2023 single ‘Better‘. The singer, during a recent interview with Vivz, a YouTuber, said he wrote the song to shed light on domestic abuse against women. Joeboy also said he feels it was “right” to speak against the act because it is prevalent in Africa. “Domestic abuse…
Abdulsalam Sanyaolu, the ace actor fondly called Charles Olumo and Baba Agbako, says he still goes to movie locations despite his age. The 101-year-old movie star spoke about his decades-long career in an interview with Kunle Afod, another actor. Agbako was affirmative when Afod asked if he still visited movie locations. He said he is agile despite his age…
A British bank that escaped prosecution for money laundering carried out billions of dollars of transactions for funders of terrorist groups, US court papers allege. Standard Chartered, one of the UK’s largest banks, avoided prosecution by the US Department of Justice after Lord Cameron’s government intervened on its behalf in 2012. New documents filed to…
Major League Baseball is investigating San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano to determine whether he violated its gambling policy, which could lead to a lifetime ban, a source said. The MLB source with knowledge of the situation confirmed a Wall Street Journal report that Marcano, 24, of Venezuela, who played last season for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was…
China says a spacecraft carrying rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon has lifted off from the lunar surface to start its journey back to Earth. The ascender of the Chang’e-6 probe lifted off Tuesday morning Beijing time and entered a preset orbit around the moon, the China National Space Administration said. The Chang’e-6 probe…
A 74-year-old woman declared dead at a nursing home was found alive two hours later by funeral home employees attending to what they believed were her remains, a Nebraska sheriff’s official said. The employees of the Lincoln funeral home called 911, and the woman was taken to a hospital alive, where she remained Monday, Lancaster…
Financial technology firms Kuda Microfinance and OPay have resumed onboarding new customers following a directive from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The two operators announced this development on their X accounts on Monday. The financial regulator had directed fintech companies to temporarily halt new customer sign-ups on April 29, citing concerns over Know Your Customer…
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, says the visa face-off between Nigeria and the United Arab Emirates has been settled. As such, he said the UAE government would soon lift the travel barrier debarring Nigerians from visiting the UAE especially Dubai. Keyamo made the disclosure on Monday at a welcome dinner for…
The Justice Department has taken new steps to condemn a series of racist Supreme Court rulings from a century ago that effectively allowed people living in U.S. territories to be treated like second-class citizens. In a letter obtained by NBC News that was sent last week to a mostly Democratic group of lawmakers, Assistant Attorney General Carlos…
