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By John Dike Osogbo The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools Nigeria (ASUSS) has criticised the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), as an umbrella organisation of hypocrisy over its stance on workers’ right to freedom of association. The reaction followed a five-point communiqué released by the NLC on July 4, 2025, in which the congress decried […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed pain over the passing of former President Muhammadu Buhari, describing him as a patriot who contributed immensely to national development. In a statement by his spokesman Olawale Rasheed, he extended his heartfelt condolences to President Bola Tinubu on this devastating loss, saying that Nigeria […]

The Vice President, Alhaji Kashim Shettima has arrived London to accompany the remains of the departed former President Muhammadu Buhari back home. He was there on President Bola Tinubu’s directive following the former President’s passing at a London hospital where he had gone for a check. The Vice President, accompanied by the President’s Chief of […]

The National Assembly has suspended all legislative activities in honour of former President Muhammadu Buhari, who passed away in London, United Kingdom, on Sunday. Kamoru Ogunlana, the Clerk to the National Assembly, announced the plenary rescheduling in a statement on Monday. According to him, the leadership of both the Senate and the House of Representatives […]

Group CEO, NNPC Ltd, Mr Bashir Bayo Ojulari addresses the staff of the company during his inaugural town hall meeting held at the NNPC Towers, on Thursday. Credit: NNPCL Oil marketers and industry stakeholders have thrown their weight behind the proposed sale of Nigeria’s refineries under the management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, […]

The life and legacy of a fearless monarch President Bola Tinubu and Governor Dapo Abiodun, on Sunday, mourned the passing of the Awujale and paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Adetona. The paramount ruler joined his ancestors on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at the age of 91 years. He reportedly died in the evening […]

The Olubadan-designate, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, will return to Ibadan, Oyo State, on July 28, after the 21 days mourning of the 43rd Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin. Oba Olakulehin died in the early hours of Monday, July 7, after a brief illness at an undisclosed private hospital at Jericho in Ibadan, the state capital. […]

Shettima arrives with corpse, national flags fly half-mast as Obasanjo, govs lead tributes A General’s legacy: Buhari’s march through history President Bola Tinubu and a roll-call of Nigeria’s past heads of state  will converge on Daura today as the remains of former President Muhammadu Buhari are interred according  to Islamic tradition. Vice-President Kashim Shettima, directed […]

One of Nigeria’s most revered royal fathers, the Awujale of Ijebuland, in Ogun State, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona, has joined his ancestors. He was 91. The monarch passed away on Sunday according to palace sources. He reigned for 65 years, a record difficult to beat. Remarkably, he was renowned nationwide as a royal moral barometer, […]

[Press Release] It is with a deeply heavy heart that I received the news of the passing of my friend, my brother, my course mate, and a fellow soldier in the journey of nationhood — President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR. Our paths crossed in 1962 when we both joined the Nigerian Military Training College in Kaduna. […]