A lecturer at the University of Lagos has been caught on camera making sexual demands to offer admission to a ‘student’. The lecturer was exposed in a 13 minutes video by BBC Africa where an undercover journalist, Kiki Mordi, disguised as a 17-year-old admission seeker. The investigation is part of a broader one that uncovers […]
The closure of the country’s borders seems to have led to increase in prices of some food items such as rice, frozen chicken and turkey. Observers say if the borders are not opened before December, it portends a bleak Christmas for many Nigerians, given the astronomical rise in the prices of both the local and […]
Oil prices fell on Monday, extending last week’s heavy losses, with traders fearing the global economic slowdown will weigh on future oil demand growth while pegging hopes for a rebound on progress in talks this week on ending the US-China trade war. Brent crude futures LCOc1 edged down 28 cents to 58.09 dollars a barrel […]
Despite mounting controversy and security concerns, the R-rated comic-book movie scored $93.5 million over the weekend and now stands as the biggest October launch of all time. Those ticket sales easily crushed the benchmark previously set last year by Sony’s superhero tentpole “Venom” with $80 million. Directed by Todd Phillips and starring Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker” […]
Contrary to reports, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said there are no plans yet to introduce toll gates on federal roads across the country as widely reported. Fashola’s media aide, Hakeem Bello, who spoke to Sunday Tribune on Saturday in Abuja, however, debunked the report, saying the minister only said there […]
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says the level of compliance with the declaration of assets by public office holders in the country is not encouraging at all. Mohammed Isah, chairman of the bureau, disclosed this when he featured on NAN Forum in Abuja.According to him, even though there is an improvement from what it […]
The Lagos State Government has directed the major food vendors, who sell meat in the state, to henceforth submit a ‘veterinary health certificate for the trade of meat’ to the inspecting veterinary personnel in the state Ministry of Agriculture. Lagos Govt. to enforce law on meat hygiene Prince Gbolahan Lawal, the state Commissioner for Agriculture, […]
The President of Trade Union Congress, Quadri Olaleye, said organised labour would not go on a warning strike before the main industrial action, if government failed to meet workers’ demand on the implementation of the new minimum wage by the close of work on Wednesday, October 16, 2019. In a communiqué issued at the end […]
A Journalist, staff of Vanguard Media Limited, Godfrey Bivbre and 22 other passengers, narrowly escaped death when a speed boat they were travelling on suddenly capsized in the middle of the lagoon from Agbara area en route Liverpool, Apapa Lagos. Fortunately, no life was lost in the mishap which included two women. According to survivors, […]
The crude oil production quota for Nigeria is now 1.77 million barrels per day following agreements reached by members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC member countries and their non-OPEC allies had agreed to cut down crude oil production in order to halt the fall in global crude oil prices. This came as […]