Festus Keyamo, the former minister of state for labor and employment, praised Amobi Ogah, a leader in the Labour Party (LP), for his praise of President Bola Tinubu. The President was praised by Ogah, the member-elect for the House of Representatives representing the Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency, for calling a meeting …

Popular street-hop artiste, Adekunle Temitope, popularly known as Small Doctor, has explained the reasons why Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable left his house after making fame. In an interview with the Echo Room on Thursday, Small Doctor described Portable as his boy who fled after being advised to do a body …

The commercial motorcycle operators in the State of Garoua in Cameroon, lamented the scarcity of fuel, warning that their business was no longer sustainable. Some motorists and residents in Cameroon have said the planned removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol in Nigeria, has created an …

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday met with a group of aggrieved politicians within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) known as the G5 or the Integrity Group. In attendance at the meeting at the Aso Rock are one serving governor and four former governors within the party. They are Governor Seyi …

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on have arrested thirty-seven (37) suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo State. The suspects are Ibrahim Adewale Adegoke, Echeta Chidi Oluwabe, Adeyinka Oladaide Monsuru, Adedeji Mojeed Adewusi, Uzuh Samuel Friday, Ibrahim Aliu Olaide, Babatunde Ayomide Yinus, …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the wife of a High Court judge, Zainab Abbas, in Yola, Adamawa State.  Zainab Abbas was kidnapped around 2am on Wednesday, June 7, at her residence, behind Royal Ambassadors Hotel in the Nyibango neighbourhood, which is adjacent to the 23 brigade of the …

President Tinubu Meets Oil Marketers Over Subsidy Removal. The meeting is coming about 10 days after the President in his inaugural speech announced fuel subsidy removal. President Bola Tinubu has directed the National Economic Council (NEC) led by Vice President Kashim Shettima to device an approach and begin the process …

Justices Efe Ikponmwonba and M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City on Tuesday, June 6, 2023, convicted and sentenced 19 Internet fraudsters to prison for fraud. The convicts are Fidelis Esajini, Nicholas Azeke, Marvelous Alakpa, Adelike Ifeakachukwu Destiny, Osamwingie Osarenwinda, Mathias Friday Gbenga; Collins Etiosa Iyekeoretin, …

The Amalgamated Union of App-based Transport Workers of Nigeria, comprising drivers under the platform of e-hailing companies like Uber and Bolt, has said it will commence a nationwide protest today (Wednesday). It planned to withdraw services of its drivers from the general public today. According to a statement by the …

A Professor of Social and Environmental Forestry at the University of Ibadan, Prof. Opeyemi Ajewole has been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital. INDEPENDENT Newspaper gathered Ajewole was said to have been killed on his way home last night. A Daily Independent reporter gathered that …