THE Joint Health Sector (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association (AHPA) said it would suspend its seven-day warning strike effective from midnight Oct. 31 in the spirit of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and in general public interest. Mr Kabiru Minjibir, National Chairman of JOHESU said this in a …
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HUMAN rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has disclosed that social media activist, Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has been detained by the Nigerian Police. Trojaninsights reports that this is coming hours after VeryDarkMan had, in a viral video, apologised to the Police for using their uniformIn a post on social media …
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Zenith Bank’s profit before tax ballooned by 99 per cent to N1trn at the end of the third quarter of 2024 from N505bn in the prior period of last year. In its Q3 2024 unaudited results ended September 30, 2024, filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited, the financial institution reported …
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THE gross earnings of FBN Holdings Plc rose 134 per cent to N2.25trn at the end of September 2024 compared to N962.40bn recorded for the corresponding period in the previous year. This was disclosed in its unaudited results for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, filed with the Nigerian …
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A South African group, Progressive Forces, has launched a petition against Chidimma Adetshina from competing in the Miss Universe 2024. This comes after the arrival of Adetshina in Mexico on Wednesday. The newly crowned Miss Universe Nigeria arrived in Mexico to represent the country at the 2024 edition of …
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Nigerian transgender and social media personality Okuneye Idris, popularly known as Bobrisky, was removed from an Amsterdam-bound KLM flight on Thursday night, as shown by a viral video on X platform. This was after social commentator Isaac Fayose, the brother of former Ekiti State Governor, on Thursday, shared a photo …
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Botswana’s Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) swept to power in the landlocked southern African country on Friday, taking 35 of 61 seats in parliament and ousting the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) after 58 years. The BDP had secured just two seats, the electoral commission announced. It had ruled the former …
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10 persons were killed while seven others were injured in a building collapse in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Thursday morning. A statement from the Oyo State Fire Services Agency disclosed that the incident happened at 2 am at Jegeda Oluloyo area in Ibadan in Ona Ara Local Government …
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The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, strengthened 115 pips to 7.1135 against the dollar on Friday This is according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent …
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THE Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has announced the successful recovery of the tail boom of the ill-fated Sikorsky SK76 helicopter, registration 5N BQG, which ditched in the Atlantic Ocean, Port Harcourt, Rivers. The NSIB disclosed this in a statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Mrs …
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