The Osun State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has ordered its members working in local government areas across the state to withdraw their services, effective Monday, February 17, 2025. The decision comes amid escalating political tensions between Governor Ademola Adeleke and the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the reinstatement of local government chairmen … Read more
The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, said his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is set to release its Grok 3 chatbot on Monday, February 17, 2025, and is touted to be the world’s smartest AI globally as the market becomes fiercely competitive. According to the tech billionaire, the startup’s flagship AI product will go live with … Read more
The Ondo State command of the Nigeria Police Force has apprehended a suspect named Temidayo Fadahunsi in the Ijoka vicinity of Akure, the state capital, in connection with an alleged mobile phone theft. The police reported that a complaint regarding the theft of a mobile phone had been filed at a local police station, which … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Osun State Council has directed workers working within the Local Government Area across the state to withdraw their services effective from Monday, February 17, 2025. In a statement signed by the Osun NLC Chairman, Comrade Christopher Arapasopo, the directive became imperative to ensure the safety of the workers working in … Read more
Former Director-General of Nigeria Civil Aviation, Dr Harold Demuren, has tasked the Federal Government with sustaining the training of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority Staff (NCAA) for safer civil aviation in Nigeria. Demuren who was DG from 2005 to 2013 and achieved the US FAA Category One status for Nigeria because of the quality of … Read more
A Police station and houses were set ablaze by angry youth who were protesting the death of one of them in Ifon in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. Although the cause of the crisis can not be ascertained at press time, sources said a boy was arrested and allegedly tortured to death … Read more
Canada – The Canadian government has introduced new rules affecting temporary residents, aimed at protecting the country’s borders and immigration system. The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the new regulations on February 12, 2025, which empower immigration officials to cancel temporary resident documents under certain circumstances. Accordig to BBC, the cancellations could include … Read more
The Minister of Defence, H.E. Mohammed Badaru Abubakar has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the African Union (AU) on the provision of strategic sea lift to the African Union. The signing ceremony took place at the Julius Nyerere Hall, African Union Secretariat, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 16th February 2025. Co-signing the MoU with … Read more
With an emphasis on reaching isolated and underserved regions of the continent, the World Bank’s lending arm, the International Development Association (IDA), was founded in 1960 and has since disbursed over US$287 billion in finance to help development in the world’s poorest nations. African nations have received slightly over US$210 billion in IDA disbursements over … Read more
A 57-year-old Islamic cleric who made history as the world’s first openly gay imam, Muhsin Hendricks, has been killed in South Africa. Hendricks who founded and led a mosque in Cape Town served as a sanctuary for marginalised Muslims, including those from the LGBTQ+ community. He was tragically shot dead on Saturday morning, February 15 … Read more