The National Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said its strike scheduled to commence in seven days is aimed at liberating Nigerians from the shackles of government policies which have caused citizens pain. This followed an earlier seven-day ultimatum by the NLC to President Bola Tinubu’s administration to reverse “all anti-poor” policies, including the hike […]
Representatives of the Federal Government are currently meeting with the organised labour comprising of the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress at the Presidential Villa, The PUNCH reports. A reliable source privy to the meeting made this known in an interview with our correspondent on Wednesday evening. According to the source, the […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday said it would probe the fracas involving its officials and personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) at the Federal High Court in Lagos. On Tuesday, DSS operatives got physical with the prison officers on the court premises over custody of suspended Governor of the Central […]
The Senate has rejected a motion to release from the detention the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The motion which was moved by Senator Osita Izunaso (Imo West) sought to address the constant sit-at-home order enforced by unknown gunmen in the South-East. The lawmaker, in the motion co-sponsored by […]
The National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Salihu Lukman, has officially resigned from his position. His resignation letter was submitted on Wednesday to the Acting National Chairman of the party, Senator Abubakar Kyari. The development is coming one week after the former National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, and […]
An Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha has sentenced a notorious revenue collection agent, Ikechukwu Udensi (a.k.a Ikanda) to death by hanging for killing an Onitsha businessman, Ndubuisi Nwokolo. Ikanda had been standing trial since 2019 for the gruesome murder of late Nwokolo on June 29, 2018, a day to the ban of […]
President Bola Tinubu has frowned at the unfolding “mutiny” scenario in Niger Republic. Tinubu, who is also the chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), said the body will not tolerate acts that undermine democracy in the region. TheCable reported heavy military presence in the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger’s capital […]
One person, identified as Igwe Omeli, was shot dead during a clash between rival cult groups at the popular Eke Awka market in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Wednesday morning as the rival cult groups engaged themselves in a supremacy battle of who […]
No fewer than two traders protesting against the sealing of their businesses in Ogbete Main Market for not coming to market on Monday by the Enugu State have been reported killed by security operatives. Several other marketers were also injured during the protest which has now led to the indefinite closure of the market […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Nigerian national Olamide Yusuf Bakare, 26, currently residing in Laurel, Maryland, was sentenced today to four years and nine months in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. Bakare pleaded guilty in January 2023. According to court documents, between June 2020 […]
