Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kaduna, Edo, and Cross River states took measures to ensure strict compliance with the union’s two-day warning strike beginning on Tuesday (today). The NLC President, Joe Ajaero, announced the warning strike last Friday in protest against the Federal Government’s failure to address the challenges caused by […]
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, nabbed some officials of State Emergency Management Agency diverting palliatives meant for the citizens to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal. Some of the suspects arrested at a popular market in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital where the items were being resold included officials […]
Many persons including women and children have been abducted by bandits who invaded farming communities around Garba-Chede in Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. Daily Trust gathered that the bandits in their numbers invaded the affected communities Sunday night, forcing the residents to flee during the operation that lasted for hours. Some of the […]
A former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, said the protest that trailed the fuel subsidy removal during the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2012 was due to political interests. Fayemi said this in his keynote address delivered at a national dialogue organised to celebrate the 60th birthday celebration of […]
The National and State House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Kano has dismissed the petition filed before it by Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, son of the All Progressives Congress (APC) national chairman. Ganduje who contested but lost the February 25 parliamentary election in Rimin Gado, Dawakin Tofa and Tofa Federal Constituency had challenged […]
India’s parliament is considering renaming the country during the upcoming special session scheduled for September 18-22, India Times, a local media outfit, reports. There have been growing clamour to rename the country as Bharat — an acronym for “Bring Harmony, Amity, Reconciliation And Trust”. The country’s government officials have also begun to gradually apply […]
The two-day warning strike embarked on by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) recorded partial compliance in some parts of the country on its first day. The NLC had last week declared a two-day warning strike over the impact of petrol subsidy removal on the masses. Labour had accused the federal government of abandoning negotiations […]
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said that it has advised corps members against embarking on night journeys. Eddy Megwa, the NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, stated this in an interview with Channels TV. He spoke on the backdrop of eight corps members who were abducted by gunmen along a highway […]
Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says some of the people blackmailing the judiciary on the presidential election petitions are “first time voters”. During an interview on Channels Television on Monday, Falana said he is worried about the widespread impression that the presidential election tribunal is the end of the process. On Monday, the tribunal […]
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered the posting and redeployment of seven DIGs to various departments. This follows the promotion of deserving officers to the rank of Deputy Inspectors-General of Police by the Police Service Commission. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, DIG Bala Ciroma […]
