Soldiers of the 14 Brigade, Ohafia, stationed at Aba, have killed a gunman suspected to be a sit-at-home enforcer at the Osisioma Ngwa area, in Aba, Abia State, along the Enugu – Port Harcourt expressway. Vanguard gathered that the gunmen had warned traders and motorists against doing business to observe the sit-at-home order. They […]
Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said while those seeking to protest have the right to do, they do not have the right to destabilise the country. This is as he accused politicians who lost out during the last general elections of being behind the protest to take over the government through the backdoor. […]
Some youths have taken to the streets of Niger state to protest the pervasive economic hardship and spiralling inflation in Nigeria. The protest was reportedly billed to commence on August 1 nationwide. However, on Monday, some youths in Niger trooped out with placards bearing inscriptions like ‘Fuel subsidy must be back’, ‘Enough is enough’, […]
Gunmen attacked and abducted the Sarkin Gobir of Gatawa District Isa Bawa and his biological son along Sokoto to Sabon Birni Local Government Area of the state. The Sokoto Police Command Spokesperson Ahmed Rufa’i confirmed the incident to Channels Television, saying the operatives are investigating the incident. An elder son of the victim Isa […]
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has directed police top brass to protect intending participants of the planned #EndBadGovernance protest slated for August 1 to 10, 2024. This was contained in a letter by the IGP to the request of human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa. Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on Monday directed telecommunication companies to reactivate all lines blocked because they weren’t linked to the National Identification Numbers (NINs). A spokesman for the regulatory body Reuben Muoka said the order to reactivate the lines was in view of “the challenges the blockages have caused”. Millions of phone users […]
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited to sell crude oil to Dangote Refinery and other upcoming refineries in Naira. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this known in a post via his official X handle on Monday. Onanuga stated that the move, […]
President Bola Tinubu, on Monday, signed the new Minimum Wage Act into law. Tinubu signed the new law at 2 pm at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The brief ceremony was witnessed by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, and the House Leader, Prof. Julius […]
THE Independent marketers of petrol, yesterday, increased prices by more than 21 per cent to N850 per litre, from about N700 per litre in Lagos and its environs as shortage bits harder. A survey of the situation in Lagos and environs indicated that many major marketers did not have the product for sale, while […]
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 election, says Kenneth Okonkwo remains his trusted ally. Okonkwo, a chieftain of the LP, had said he no longer has confidence in the ability of Obi to build a party that can win elections. He said Obi has “proved that even if […]
