Protest hit the ancient city of Ibadan in Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, on Monday, over high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship in the country. Staged in the Mokola area of Ibadan, the state capital, placard-carrying youths in their droves chanted songs to drive home their points. Some of the placards…
The Federal Government has begun negotiations with the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners to avert the planned suspension of operations by NARTO members with respect to the lifting of petroleum products. On Sunday oil marketers and the executives of NARTO met about six times in the last two days, following the declaration of the…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has expressed confidence that his political camp would defeat any opposition in the 2027 elections. The former Rivers State Governor who has been in a face-off with his successor, Siminalayi Fubara, stated this during a thanksgiving service by a federal lawmaker, Senator Barinada Mpigi in Koroma,…
Leaders at an African Union summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa have condemned Israel’s offensive in Gaza and called for its immediate end. Moussa Faki, the chair of the African Union Commission, said Israel’s offensive was the “most flagrant” violation of international humanitarian law and accused Israel of having “exterminated” Gaza’s inhabitants. Faki spoke…
The crisis trailing Saturday’s primary election of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Edo State, has deepened with the emergence of another candidate laying claim to the party’s ticket for the governorship election scheduled for September 21, 2024. This brings the number to three laying claim to the ticket Anamero Sunday Dekeri was on Saturday…
Media aide to President Bola Tinubu, Dada Olesugun has blamed Nigerian media outlets for exposing a photo of the president sleeping during the 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU). Mr Olusegun, in a post on X, said Mr Tinubu, who was captured sleeping at the event in Addis Ababa, gave…
Ugwunagbo Health Authority Workers have appealed to Governor Alex Otti of Abia State to come to their rescue following non-payment of salaries and arrears ranging from 3,4, 6,7, 8 to 9 months.There have been cries over the issue of non payment of salaries in the 17 LGAs of the State with assurances being made by…
The Imo State Government has sealed off Everyday Supermarket and adjacent businesses situated in the Ikenegbu axis in Owerri Municipal Council of the state. The decision stemmed from concerns raised by Imo-based structural engineer, Kingsley Onwubiko, regarding structural deficiencies observed at the walls of the supermarket. The government swiftly responded by sealing the plaza pending…
A group, Initiative for Grassroots Interventions and Development in Education (IGIDE), has decried the condition of the abandoned premises of the School of Craft and Domestic Centre located at Azikiwe Road by East, Aba, Abia State. In a press release made available to Journalists in Umuahia by Mrs Eunice Egbuna, the Executive Director of IGIDE,…
Retired Ebonyi State civil servants yet to receive their retirement benefits have called on Governor Francis Nwifuru to come to their aid on account of hunger following the economic hardship faced by the nation. The affected retirees who expressed dismay, said they were assured by Governor Nwifuru since September 2023 that their gratuities and accumulated…
