THE leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has scheduled February 27 and 28 as a two-day nationwide mass protest. Trojan News reports that the National President of NLC, Joe Ajaero, made this known during an ongoing press conference at Labour House, Abuja. The protest was declared to press the demands on the current hardship being faced by … Read more
By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri BORNO State government has declared a one-day statewide fasting and prayers on Monday, February 19 to seek devine intervention on the rising cost of food items and the spate of landmine explosions across its major roads. Governor Babagana Umara Zulum of the state made the declaration on Friday via a statewide … Read more
MEMBERS of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who are activists/volunteers, farmers and land users, from adjoining forest reserves and farmers of the state, who are members of APC and its extended faithful, have been urged to nominate the immediate-past minister of state for Budget and National Planning and a frontline … Read more
IN a landmark ruling, a Federal High Court in Abuja has directed the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF) to resume the investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the 1986 murder of Dele Giwa, the renowned founder of Newswatch Magazine. Giwa was killed in his Lagos office on October 19, … Read more
IN apparent furtherance of President Bola Tinubu’s pledge to tackle factors responsible for escalating prices of things in the country, the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Friday morning sealed popular Abuja discount supermarket Sahad Stores. GWG.ng reports that Sahad Stores with origin from Kano was sealed by FCCPC for hoarding and fixing … Read more
THE Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Rivers Marine Command, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Bashir Mohammed Lawal has commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on its rising effectiveness in tackling the menace of economic and financial crimes and sought greater collaboration with it in the areas of information and intelligence sharing. He gave … Read more
A former Governor of Kano State, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, on Thursday, urged President Bola Tinubu to implement some of the recommendations of the 2014 National Conference Report on community policing and restructuring. Shekarau, also a former Minister of Education, made the call on Thursday which featuring on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme. “I have gone … Read more
THE Department of Development Control of the Abuja Metropolitan Management Council has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to come to its aid in tackling the growing activities of land grabbers within the Federal Capital Territory. This call was made in Abuja on Thursday, February 15, 2024 when the Director of the department, Mukhtar Usman Galadima led … Read more
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment and reappointment of the following Board Chairpersons and Chief Executive Officers (CEO) under the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare. In a statement on Thursday by his spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, President Tinubu said the decision was in furtherance of his determination to bring world-class standards to Nigerian public … Read more
Minister of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, THE government of the United States of America has recently entered into an agreement with Nigeria to safeguard the cultural heritage of Sukur in Adamawa State. During the signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP), the Chargé … Read more