Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has said poverty, insecurity, and public agitation for good governance were rising in the country. Akpabio, who spoke when he welcomed lawmakers back from their annual recess which commenced in early August, called on senators to close ranks and work for the good of the country.Continue Reading
•Mobilises for protests, street rallies, vow to ground nation BY GODWIN OBI Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), have issued directives to their members and affiliate bodies to commence indefinite nationwide strike on Tuesday, October 3 over Federal Government’s delay to addressContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday, led the screening of Yemi Cardoso as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Olayemi Cardoso, and his four deputies, during which he posed a series of questions to them on “parallel governments” run by their predecessorContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The war against insecurity in the country took a dramatic turn, yesterday, with Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State accusing some agencies of the Federal Government of engaging in secret talks with bandits. Tasking the Federal Government on clarification of the issue, Lawal said reports indicated thatContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State on Monday charged the Federal Government to concession federal roads passing through states to state governments. He said this had become necessary to guarantee roads lifespans as, according to him: “the current roads maintenance model has failed woefully.’’ Mbah made hisContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has recorded 11,587 suspected cases of diphtheria in the country with 7,202 confirmed cases from 105 local government areas (LGAs) in 18 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This was disclosed on Monday in an update on the diphtheria outbreak published by theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI Just like it did with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal has dismissed the petition of the Labour Party (LP) candidate Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. Justice Arum Ashom who read the unanimous judgment late Monday held that the petition is devoid of merit. InContinue Reading
A section of the Supreme Court was on fire today, Monday morning, though no casualty was recorded, the court said. The Public Relations Officer for the Court, Mr Festus Akande, who spoke to Channels Television on Telephone says the cause of the fire was electrical from one of the ChambersContinue Reading
Nnamdi Kanu Barely one month after the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, called on President Bola Tinubu to free leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Bruce Fein, international counsel of the detained agitator, has also called for his immediate release. The lawyer had, several months ago, askedContinue Reading
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has slammed the Organised Private Sector, OPS, over its opposition to a nationwide strike on the grounds that the economy cannot withstand country-wide industrial action now. It said that the OPS was opposing the strike because it wanted to continue paying slave wages to workers.Continue Reading