BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said it is in support of the ongoing strike by the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational (NASU) and associated institutions of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and has demanded an “immediate” payment of the withheld salaries of theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Defence Headquarters has released the list of 17 military personnel killed in an attack in Delta State. The military personnel were killed last week in Okuama, a community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State after a peace mission. Days after the gruesome murder,Continue Reading
•Programme gulps N2trn in 21 years •Inside the ICPC damning reportitor BY GODWIN OBI AND JAMES AKINOLA 21 years after senators and members of the House of Representatives forced the Executive to insert Special Intervention Projects (SIP), known as constituency projects, into the budget, it has been one problem afterContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI At least 50 persons, some of them children from neighbouring African countries, were, yesterday, rescued from a duplex on Omola Road, in the Edemola area of Epe, Lagos. News filtered around Epe and the entire Lagos State that the rescued persons, foreigners, were kidnapped and kept inContinue Reading
The Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa, has ordered a probe into the tragic killing of four senior officers and 12 soldiers in Delta State. It was gathered that the slain military personnel responded to a distress call after the communal crisis between the Okuama and Okoloba communities, both inContinue Reading
Godswill Akpabio • State Police, Resource Control, Fiscal Federalism, others as new battlegrounds • How S’West lawmakers orchestrated ‘counter coup’ against Northern counterparts BY GODWIN OBI Less than one year after the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, Senators from the North and their counterparts from the South are headingContinue Reading
CAC Nnadi fielding questions from journalists at the press briefing. BY OUR REPORTER The Tin Can Island Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has the premier role when it comes to the performance of the statutory functions as provided in the Customs and Excise Management Act. The Command whichContinue Reading
Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 31.7 per cent in February from 29.9 percent recorded in January 2024. The figure indicates an increase of 1.80 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in its latest CPI and inflation report released on Friday. The figure indicates that in February, the rateContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has called on the lawmakers to enact security related laws to stem the tide of kidnappings, saying the nation is at war against criminal elements. She reiterated her call for stiffer penalties for kidnappers in the country. “We should look into theContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has launched a registration portal for providers and users of port services operating at Onne Port, Rivers State. NSC Executive Secretary, Barr. Akutah Pius Ukeyima, said that the launching of the portal was in line with the mandates the council to registerContinue Reading