..‘Returnees spent 10 years in neighbouring country over Boko Haram attacks’ • Governor Zulum (middle) with the refugess at Baga Sola, Chad…on Wednesday. BY GODWIN OBI The Federal Government has begun the repatriation of 7,790 Nigerians from the Republic of Chad. The Nigerian citizens fled to the neighbouring country andContinue Reading
BY ADOLPHUS DURU, CHIGOZIE EZEH, JOY OKON The House of Representatives Constitution Review Committee’s proposed creation of 31 additional states besides the country’s 36 existing states has sparked widespread reactions from prominent Nigerians and groups across the country. The proposal was contained in a letter to the House of RepresentativesContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI, JAMES AKINOLA Senator Sunday Katung has strongly condemned the recent attacks, killings, and kidnappings by terrorists in communities across his district. The lawmaker expressed his deep worry over the renewed attacks, which he said have brought immense pains, untold hardship, and shaken the well-being of the people.Continue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened to go on strike if the Federal Government does not rescind its recent approval for the 50 per cent increase in telecommunications tariff The President of the TUC, Comrade Festus Osifo, made this known during an interview on Channels Television’sContinue Reading
BY GODWIN OBI In a daring move to rescue Nigeria’s ports from the clutches of outdated infrastructure and sluggish operations, the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has secured approvals for a significant tariff overhaul., thereby hiking tariffs by 15% across the board, with a view to bringing the ports into aContinue Reading