Shekau allegedly commits suicide, as ISWAP fighters capture Sambisa
There are reports that Ibrahim Shekau, the leader of the Boko Haram group is dead. Report said he surrendered and engaged in an hours-long meeting with the ISWAP fighters before blowing himself up, according to Humangle. According to the news platform, the incident occurred on Wednesday evening following the invasion of the terror group’s stronghold […]
Coalition supports labour, warns El-Rufai
A coalition of civil society and labour groups has expressed dismay at the shrinking civic space in the country and cautioned that the alleged hiring of thugs by the Kaduna State government to attack workers at a rally organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is further proof that the nation has slid into full […]
No Going Back On Decision To Ban Open Grazing-Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu says the decision of the Southern Governors to enforce the ban on open grazing is irreversible. In a statement issued on Thursday, Akeredolun said the governors will enforce the ban with “vigour”. The governor’s statement in coming in on the hill of the criticism of the open grazing ban by […]
BREAKING: Governor Ayade Dumps PDP For APC
Cross Rivers Governor Ben Ayade has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) Governor Ayade announced his decision on Thursday morning after a closed-door meeting with six APC governors and members of the National Assembly who visited him at the Government House. The governors who visited Ayade include Abubakar Bagudu […]
NLC Suspends Warning Strike In Kaduna
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its five days warning strike in Kaduna State. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba said the decision to suspend the strike was to honour the invitation of the Federal Government on Thursday to mediate in the dispute between labour and the Kaduna State Government. The two major coalitions, NLC […]
El-Rufai Lacks Power To Declare NLC President Wanted- Falana
Human Rights Lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has described the action of Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai as laughable for declaring President of the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC), Ayuba Wabba and other union leaders wanted. The NLC had on Monday embarked on a protest on the unlawful sack of workers in the […]
National Carrier To Begin operation Of First Quarter In 2022
The Miniset of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, has announced that the new national carrier will comment operation by the first quarter of 2022 Sirika stated this on Wednesday while addressing State House correspondents after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. He explained that the new carrier is long overdue and will commence operation by early 2022 […]
Climate Change: CAPPA, activists besiege Shell Office
*Faults Net Zero Pledge Climate justice groups led by Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) yesterday besieged the Lagos Headquarters of Shell to demand that the company own up to the environmental impacts of its extraction and climate change and stop discourse on its Net Zero Pledge. The protest which was organised to […]
NECO shifts entrance examinations to unity schools
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed its national common entrance examination (NCEE) earlier scheduled to hold on May 29, due to what it described as low registration figures. In a statement on Wednesday, the council in a statement by the head of information and public relations division, Azeez Sani, said June 5 is the […]
Fraud: Lawyer says Rufai not a flight risk
The lawyer to Dapo Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai has said his client was not a flight risk. Speaking on the $350,000 fraud allegations against client, Michael Barrows said if granted bail, he (Rufai) “doesn’t represent a flight risk, in part because he has given up his passport.” Rufai, an aide to Governor Dapo Abiodun of […]
