The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to reverse the recent hike in electricity tariff and fuel price or face a “total shutdown of the country’s economy”. Mr Ayuba Wabba, NLC President, disclosed this Read more…
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, says the Lagos-Ibadan Standard Guage Rail line should be ready by December, considering the progress works on the construction of rail stations by contractor. Amaechi gave the assurance while briefing newsmen in Ibadan, Oyo Read more…
The Ezeokweghi-Ezeofor Royal family of Enugwu village Nanka in Orumba North Local government area has commended Governor Willie Obiano for his developmental strides in the Community and for carrying traditional rulers along in the affairs of his administration. They gave Read more…
Anambra State Government has alerted the public of ongoing plans by some tipper drivers in the state to start a politically motivated action today, September 16th, 2020 by blocking major roads and streets, ostensibly to ask for, among other things, animmediate Read more…
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), on Tuesday, hosted the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio to a closed-door meeting for over three hours. The meeting, which held in the office of Mr Read more…
Obinna Odogwu, Awka Traders in Anambra State, operating under the aegis of United Igbo Market Leaders Association of Nigeria, have endorsed the 2021 governorship aspiration of Obiora Okonkwo, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Okonkwo, popularly known as Read more…
About one in seven volunteers who received a groundbreaking Russian coronavirus vaccine have complained of side effects such as muscle pain, weakness, and fever, according to the country’s Minister for Health Mikhail Murashko. Speaking to Russian newspaper Izvestia, Murashko explained Read more…
Shinzo Abe’s longtime ally Yoshihide Suga was voted in by the parliament to succeed him as prime minister of Japan. Having led the country since 2012, Abe resigned due to health problems. Suga’s candidacy was approved by both houses of Read more…
Writer and Africa’s first Nobel Prize winner in Literature, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has warned that Nigeria is “teetering on the very edge of total collapse.” He also said the country was more divided as never before under the administration of Read more…
Dear Alhaji Lai Mohammed, I didn’t know I would have to comment on the state of the nation again so soon after a recent response to presidential spokesman, Mallam Garba Shehu, on the courage exhibited by the President, Major General Read more…
The Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, has said the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, cannot extend his political empire to Edo State. Osagie expressed confidence that Read more…
The Senate on Tuesday faulted the policy adopted by the Presidential Task Force ( PTF) on COVID-19 which allowed only private laboratories to carry out tests on intending travellers abroad. The measure according to the upper chamber is detrimental to Read more…