Residents of Lagos State are allegedly being threatened by suspected thugs to stay home during the hunger protest that is set to take place from Thursday, August 1–10. In a viral clip on Tuesday, the people whose voices were only heard were chastising the market women and men to desist from the planned protest as…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) says the tightness in fuel supply and distribution is caused by a hitch in the discharge operations of a couple of vessels. The chief corporate communications officer, NNPC Ltd., Olufemi Soneye, made this known in a statement released today July 27, while reacting to the current queues…
Kashim Shettima, the Vice President of NIgeria, has received a delegation of the United Nations led by its Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, at the State House, Abuja. Reports revealed that the UN delegation was said to have visited Nigeria to strengthen democracy and promote partnerships in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The…
Senator representing Anambra South Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, Ifeanyi Ubah has been announced dead. Ubah is reported to have died in a hotel in London, the United Kingdom. Report claims he left for London two days ago. A group chat containing mainly senators broke the news and senators have started to send in…
President Bola Tinubu has signed into law bills to accelerate development across Geo-political zones in the country. The President has assented to the North-West Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024, and the South-East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2023. The North-West Development Commission is set up to facilitate the reconstruction of roads, houses, and business premises destroyed…
Oba Lukman Adebambo, the Gbadewolu of Araromi in Lagos, has warned prospective protesters in the state. The monarch insinuated that those planning the protests are non-indigenes of Lagos. Oba Adebambo told The Nation: “Whenever there is a protest, infrastructure in Lagos State bears the brunt. People should remember that Lagos State accommodates all and indigenes…
By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, SAN After the right to life, the next important right for every individual is the right to freedom of speech, by which all men and women are conferred with the inalienable right to express themselves freely. In Genesis Chapter 4, God punished Cain for killing his brother Abel without a lawful cause….
The 16th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said that the people in the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) ‘do not want to end their lucrative subsidy scam.’ The Emir said this while commenting on the ongoing issue surrounding the Dangote refinery. Speaking on the argument by NNPC that relying on one refinery…
The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has urged President Bola Tinubu to dialogue with the leaders of groups planning to protest against the prevailing hardship in the country. Ajaero stated that protesting is a right of citizens, and millions of Nigerians are angry about the state of the national economy. In…
Peter Obi Media Reach (POMR) has raised alarm over the plan to frame and arrest former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Peter Obi, the Federal Government on an allegation of organising a protest. In a tweet on Saturday, the presidential spokeswoman, Bayo Onanuga, claimed that Obi was the driving force behind the…