Since the discovery of another abducted Chibok girl barely 24-hours after the first one was found, there has been speculation and excitement. Yesterday, members of the #BringBackOurGirls group and the Chibok community criticized by the ostentatious display of photos of the discovered girls. The army has been steadily releasing photos, and both the activists, family,... Read More
The Nigerian Army on Wednesday,airlifted the rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali, from Damboa to Maiduguri along with her baby and alleged ‘husband’, Mohammed Hayatu. According to a statement signed by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, Acting Director Army Public Relations, the girl has been handed over to the Borno state government and will be flown to Abuja... Read More
It would appear that every Nigerian except the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) knew that Nigeria is having serious economic difficulties. This fore knowledge of the severity of our economic situation is probably the main reason why the federal government is winning this war of wits -or whatever it is- with the NLC. A careful observation... Read More
The National Labour Congress (NLC) has defiantly gone against the advise of the Federal Government as well as the ruling of the National Industrial Court and commenced a nationwide strike action following the failure of the government to reduce the hiked price of petrol from N145 per litre to N86 per liter. The NLC had... Read More
A Lagos Federal High Court has thrown out an objection filed by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (Agip) to stop the Federal Government of Nigeria from proceeding with a lawsuit filed against them. The objection was filed by the oil company on March 24, 2016 after the federal government instituted a lawsuit against some... Read More
The Nigerian government has threatened to invoke the principles of “no work no pay” on any government official who does not show up for work today in order to join the strike action and to arrest an labour member that attempts to force workers to join the strike. This was contained in a press statement... Read More
The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday, May 17 exited its talks with the Federal Government over the reduction of the hiked price of petrol in the country threatening to commence with its planned strike action on Wednesday, May 18 despite a court order restraining such measures. The Trade Union Congress however will... Read More
The Nigerian government has been given ‘one day’ to explain why former National Security Adviser (NSA) Colonel Mohammed Sambo Dasuki (rtd) has been in detention since December 2015. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court gave the order on Tuesday, while hearing Dasuki’s suit challenging his detention and infringement on his fundamental human... Read More
A group, the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit, on Tuesday lambasted the Nigerian government for not having any economic direction and making inconsistent policies. This was contained in a statement signed by the group’s president, Saheed Ashafa. The statement reads in part: “We are not unaware of the current economic crisis... Read More
A National Industrial Court (NIC) in Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to shelve its plan of embarking on a nationwide strike on Wednesday. While ruling on the case brought before it by the federal government, Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, through... Read More
A four-hour meeting between the federal government and organised labour to discuss the hike in fuel price, on Monday night, ended in deadlock. The government tried to put a spin on it, though. According to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, who spoke to newsmen after the meeting on Tuesday morning,... Read More
There is a saying that goes: ‘When two elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers’. This saying that has been used to characterise the carnage borne from the combat of two or more powerful forces cannot be overemphasised as regards the current happenings and the current state of the nation. Nigeria is currently sitting... Read More
The special session of the House of Representative was, on Monday, thrown into a state of rowdiness following the Speaker Yakubu Dogara’s overruling of an objection raised by a People’s Democratic Party lawmaker. The lawmakers had convened to deliberate on the fuel subsidy removed by the federal government last week. See pictures below
Again, two members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra, MASSOB were believed to have been killed by 2 policemen from the Okpoko Police Division in Onitsha, Anambra state while some sustained injuries while a shop was on fire on Sinday, May 15, according to a report by Vanguard. A... Read More
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), on Friday, called on the Nigerian government to revert the price of fuel to N86 per liter or prepare to face a nationwide strike that will halt the economy of Nigeria. The NLC made their position known after holding a National Executive Council (NEC)... Read More
“On the two female would-be suicide bombers in Cameroon, one of which self-professed to be a Chibok girl; there has been no update from the federal government. This is unacceptable. Where is she now? Has she been properly identified and profiled? Has she been reunited with her family? Is her rehabilitation going on well? We... Read More
As a result of the late assent of the 2016 budget, the Federal Government has said it’s unlikely that full implementation of the document can be achieved. The 2016 Appropriation Bill was on Friday, May 6, signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari, almost six months after submitting the document to the National Assembly. Minister... Read More
The Federal Government has called on the ECOWAS community court sitting in Abuja to hands off the case brought before the court by embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. In letter to the sub-regional court, the federal government, through the Federal Ministry of Justice, noted that the court lacked the... Read More
According to the two labour organisations in the country – the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress – there is a constitutional provision for the review of the minimum wage every five years. The unions recently made a proposal of N56,000 Minimum Wage to the Federal Government, based on the argument that the... Read More
For the past few months, Benue State in the North-Central part of Nigeria has been largely restive with attacks on villages by persons said to be marauding herdsmen; the most affected of these areas has been Agatu Local Government where over 300 persons were killed and thousands displaced. There have also been sporadic clashes involving... Read More
In a bid to avoid the crisis that trailed the 2016 budget, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning, on Friday, disclosed that it has started to prepare the 2017 budget. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Information in the ministry, Charles Dafe. The Minister of State for Budget and... Read More
Monday, May 2, has been announced as a public holiday to commemorate the 2016 Workers’ Day Celebration. The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), announced this on Thursday, April 28, on behalf of the Federal Government. In the statement which was released by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Bassey Akpanyung, Nigerian workers... Read More
Despite the difficulty in enforcing the N18,000 minimum wage in the present climate of economic crunch, the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, on Wednesday, said it had proposed to the federal government, N56,000 as the new minimum wage. This was stated by the NLC president Ayuba Wabba while speaking with... Read More
National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, Otunba Gani Adams, has urged the Federal Government to seek spiritual help in tackling the nation’s economic challenges. Adams made the call on Tuesday, at the grand finale of the annual Aje Festival in Lagos. “Now is the time to appreciate Aje, the deity that is in charge... Read More
Secessionist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, on Monday, accused the Nigerian government, the Department of State Services and the Attorney General of the Federation, of trying to frustrate the criminal trial of its embattled leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The group said this in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Officer, Emma Powerful, who... Read More
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has expressed his readiness to support the policies of President Muhammadu Buhari, provided it will positively impact the people of Rivers state. Speaking on Monday, at the Government House, Port Harcourt, Governor Wike said his primary objective is to improve the welfare of the people of Rivers. The governor... Read More
A former Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu (retd.), has reportedly returned to the federal government, N2.3 billion which he allegedly diverted from the Airforce while he served as its boss. This brings to a total of N4 billion recovered so far from Amosu. According to Punch Newspapers, Amosu paid back the money... Read More
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, disclosed that the anti-graft agency has discovered 37,395 ghost workers on the payroll of the Federal Civil Service. The EFCC boss stated this during a sensitization program on the ongoing anti-corruption war. The program was organized by the agency to for the... Read More
Former Niger Delta militant leader, Government Ekpemulopo (Tompolo), who has been declared wanted, has challenged the N45.9bn fraud charges filed against him. In January 2016, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had charged Tompolo alongside nine others before Justice Buba for an alleged N45.9bn fraud, however, the former militant leader repeatedly ignored court summons issued... Read More
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