Two main religious coalitions in Nigeria have called for prayers for President Muhammadu Buhari. The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and the Jama’atul Nasril Islam, JNI, made the calls in separate statements on Thursday. In its statement, signed by Kwamkur Samuel, Director of Legal and Public Affairs, CAN said it “is deeply concerned about the…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday staged a protest at the National Assembly complex, Abuja, over the rising cost of living in Nigeria. The NLC Chairman, Ayuba Wabba, said the groups were protesting the delay in the upward review of minimum wage “We are here to demand for…
The Bayelsa State Government has warned against the politicization of the Government’s decision to designate the Bayelsa palm as a grazing site for Fulani herdsmen and their cattle. Reacting to reports in the media, the Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor on Security Matters, Chief (Dr.) Boma Spero-Jack noted that, the security implications of…
The Federal Government has announced the take over of Arik Airlines and announced the appointment of a new management in a bid to save the country’s aviation industry from total collapse. Under the new arrangement, Roy Ilegbodu, a veteran aviation expert, has been named to take over the management of the airline under the receivership…
The Federal Government has filed 18 fresh charges against the Senate President Dr Bukola Saraki. When the case of false declaration of Assets against Dr Saraki, when he was the governor of Kwara state, came up in at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Wednesday Prosecution counsel Rotimi Jacobs informed the Tribunal of its decision …
A former Niger Delta ex-militant leader and Head of the Bayelsa State Waterways Security Task Force, Africanus Ukparasia, also known as “General Africa”, has described as lies allegations by a female activist from the Niger Delta, Ankio Briggs, that Governor Dickson had donated 1,200 hectares of Ijaw land to Fulani herdsmen for cattle grazing. He…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has charged Local Government Caretaker Committee Chairmen to use the opportunity to serve as a stepping stone to climb the political ladder. Speaking at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Wednesday after the inauguration and swearing in of new Local Government Caretaker Committee Chairmen, Governor Wike regretted that in…
The investigative panel set up by the Inspector General of Police to investigate the violence and other offences perpetrated during the Rivers state re run election has indicted the state governor Barrister Nyesom Wike of complicity. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that a police panel said that it recovered N111 million from 23…
AGENCY REPORT Rice is a big deal in Nigeria. People love eating it. So the BBC’s Ijeoma Ndukwe asks: why don’t they grow more of it instead of importing so much? A long line of customers queue along a glass divide separating them from a rice food station at an eatery in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial…
Sola Jonathan in Lagos The National President of the Association of Nigerian Licensed Customs Agents (ANLCA), Prince Olayiwola Shittu has reiterated the fact that it is an aberration for the Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Colonel Hameed Ali (rtd) to be the Chairman of the Board of the Service.. Shittu disclosed…
