NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO HOLD EMERGENCY PLENARY WEDNESDAY
The National Assembly will on Wednesday hold an emergency plenary. According to a statement on Monday issued by the Spokesperson for the House of Representatives,...
WE WON’T ALLOW REPEAT OF ENDSARS, SAYS IGP EGBETOKUN DURING ONGOING MEETING WITH PARAMILITARY FORCES
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has declared that security forces will not permit a recurrence of the 2020 Endsars protest, which resulted in...
EAGLE SQUARE PUBLIC PROPERTY, NO GOING BACK ON USAGE – PROTEST ORGANISERS TACKLE WIKE
The Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, has been told by the organizers of the planned hunger protest in Abuja that nothing would prevent them...
UPDATED: PRESIDENT TINUBU SIGNS N70,000 MINIMUM WAGE BILL INTO LAW
President Bola Tinubu has signed the minimum wage bill into law, ending months of deliberations between government authorities, labour unions, and the private sector. He...
HUNGER: PRESIDENCY CANNOT STOP NIGERIANS FROM PROTESTING — AJURI NGELALE
Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, has affirmed that citizens have the right to protest and that no one...
PETER OBI TO DANGOTE: YOU DID RIGHT THING BY INVESTING IN NIGERIA
Former presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi has offered words of encouragement to Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, following reports of Dangote’s...
NSCDC TIGHTENS SECURITY IN KWARA AHEAD NATIONWIDE PROTEST
The Kwara state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has warned those who may seek to exploit the planned nationwide protest...
VENEZUELA ELECTION: PRESIDENT MADURO DECLARED WINNER, OPPOSITION REJECT RESULT
On Sunday, Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of Venezuela’s presidential election but the opposition and key regional neighbours immediately rejected the official results. According...
NASS WILL MAKE DIASPORA VOTING HAPPEN SOON, SPEAKER ABBAS ASSURES NIGERIANS ABROAD
Hon. Tajudeen Abbass, Speaker, House of Representatives has assured Nigerians in the Diaspora that the much- expected Diaspora voting will happen during the tenure of...
UPDATE: TELECOS TRYING TO RESTRICT INTERNET ACCESS, FRUSTRATE PLANNED PROTEST – ADEGBORUWA
Ahead of the planned #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest in August, human rights lawyer Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has asked the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to probe telecommunication operators’...