Nigeria and African news

The Christian Lawyers Fellowship of Nigeria (CLASFON), says financial autonomy for the judiciary will promote rule of law and democracy in Nigeria. In a statement on Wednesday in Kaduna, the group expressed its support for the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), insisting that the federal and state governments must allowed…

The Niger Delta Youth Congress (NDYC) says the monetary policies of the Central Bank of Nigeria is ill-timed and poorly implemented. The group also condemned the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, for supporting the policy amid excruciating hardship Nigerians are going through. A statement signed by signed by Israel Uwejeyan,…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended the nationwide strike  embarked upon on Tuesday. The decision to suspend  the strike was taken  after leaders of the two unions met with representatives of the federal government on Wednesday at the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) in Abuja. The unions…

The Muslim community in Plateau state on Thursday, join hundreds of people in a peaceful protest against the appeal court judgments that sacked two senators and four members of the House of Representatives, elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. The protest came from the 17 Local Government Areas…

The Kaduna state government has reacted to a list trending on the social media, purported to be names of “family and friends”, of Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who were allotted plots of land in choice locations in Kaduna by the government. According to a report by Peoples Gazette, an online newspaper, those who benefited from the…