Department of State Services (DSS) has said that some elements are planning to hijack the planned protest by labour unions over high cost of living to foment crisis and widespread violence in the country. The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), had last Friday declared a two-day nationwide mass protest for February 27 and 28, 2024, over…
Eight people have been abducted by gunmen who invdaded Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna state on Thursday night. However, three of the victims were said to have been released on Friday morning. One of the two students who were shot by the hoodlums was said to have died in the hospital on Friday morning. The…
By Daniel Dauda in Jos A lecturer with the Department of Theatre Arts of the University of Jos, Dr. Dan Ella, has been abducted by gunmen at his residence at Haske quarters in Laminga community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau state. The incident was said to have occurred in the early hours…
The Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC ) Limited is partnering with stakeholders to enhance the accessibility and affordability of liquified petroleum gas (LPG) in Nigeria. The Group Chief Executive Officer of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, disclosed this on Wednesday at the WLGPA India-Nigeria LPG summit in Abuja. The summit, themed, ‘Energising the future: leveraging the…
A Kaduna state high court has declared that the state government has no constitutional powers to take over markets. Deliverung judgment in a suit filed by some aggrieved traders at the Kasuwan Barchi market, Kaduna South Local Government Area of the state, whose shops were demolished by the state government, the court presided by Justice…
Until his sudden demise in a plane crash two years ago, my friend and kindred poet, Professor Pius Adesanmi, had a way of prodding me back to memory – that uncontested space where reflections become a burden and a necessity. A few years ago, during our telephone conversation in which we threw banter at each…
