The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has declared a nationwide protest slated for December 17 over the “degenerating security situation” across the country. In a notice issued to all state councils on December 10, after its national executive committee (NEC)-in-session meeting on December 4, the labour union condemned the rampant activities of bandits and kidnappers across…
The federal government has unveiled the first Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) conversion centre in Kaduna. Speaking at the inauguration of the Conversion Centre in Kakau, Chikun LGA of Kaduna state, the Director of Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas, Micheal Oluwagbemi, said President Bola Tinubu has resolved to invest in the use of Compressed Natural…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has said that it had identified those behind the planned nationwide protest. Spokesperson of the service, Peter Afunanya, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the DSS is adopting a non-kinetic measure and conflict resolution to address the impending protest “against hunger and economic hardship”….
The Niger State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed the death of 98 persons in Saturday’s tanker explosion in Dikko, Gurara Local Government Area of the state. The Director General of NSEMA, Abdullahi Baba-Arah, who confirmed the casualty figures in a statement on Monday, said 69 people sustained injuries in the unfortunate incident. He added…
The Sultan Lane Kaduna residence of late President Muhammadu Buhari was deserted and desolate as armed soldiers prevented journalists from accessing the street. Neighbours along the street were indoors with their gates closed. One of the soldiers guarding the resident told journalists that they had not received any formal information about the death of the…
Twelve people have been killed while 9 others were seriously injured in an attack by bandits on Gindin Dutse Makyali village of Kufana district, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna state. A resident of the community said the attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday. He said residents of the community were asleep when…
