Former deputy senate president, Ibrahim Mantu is dead. He was said to have died in the early hours of Tuesday in a private hospital in Abuja following an undisclosed ailment. He was aged 74. Mantu, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was elected as the senator representing Plateau central senatorial district in 1999….
President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been granted administrative bail by the Department of State Services (DSS). Activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, announced Ajaero’s release in a tweet on his X handle on Monday night. “BREAKING:The fascist regime of @officialABAT has released the…
By Callistus Agwaza in Jalingo The Taraba Tiv Youth Development Forum (TTYDF) has said that the Tiv people are not settlers but part of the indigenous ethnic groups in the state. In a statement in Jalingo, President of the forum, Torkuma Moses dismissed insinuations by the Jukun Youth and Cultural Development Association (JYCDA) that the…
Communities in Lere and Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas of Kaduna State have cried out over renewed attacks and kidnappings by bandits. In separate press statements issued on Tuesday in Kaduna, the communities called on the Kaduna State and federal governments to take adequate steps to protect citizens from frequent killings and attacks by bandits….
The federal government has declared Friday 7 and Monday 10, April 2023 as public holidays to mark Easter celebration. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, announced this on in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. The statement signed by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Shuaib Begore, on urged Christians to emulate the virtues of sacrifice,…
The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), are to “embark on an indefinite and total shutdown of the country”on October 3, to demand solutions to hunger and mass poverty Nigerians are going through as a result of removal of petrol subsidy. This was announced in a communique issued at the National…
