The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) have issued a 14-day ultimatum to the federal government over the rising cost of living in the country. In a joint statement on Thursday in Abuja, the labour unions said the government has failed to honour the 16-point agreement signed on October 2,…
The umbrella body for Muslims, the Ja’amatu Nasril Islam (JNI), headed by Sa’ad Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has called on the federal and state governments to urgently address the economic and security challenges facing Nigerians before the situation worsens. The religious body also called for the immediate release of all those arrested during recent…
The House of Representatives has commenced the process of immortalising former Speaker, Ghali Na’Abba. Na’Abba, who was speaker of the house between 1999 to 2003, died on December 27, 2023, in Abuja at the age of 65. This was considered after a motion brought to the floor of the House by a member of the…
Callistus Agwaza, Jalingo Kuteb elders in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State has kicked against plans by the state governor, Kefas Ogbu, to rob the Kuteb ethnic nationality of the Ukwe traditional stool in Takum. The Kuteb Yatso of Nigeria (KYN), an umbrella body of the Kuteb ethnic nationality, recently made similar allegations against…
Nigeria’s Super Eagles on Wednesday qualified for the final of the 34th Africa Cup of Nations in Bouake, Côte d’Ivoire with a 4-2 defeat of South Africa’s Bafana Bafana in penalty shootouts. The match lasted with an extra time amounting to 120 minutes deadlocked 1-1 without a clear winner. In the shootouts, Bafana Bafana missed…
The National Security Adviser, (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has urged security agencies to adopt a holistic and approach that addresses the root causes of security challenges bedeviling the country. In a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, Ribadu said it has become incumbent on security agencies to reflect on the evolving nature of the security threats and…
