National
2 Aug 2023
Two witnesses of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) told the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday that results in Toto Local Government Area were manipulated to favour Gov. Abdullahi Sule. The PDP candidate at the March 18 governorship election, Mr David Ombugadu, and his party are challenging the victory of Gov. Sule of…
2 Aug 2023
Nigeria has reportedly cut the power supply to the Niger Republic as one of the sanctions from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the coup in the country. The BBC reports that Nigeria cut the power supply to the Niger Republic on Tuesday, according to its sources. General Abdourahmane Tchiani, also known…
2 Aug 2023
Mali, Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, and Guinea were absent at the ECOWAS Defence Chiefs meeting held in Abuja. Nigeria's Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, is leading meeting of Chiefs of Defence Staff from 15 ECOWAS countries at Defence headquarters, Abuja today. The military leaders are discussing the political situation in the Niger Republic.…
2 Aug 2023
Nigeria's labour unions - the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and their affiliate unions, started their protest on Wednesday in Abuja, Lagos and other parts of the country. Protesters in Abuja on Wednesday who began their demonstration from the Unity Fountain broke down the first gate of the National Assembly complex and…
2 Aug 2023
President Bola Tinubu is expected to meet UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who is on a 4-day African visit, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Cleverly, who will spend two days in Nigeria, is on a three-country visit where he is prioritising future-focussed, mutually-beneficial partnership. A statement from the UK Foreign,…
2 Aug 2023
Despite all government did to throw spanners in the works, including court injunctions and long-drawn negotiation meetings, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will today, proceed with its planned protest against recent fuel price hike, tuition fees hike in public schools and withheld salaries of lecturers and workers in universities.
2 Aug 2023
A major disaster was narrowly missed in Lagos, yesterday, when a distressed light-aircraft on test-run crash-landed on busy Oba Akran road in Ikeja, on a gas pipeline and a few metres from a filling station.
2 Aug 2023
Stakeholders in Abuja, yesterday, expressed concern over the state of the power sector in Nigeria, lamenting that about 10 years after privatisation of the electricity industry, supply to end users has remained below 4,000 megawatts.
2 Aug 2023
Lawmakers, yesterday, blocked a petition against the nomination of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, when he appeared for screening.
2 Aug 2023
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has urged the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to “impose more stringent sanctions on Niger Republic and adopt measures to make them work, particularly given the intransigence of the coup plotters.”
2 Aug 2023
A Federal High Court in Lagos, yesterday, granted suspended Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, leave to serve Director General, Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Yusuf Magaji Bichi, the order of court admitting him to bail and directing his remand in the custody of Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) by substituted means.
2 Aug 2023
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, rued the impact of sit-at-home in the South East, saying that over 250 people have been killed through the enforcement of the order since August 2021.