Hunger protests
19 Nov
In a related development, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has urged Nigerians to refrain from using social media to report the conduct of police officers and instead direct such complaints to the Police Complaints Response Unit.
19 Aug
Network of Abuja Left Groups has revealed that one of the detained leaders of the #EndBadGovernance protests, Adaramoye Michael (a.k.a. Lenin) and other arrested demonstrators will be secretly arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja, today.
5 Aug
There’s a lot of work for government to do, in terms of engaging young people, like the hundreds who came out to protest against hunger and bad governance.
9 Feb 2024
In an apparent bid to douse the rising anger among Nigerians over the high cost of living, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Tajudeen Abass has pledged to put in place measures aimed at ensuring availability of essential food items at affordable rates.
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The 11 electricity distribution companies (DisCos) operating in the country paid a total of N137.06 billion to the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) in the first nine months of 2024 as transmission and administrative charges
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With feelers suggesting that many of the state governments have yet to communicate when the N70,000 minimum wage implementation will commence or lack the resources to pay, there are signals of a possible fresh struggle ahead of the full take-off of the year, The Guardian can report.
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The cost of revenue collection by Nigeria’s key agencies – the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) – continued to rise despite improved technology that has aided efficiency, hitting N924.7 billion last year.
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Terrorists have killed Acting Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Katsina State, Amadu Surajo.
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2025 will be a challenging year for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos. Governorship hopefuls and camps are gearing up for a supremacy battle that will determine the outcome of the forthcoming party congress and local council elections
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As many governors remain reluctant to implement the new national minimum wage of N70,000, it has become imperative that they rethink, given the harsh economic situation Nigerians are going through.
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With a fresh policy underway to ban the use of foreign currency for local transactions, there are concerns that the proposed legislation will inhibit foreign direct investments and trigger ‘black market’ transactions in the real estate market
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Governor 'Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, yesterday, offered reasons why the upgrade of Ibadan Airport to international standards, and the Ibadan Circular Road projects were strategic in setting the state economy on an accelerated trajectory.
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Riding on 2024 gains, the Nigerian Exchange Limited (NGX) commenced 2025 trading on a positive note, as the all-share index (ASI) recorded 1.42 per cent week-on-week (WoW) gain to close at 103,586.33 points.