The Rivers State Government sealed off the secretariat of the state chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress located on the D-Line axis of Port Harcourt. Although a letter from the State Bureau for Special Duties indicated that the premises of the state NLC were sealed to allow for structural integrity test, the Chairperson of labour…
Anger and frustration are the reactions that have trailed the Lagos state government’s implementation of the ban on okada and tricycles in 15 local councils. The state government had announced the ban would take effect from February 1. Lagos residents have taken to social media platforms, especially Twitter to share photos and videos of their experience…
There was a protest at Allen roundabout, Ikeja area of Lagos State on Monday over the ban on commercial motorcycles (okada) and tricycles (keke) in 15 local councils and major roads in the state. This is coming a few hours after some of the riders protested at Ijora area of Lagos State, our correspondent reports. Before Monday’s…
A non-profit organisation, Lesbian Equality and Empowerment Initiative, has dragged the Corporate Affairs Commission before the Court of Appeal over the refusal of the CAC to register it. Recall that LGBT activist, Pamela Adie, had in 2018 sued the CAC for refusing to register the organisation, but lost the case. The activist said on Twitter…
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to change his tone of command to his service chiefs, if the country must overcome the current state of insecurity. CAN chairman, north central, Rev. Israel Akanji, who spoke with journalists in Abuja on Sunday during a protest march against insecurity in Nigeria,…
The Police in Ekiti State says it has set in motion the process of recruiting 800 Special Constables that will work with the conventional police to tackle the rising level of insecurity in the country. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Sunday Abutu on Sunday, the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti,…
A Fulani group, Fulani Nationality Movement, (FUNAM), has laid claim to Nigeria as a whole, issuing a notice of planned conquest of the entire country. The group, which reportedly made a similar provocative statement in 2018, following the Benue massacre by herdsmen, said it is ready to possess its inheritance apportioned by Uthman Dan Fodio….
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra was on Sunday gutted by fire. Confirming the incident to journalists, Haruna Mohammed, Police Public Relations Officer in the state command, said “the fire allegedly emanated from the bush burning. “However, the extent of the damages done…
A 30-year-old housewife identified as Shukurat Olufowobi, has been arrested for beating her 5-year-old stepson Azeem Olufowobi to death. The resident of the Oshodi Oke area of Ogijo was arrested after members of the public notified the police of the incident. It was gathered that the boy was beaten with an object that gave him a skull injury…
It was a tragic scene along Ogoni/Akwa Ibom road after some policemen lost their lives during a hot chase in a bid to arrest a car. According to reports, four policemen who tried to arrest a Siena car along the express road resort to chasing the car after it refused to stop. Unfortunately for them,…