Nasir el-Rufai has revealed that President Bola Tinubu wants to achieve constant power supply in the country in the next seven years. The former governor of Kaduna revealed this on Tuesday when he was screened by the senate as a ministerial nominee. Abdulaziz Yari, senator representing Zamfara west, asked el-Rufai how he intends to…
Angry protesters have pulled down the gate of the National Assembly in Abuja. Earlier, the protesters led by the leaders of the Organised Labour, Joe Ajaero of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Festus Osifo of the Trade Union Congress asked security operatives stationed at the legislative building to open the gates to allow the…
Joe Ajaero, President of Nigeria Labour Congress has announced the commencement of nationwide protest. Ajaero revealed this on Wednesday in an interview with Channels Television at Unity Fountain, Abuja, where workers gathered to hit the streets. He said there are some hindrances in the commencement of the protest in some states. “Protests have taken…
A middle aged Nigerian man and his teenage son have landed in police custody in Osun State. They were apprehended by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping members of a church during a vigil in Osun State. According to information made available by the Police Commissioner, Patrick Kehinde Longe, the man, Adamu…
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has said the police will not tolerate violent protest. His statement comes at a time members of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) planned to start their protest on Wednesday. Recall that the unions had planned a nationwide protest against the removal…
Serious tension took hold of the Ikeja area of Lagos State on Tuesday. The residents of the area were left panicking after a helicopter crashed into a building and burst into flames. The incident occurred opposite AP fuel station, close to a branch of the United Bank for Africa in the Oba Akran area of…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has been mocked by former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani over his nationwide address on Monday. Tinubu had addressed Nigerians on the current economic challenge in the country. Tinubu in his speech on Monday, revealed that plans are underway to ease the current pain and hardship many Nigerians are facing…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has knocked President Bola Tinubu over his speech on the review of minimum wage. Recall that Tinubu on Monday gave a nationwied broadcast to address the suffering and hardship caused by the removal of fuel subsidy. NLC in the statement noted that it was “open knowledge” that the review of…
Nigeria’s official currently, the naira, has been weakened some more. The naira, on Monday, weakened to N871 per US dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market. The figure represents a depreciation of N6 or 0.7 percent compared to the N865/$ it traded last week. Bureaux De Change (BDC) operators, popularly…
Veteran Nollywood actress, Ngozi Nwosu is 60 today. The actress took to her Instagram page to celebrate her birthday with gorgeous photos. Sharing the photos, she wrote: “Sixty and Stunning! God be praised! happy birthday to me #shinebrightlikeadiamond”