Protest: Angry Oyo Striking Workers Observe Juma’t Prayer Outside Secretariat Main Gate
Civil servants under the umbrella of the Nigerian Labour Congress Oyo State chapter on Friday observed Jumat Prayer at the frontage of the state government secretariat while pressing home their…
France Asks Niger Junta to ‘Guarantee’ Embassy Safety
France has asked Niger’s new junta to “fully guarantee” the safety of its embassy in Niamey ahead of planned protests Thursday in the capital following a coup. The foreign ministry…
Tinubu Assures Nigerians Port Harcourt Refinery Will Begin Operation by December
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday assured Nigerians that the Port Harcourt refinery would begin operation by December this year. The organised labour disclosed this in a statement signed by the…
Labour Suspends Strike After Meeting With Tinubu
The organised labour on Wednesday evening suspended its nationwide protest after meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House, Abuja. The labour leaders were led to the State House…
Hon Zaphaniah Jisalo, a Political Dynamo Waiting to Transform FCT |By Isiaka Kehinde
“You can’t go to pharmacy to buy a pack of experience, you have to be in those games in order to acquire the experience” – Arthur Bob Hartley. Without a…
Rwanda Imposes Curfew to Curb Noise Pollution
Rwanda has imposed a curfew on all “non-essential services” to reduce noise pollution. “For effective regulation of night-time entertainment and noise pollution, the Cabinet established closing time of non-essential services…
NLC Protesters Pull Down NASS Gate to Gain Entry Into Assembly Complex
The ongoing protest by organised labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC), took a different dimension in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), when protesters numbering…
NASENI Wants Ban on Export of Strategic Minerals to Stimulate Investment
The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) plans to seek a national policy that will stop the export of strategic Solid Minerals overseas thereby domesticating the production of…
Cote d’Ivoire’s Ex-President Henri Konan Bedie Dies
Cote d’Ivoire’s former president Henri Konan Bedie has died. A relative of Bedie confirmed news of his death to the Reuters news agency on Tuesday. The ex-president died at a…
APC Has no Plan to Domesticate Crude Oil Refining – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday berated the All Progressives Congress (APC) over its poor handling of the country’s oil and gas challenges. The PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr.…