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Plans by the Federal government to cut workers’ salaries have drawn the ire of the organised labour in the country, who have warned against the move being contemplated by the government as a result of a fall in its revenue.   The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria have […]

…Asks Buhari to Look Inwards The opposition People’s Democratic Party has described the allegation by the Presidency that some Nigerians were plotting a forceful and undemocratic change of leadership as a resort to blackmail in the face of the government’s failure. The PDP in a statement by Kola Ologbondiyan, its National Publicity Secretary, said that […]

An Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has asked the government to pay the N100 ransom demanded by kidnappers who abducted students of Greenfield University, Kaduna. Gumi said in an interview with Punch that the Central Bank of Nigeria should pay the N100m ransom being demanded by the kidnappers of the students. He warned the government […]

The Presidency raised an alarm on Tuesday over alleged plots by groups and individuals to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.   It warned however that it was ready to deal decisively with the plotters, and would go to any extent to keep the unity of the country.   Speaking in a statement, Femi […]

Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry Enugu Nigeria, has admitted taking three contractors to President Muhammadu Buhari. The foreign contractors had proposals on how to deal with the country’s security challenges, the cleric said in his reaction to the accusation by the Presidency that his recent call for Buhari’s resignation was […]

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Robert Clarke, has warned that Nigeria could collapse in six months’ time “if care is not taken”. “The problem with Nigeria is that people who should know don’t want to know and they do not know,” he said on Channels TV, in response to a question on the warning issued […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) to be domiciled at the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), the government announced on Monday. Buhari also appointed Retired Major General AM Dikko as the National Coordinator of the centre, the government […]

The bandits who kidnapped the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna, have threatened to kill the remaining students in their custody, if  their demands are not met by Tuesday.   The gang kidnapped at least 23 students including a staff of the private university, located along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway were abducted from the school on April […]

…as Ohanaeze begins peace and conciliation process   Two pro-Biafran organizations, the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), and the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have ordered a sit-at-home on May 30.   Explaining on the modalities of the event, IPOB announced that its members in over 100 countries, including […]

The Nigerian Government has decided to restrict entry by non-Nigerian passport holders and non-residents who visited Brazil, India or Turkey within 14 days into the country, the government announced. The order formed part of decisions reached by the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 in view of escalating cases of COVID-19 and fatalities in some parts […]

President Muhammadu Buhari this week (late Wednesday) expressed disappointment and sadness over attacks on him by the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom.   Buhari also sent his condolences to the families of Nigerians have lost their loved ones in the recent spate of killings in the state.    The President spoke through a statement issued […]

James Olanrewaju a.k.a. Baba Ijesha, the Nollywood actor arrested for molesting a 14-year-old girl, faces a jail term ranging between three and 14 years, if convicted.   This is based on a list of possible charges that could be brought against him, as released by the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Team.   Baba […]