From N10, 545.87 in October 2023 to N16, 734.55 in October 2024, the price of a 12.5 kg cylinder of LPG increased by 58.68%Households already struggling financially and with rising inflation are further burdened by this hikeCustomers across the nation are experiencing the effects of the price increase, with some areas seeing price increases of … Read more
Former Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, Comrade Kaduna Eboigbodin, has tragically died following a confrontation with police officers at a roadblock in the Upper Sokponba area of Benin City. Civil society organizations have issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the police to identify and hold accountable the officers involved in the … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has stated that its record-breaking recovery of 753 duplexes and other apartments on Plot 109 Cadastral Zone C09, Lokogoma District, Abuja were unclaimed by anyone, hence thr forfeiture of the properties. The EFCC said it was making the clarification after allegation of cover-up of the identity of the … Read more
The OPC has made a renewed call for the return of Nigeria to a regional system of government, saying it is the only way to drive developmentThe system was practised in the country between the 1950s and 1966 before the introduction of a unitary government by Nigeria’s first military Head of State, late General Aguiyi … Read more
The Senate plenary on Tuesday witnessed a heated exchange between Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Ahmed Aliyu Wadada (SDP, Nasarawa West) over the status of operations at the Port Harcourt refinery. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) had announced last week that the Port Harcourt refinery had commenced operations. However, the claim has … Read more
Nigeria and South Africa have agreed to urgently finalise the five-year-old Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Early Warning Mechanism, which monitors threats of violence, acts of criminality, and reprisals involving nationals of both countries. The decision was revealed on Tuesday in a communiqué released at the end of the 11th session of the Nigeria-South … Read more
Dele Farotimi, a renowned lawyer and public analyst, has consistently used his voice to advocate for social change in NigeriaKnown for his influential books like “Do Not Die in Their War” and “Imperatives of the Nigerian Revolution,” Farotimi champions accountability and equity in governanceHis journey from leading Lagos State University’s Student Union to becoming a … Read more
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana, has disclosed that Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, was arrested over an alleged criminal libel. Henzodaily reports that Falana, in a statement on Tuesday, revealed that Farotimi was arrested in Lagos State. Falana demanded that Farotimi should be released unconditionally from “illegal custody”. The statement read, “I just … Read more
A bill to rename the Federal University of Education to Maitama Sule Federal University of Education Kano has passed its first reading at the national assemblyHenzodaily.ng reports that the bill was read during plenary of the upper legislative chamber on Tuesday, December 3Deputy senate president Barau Jibrin, an indigene of Kano state, disclosed that five … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federal, Lateef Fagbemi, to work with the National Assembly to address concerns raised on the Tax Reform Bills. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. Idris said the President was committed to … Read more