An indefinite strike has been announced by the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC and Nigeria’s Trade Union Confederation TUC from 3 October. The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, and the Trade Union Congress, Festus Osifo, at a press conference held in Abuja on Tuesday, September 26, called on Nigerians to stockpile foodstuffs in…
Minister of Power, Bayo Adelabu has disclosed that the federal government is working towards achieving 20,000 megawatts of electricity by 2026 and 60,000MW by 2060. Speaking during a visit to the National Control Centre of the Transmission Company of Nigeria in Osogbo, Osun state’s capital, Adelabu stated that the goal is not an ambitious target…
President Bola Tinubu has made an addition to his cabinet following his approval of the nomination of two more candidates for ministerial appointments. This brings the total number of ministers appointed by Tinubu in his administration to 47. The new appointments were made known in a press release on Sunday by the, Special Adviser to…
Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has expressed sadness over the demise of Adebola Akin-Bright, the 12-year-old boy with a missing small intestine at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) on Tuesday. Sanwo-Olu, in a condolence message by his Chief Press Secretary, Gboyega Akosile, described the death of Akin-Bright as a painful loss not only to…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year. “Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Kagame, who has ruled over the country with an iron fist for decades, told Jeune Afrique, a French-language news magazine, in an…
Taiwo Obasanjo had told traditional rulers to forgive her husband for ordering them to stand up and sit down like school children at a function in Oyo State. In a statement titled: “Oyo Kings: A plea for forgiveness”, Mrs Obasanjo begged “for permanent and eternal forgiveness and pardon from all Yoruba sons and daughters worldwide,…
“God listened to Cain’s appeal despite his horrible act of murdering his brother… etc There are many examples in the Bible of men speaking up to God, but they spoke not in arrogance or self justification but in humility and remorse. God Himself sent his priest to King David privately to correct him with respect…
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has sacked the Commissioner who threatened judges presiding over governorship elections petition tribunal in the state. In a video which has gone viral on social media, Commissioner of Land and Physical Planning, Adamu Kibiya, was heard asking the judges to choose between their lives and their work while…
President Bola Tinubu will on Sunday, September 17, depart Abuja to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States of America (USA). The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelali, disclosed this to State House correspondents today September 15. According to Ngelale, alongside the General Assembly…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has said that Nigeria is “gradually losing one of the biggest intangible assets that make a nation strong, which is respect for the rule of law”. In a statement posted on his X handle in celebration of International Democracy Day today September…