Pyakasa is a community between Alaita and Chika, along the Lugbe, Airport Road. It is a settlement for the indigenes of the area but most Abuja residents have taken respite in the area because of its affordable rent and its closeness to town compared t...
With curfew already imposed on three states of the federation, a rising death toll and the shutdown of the economy; an alarmed Senate, worried by the turn of events, yesterday rose from an executive session with a mandate that its leadership urgently m...
The nation-wide protests to stop the removal of fuel subsidy have led to the killings of Nigerians by anti-riot policemen. FRANCIS AGBO writes that instead of being a blessing, fuel has become a curse to the people of Nigeria. Oil. It has aromatic effe...
The Minister of Labour and Productivity Chief Emeka Wogu on Tuesday in Abuja, called on Nigerians as well as organised labour to show more understanding for deregulation policy, stressing that government was always ready to dialogue. Wogu made the call...
Rivers Governor, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, says the removal of fuel subsidy by President Goodluck Jonathan is to rescue the country’s economy from collapse. Amaechi stated this while addressing a rally organised by the Ni...
The Chairman, Traders Association of Mile 12 Market, Ketu, Lagos, Alhaji Haruna Mohammed, has warned that his members may increase the prices of foodstuffs and farm produce if government does not restore the subsidy on petrol. Mohammed gave t...
After a week of uncertainty as to where the international friendly between the Super Eagles of Nigeria and the Palancas Negras of Angola will take place, the Nigeria Football Federation yesterday confirmed that the encounter will now hold at the Nation...
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the Adamawa governorship election slated for Jan. 14, to Jan. 21. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, said in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday that the election was postponed because of the p...
The Federal Government has introduced a centralised commuter bus service for civil servants in Abuja to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal, the Head of Service (HOS), Alhaji Isa Sali, has said. Sali said on Tuesday in Abuja that the ge...
The IMF/World Bank did not instruct or direct the Federal Government to withdraw fuel subsidy, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chukwuemeka Wogu, said in Abuja on Tuesday. He said government took the decision in the best interest of the country...
A reckless driver trying to maneuver his commercial bus from a heavy bonfire by protesters at Ikosi –Ketu area of Lagos killed two peoplw who were on a motorbike. An eye witness said the accident occurred when the mass protesters stopped a ...
Some Nigerians in the Diaspora have criticised the continued flaring of gas in Nigeria, blaming the multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta for the trend. Mr. Aniedi Okure, the spokesman for the group protesting the removal of fuel su...
Following the violence, which trailed Monday’s protest against the removal of fuel subsidy in Gusau, the Zamfara Government has accused politicians of instigating the destruction of public property. A statement by the Special Adviser to the Gove...
The Federal Government is set to review sponsorship of overseas medical treatment for its officials, Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, said in Abuja on Tuesday. Reacting to the trend where government officials frequently went abroad for medic...
As the nationwide strike action called by organised labour and its civil society allies against the removal of fuel subsidy enters its second day, commercial activities remained grounded across most states of the federation. Here’s the situation ...