In the past eight days through strikes, mass rallies, shutdown, debates and street protests, Nigerians demonstrated clearly that they cannot be taken for granted and that sovereignty belongs to them. In the last twenty four hours, the Labour Move...
The Commander of the 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says the operation of sector 2 of the restructured Joint Military Task Force (JTF) is now under the supervision of the brigade. Sector 2 of the task fo...
The Miners Association of Nigeria (MAN) has urged the Federal Government to make solid minerals an alternative revenue source to reduce the reliance on oil. Alhaji Sani Shehu, the National President of the association made the call in an inte...
Sellers of sachet water in Abeokuta are recording a boom due to the scarcity of water in the Ogun capital. The correspondent, who monitored the development on Monday, reports that most residents have resorted to the use of sachet water t...
LEADERSHIP gathered that the soldiers were deployed overnight to prevent mass rally at the park today. Access to the area is now restricted as people are being asked to go back. Apart from Ojota, other major parts of Lagos are under siege. Meanwh...
Prayers are offered every year in Mosques and Churches in remembrance of the country’s fallen heroes, and wreath laying ceremonies are done in Abuja and all the states of the federation in their honour. But the families of the deceased heroes hav...
Chairman, Lagos Zone of Petroleum, Natural Gas, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, (PENGASSAN), Comrade Folorunso Oginni, has explained why the union did not shut down oil operations as it threatened. He said that Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and T...
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) yesterday told the Borno State government to pay N500 million compensation to each family whose love ones have been brutally murdered by the Boko Haram Islamic sect. The northern branch of the CAN blasted the ...
Controversy has trailed the alleged arrest of a suspected kingpin of the militant Boko Haram lslamist sect said to be responsible for the Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Saturday in Abuja. A section o...
It is only a person in coma that will not perceive the palpable fear that now pervades our dear nation. Never before has this nation been in this kind of dilemma since it gained independence from Britain in 1960. Though we have had all kinds of challen...
The Federal Government has requested for the immediate transfer of Alhaji Nuhu Mohammed Babawo (popularly known as “Intelligent”) to Abuja. The suspect, who was alleged to have a link a with Boko Haram, was arrested for possession of arms a...
President Goodluck Jonathan this morning announced that the Federal Government has reduced the price of petrol from N141 to N97, just as he directed the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) to ensure that petroleum marketers comply with...
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in Abuja led leaders of the National Assembly, the judiciary and the military to mark the 2012 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the annual ceremony at the National Cenotap...
Former Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau (Sardaunan Kano) has urged Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso to follow the path of honor and settle all his entitlements as provided by the state’s law on Pension Rights of Governor and Deputy...
Anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela’s life story is to be turned into a six-part television mini-series co-created by his grandson, the producers behind the multinational project said last Monday. Entitled ‘Madiba’, Mandela’s cla...