Nigerian workers begin two-day rally over economic hardship

EconomyNewsNigeriaNigerian workers begin two-day rally over economic hardship

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 27, 2024

Protests broke out all over Nigeria this morning as the authorities failed to convince Nigerian workers to halt their planned nationwide work strike. A government delegation led by Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, met with the leaders of the labour unions on Monday night, hoping to resolve the issues that warranted the strike but the meeting was deadlocked. “The rally goes on,” said the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,...

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Tinubu approves merging, scrapping duplicate agencies to cut cost of governance

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu approves merging, scrapping duplicate agencies to cut cost of governance

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 27, 2024

The Nigerian government has approved a plan to restructure several government agencies, in what is viewed as a much-anticipated cost of governance reduction measure. The decision was made at the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu on Monday and followed recommendations from the 2012 Stephen Oronsaye Panel report. The 800-page report recommended the scrapping or merger of some 263 of 541 government agencies and parastatals to avoid overlaps and duplicity of...

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FG opposes Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application as years-long trial lingers

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaFG opposes Nnamdi Kanu’s bail application as years-long trial lingers

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 27, 2024

The running battle between the Nigerian government and Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, rages on as Kanu’s application for bail will be heard by an Abuja court next month. British national Kanu was arrested in Kenya and forcefully extradited to Nigeria in June 2021. Since then he has been in detention in custody of the Department of State Services, DSS, despite a Court of Appeal judgement on 13 October...

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NewsNigeriaPoliticsZamfara lawmakers impeach Speaker over rising insecurity

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 25, 2024

The mounting security crisis that has gripped Northwest Zamfara State in recent times has led to the impeachment of the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Bilyaminu Moriki. Moriki’s impeachment last Thursday was endorsed by 18 out of 24 members of the House after a motion was moved to that effect by Hon. Nasiru Abdullahi who is representing the Maru constituency. The lawmakers pointed to the relentless attacks, deaths, and abductions that have become...

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ECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, asks junta to free Bazoum

NewsWest AfricaECOWAS lifts sanctions on Niger, asks junta to free Bazoum

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 25, 2024

Following the threat by three member-states run by the military to permanently withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the regional bloc has extended an olive branch to the estranged members. ECOWAS said on Saturday it is relaxing the sanctions on Niger Republic over last year’s coup. The President of the ECOWAS Commission, Dr Omar Touray, said, “The Authority has resolved to lift, with immediate effect, the following measures imposed on the...

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Protests against Tinubu’s government are sponsored: Senate President

NigeriaPoliticsProtests against Tinubu’s government are sponsored: Senate President

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 22, 2024

The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio said Nigerians are protesting against the state of the country’s economy because they were ignorant of the grand plans of President Bola Tinubu’s government. There have been street protests across Nigeria since last week over the high cost of living occasioned by the removal of the gas subsidy and other reforms of President Tinubu whose administration is nearing one year. The umbrella body of Nigerian workers, the Nigeria...

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EFCC raid streets, arrests illegal money changers as effort to save the naira takes new shape

BusinessNewsNigeriaEFCC raid streets, arrests illegal money changers as effort to save the naira takes new shape

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 22, 2024

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has gone all out to save Nigeria’s local currency, the naira from its continued free fall against foreign currencies. On Wednesday, Nigeria’s forex crisis saw the naira trade for N1,830/US$1 in the streets. The official exchange rate does not fare better too. The currency has plunged to N1,555/US$1, moving closer to the street rate. The naira also weakened against the Great British Pound and the Euro. The rates...

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DSS calls on NLC to shelve upcoming protest

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDSS calls on NLC to shelve upcoming protest

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 21, 2024

…”Protest will go on”, NLC responds As Nigerian workers under the umbrella of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, are warming up for a total shutdown on February 27 and 28, the Department of State Services, DSS, wants the protest cancelled “in the interest of peace and public order.” Last Friday, the NLC declared a two-day nationwide mass protest to press the government to address the economic turbulence that has seen the naira weaken by the...

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Nigerian Army kill one terrorist in Kaduna forest hideout

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Army kill one terrorist in Kaduna forest hideout

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 21, 2024

The Nigerian Army (NA) on Tuesday smoked out terrorists in Yadi Forest in Kidandan village in Kaduna. The “deep clearance operations”, according to the NA spokesman Major General Onyema Nwachukwu on Wednesday, led to the killing of one of the terrorist gang members. The terrorist fighter was killed in the heavy firefight between the soldiers and the outlaws. Other gang members subsequently took to their heels to avoid meeting a similar fate. “During the operation,...

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Terrorists kill 6, burn houses at a village in Katsina

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTerrorists kill 6, burn houses at a village in Katsina

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 21, 2024

Terrorists stormed Yan-Nasarawa village in Faskari LGA of Katsina State on Monday night, leaving a trail of six corpses, with burnt houses and motorcycles. Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the attack on Tuesday Aliyu said that the attackers were armed to the teeth with sophisticated AK-47 rifles. Sounds of heavy gunshots at about 11:30 p.m. jolted the locals from sleep. “They shot and killed six persons, injured 10, and set...

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