Senator Ned Nwoko, the lawmaker representing Delta North senatorial district, wants the Senate to amend the existing law that prohibits Nigerians from bearing firearms for self-defence. The Firearms Control Act No. 32 of 1959 provides that no person shall have in his possession or under his control, any firearm or ammunition except such person has a license from the President or the Inspector General of Police. With the alarming escalation of attacks, abductions for ransom...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, have threatened to go on a nationwide strike in two weeks if the government fails to take decisive action to alleviate the economic hardship rocking the country. The workers’ union lamented the “massive hardship” the removal of the petrol subsidy and the spiralling inflation linked to the crash of the Nigerian currency, the naira, against the United States dollar has wrought. They also accused...