The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has presented Certificates of Return to Hope Uzodimma, Duoye Diri and Usman Ododo, Governors-elect of Imo, Bayelsa and Kogi States respectively. They were elected governors of their respective states during the off-cycle governorship polls on Saturday, 11 November. INEC also presented Certificates of Return to their deputies on Friday. Ododo will be sworn in as governor of Kogi State on 27 January 2024. Diri and Uzodimma will also take...

Public and private sector workers in Nigeria returned to their various workplaces on Thursday after a largely successful two-day industrial action following directives from the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC. Workplaces were shut down across Nigeria’s 36 states and the capital city Abuja on Tuesday and Wednesday. While the strike was observed strictly in some states, it wasn’t in others. The NLC and TUC suspended the strike...

The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, on behalf of the Nigerian government, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, to call off the ongoing strike that has grounded economic activities in the country. The NSA, in a statement on Wednesday, said he is “worried about the implications of the strike action on the livelihood of ordinary Nigerians and its potential impact on economic security and other strategic national...