The member-elect for Nnewi North, Nnewi South and Ekwusigo Federal Constituency, Hon. Peter Uzokwe, and member-elect for Orumba North and Orumba South Federal Constituency, Hon. Princess Chinwe Nnabuife, have been sworn-in as members of the House of Representatives. The swearing-in took place during plenary on Tuesday. On Monday, February 7th, the members-elect were issued with their certificates of return by the INEC, and on Tuesday, they were administered with an oath of office and sworn...

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...