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...

Dismisses Rumor of ESN Camp in Umunze The Anambra State Police Command has vowed to bring to book the killers of Mr. Joseph Ezenwegbu, who until his death about three days ago, was the ward chairman of the Young Progressives Party – YPP, in Nanka, a community in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to the Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Aderemi Adeoye, the Anambra State Police Command will leave no...

…Seeks arrest, prosecution Of Melaye, over cyber crime The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State has appreciated the Kogi people for their massive support, it attributed its resounding success in the just concluded governorship election to the collective determination of the good people of the state to shun ethnicity for the overall development of the state, while thanking voters for turning out massively for the candidate of the party, Usman Ododo. The party also...

LAGOS – Comrade Timi Frank, Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Nigerians not to expect free, fair, transparent and credible elections in 2027 under the administration of President Bola Tinubu and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Frank made the call in his reaction to the just concluded off-cycle governorship elections in three states of Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa. According to Frank in a press statement on...

Nigerian workers and civil servants affiliated with the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, stayed off work on Tuesday as a devastating work stoppage rocks Africa’s largest economy. Electricity workers, postal and telecommunications workers, bankers, medical and health workers, maritime workers, courts of law, railway workers, academic staff of tertiary institutions, and local government employees, among others, all joined the strike. The labour unions, NLC and TUC, last Tuesday, November 7, made...

…Score INEC high, say election free, fair A majority of the opposition political parties that participated in November 11 Kogi State governorship election have commended the Independent National Electoral A Commission (INEC) for adhering to electoral guidelines, even as it adjudged the poll  to be free, fair, credible, and acceptable to them. While addressing a press conference in Lokoja, the state capital, spokesperson for the political parties under the umbrella of United Progressive Political Parties...

The presidency has described the planned strike action by the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC and Trade Union Congress TUC as ‘illegal, immoral, unjustifiable and irresponsible’. Bayo Onanuga, the special adviser to the President on information and strategy stated this in a statement on Monday. He said the labour unions’ decision to embark on a national work strike despite a court order restraining them from doing so is an ‘abuse of privilege.’ Read Onanuga’s statement below....

The National Assembly, NASS, on Monday, received eight brand new coaster buses from the NASS clerk, Magaji Tambuwal. Tambuwal donated the vehicles to the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria, PASAN, to cater for the transport needs of the staff given the soaring cost of transportation. The deputy Senate president, Senator Barau Jibrin, commissioned the buses. Jibrin said the gesture demonstrates the commitment of the Godswill Akpabio-led 10th NASS in addressing the wellbeing of staff. He...