Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan The Hunters Group of Nigeria on Tuesday, pleaded with members of the Senate to pass the bill seeking to grant it a legal backing. They said doing so would officially empower them to assist the Federal Government to tackle insecurity. The Commandant of the group in Akwa Ibom State, John Essien, […]

Staff of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday swore an oath, committing not to leak official documents and information. The EFCC said in a statement that the oaths were administered in line with the Official Secrets Act and the newly adopted Document Classification Policy of the EFCC. The Act states that any person […]

The Federal Government has waded into ongoing strike and picketing in Kaduna State by the organised labour. Labour and Employment Minister, Senator Chris Ngige said this in a statement signed by Mr Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry, on Tuesday in Abuja. Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the immediate past Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed and quizzed him for about seven hours. Sources at the anti-graft agency disclosed that the former governor was being grilled by a crack team of operatives at the EFCC headquarters in Jabi, Abuja. Ahmed reportedly arrived the […]

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Ayuba Wabba addressing protesters in Kaduna State. says come and arrest me Barely two hours after Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai declared the NLC President, Comrade Ayuba Wabba wanted for economic sabotage, the labour leader has led another protest within Kaduna metropolis. The governor asked the NLC president to submit […]

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has sacked all nurses below grade level 14 in the state for embarking on strike in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress. The governor directed the Ministry of Health in the state to immediately advertise vacancies for the replacement of the dismissed nurses. Kaduna State has been grounded in the […]

A professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Plateau State, Grace Ayanbimpe, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. It was learnt that the professor and her husband, who reside close to Stanel Oil in Jos North Local Government Area, were kidnapped in the early hours of yesterday and taken away. A source […]

The anti-restructuring comment made by the President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan was his personal stance and not an indication of the Senate’s position, the Senator representing Oyo North in the Senate Senator Abdulfatah Buhari, has said. The 17 southern governors had, at a meeting in Asaba Delta State, called for urgent dialogue to resolve […]