Author: Olabanji Ayoola

Prominent activist and human rights lawyer, Femi Falana  SAN has stated that no threats from the government or any other quarters can prevent the impending nationwide protests scheduled to commence on August 1. Despite statements from various organizations and the presidency condemning the planned protests, Falana said the demonstrations aim to draw attention to the […]

Some concerned elders from the North and Southern parts of the country under the aegis of the Citizens Network for Peace and Development in Nigeria (CNPDN) have appealed to masterminds of the planned Youth protest to shelve the plan. The groups behind the nationwide protest operating under the hashtag, #EndBadGovernance, have fixed the action for […]

President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday formally welcomed former senate president Anyim Pius Anyim into the All Progressives Peoples Congress (APC). Anyim, the secretary to the government of the federation in President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Advertisement Dear Reader, The Book You Have Been Waiting For Is Ready You […]

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has debunked reports on its alleged withdrawal from the planned mass protest by some Nigerians against economic hardship. The president, Joe Ajaero in a statement on Wednesday, July 24, noted that the NLC could not withdraw from a protest it did not organise. “A news report of the withdrawal of […]

Ahead of the planned nationwide protest slated to begin on August 1, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State has appealed to Nigerians particularly the youths to let peace reign. The party in a statement signed by its spokesman, Hon. Seye Oladejo, on Wednesday said the mass destruction factored by the 2020 EndSARS protest […]

A few days after the removal of Senator representing Borno South, Ali Ndume as Senate Chief Whip and Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Appropriation, the All Progressives Congress faithful from his home state stormed Abuja to protest the action of the Party Caucus in the Senate. The APC lawmakers axed Ndume based on a formal […]

The newly approved N70,000 minimum wage applies universally to all public and private workers, including maids and other domestic staff. Senate President Godswill Akpabio announced this during the plenary session on Tuesday. The bill was swiftly passed by both chambers of the National Assembly shortly after President Bola Tinubu transmitted it. During the plenary, Akpabio […]

Social commentator and the publisher of Ovation Magazine, Dele Momodu, has urged the manager of Nigeria’s economy not to discourage local and foreign businessmen from investing in the country. He expressed concerns over the recent spat between the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority and the management of Dangote Refinery, saying the crisis is taking […]

The Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Engr. Mele Kyari has categorically denied that the oil company owned a blending plant in Malta. The refuttal came in response to claims made by businessman Aliko Dangote that NNPCL officials were operating an oil facility on the Mediterranean Island. Dangote, […]