Category: Nigeria
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s first President passes on at 97
Kenneth Kaunda, founding president of Zambia, passed on Thursday at 97. Known by turns for his autocracy, humility and trademark handkerchief. Kenneth Kaunda,author of...
COVID-19 vaccine: Nigeria to receive additional 3.9m doses by August
The federal government says Nigeria is scheduled to receive 3.92 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine by August. Speaking at a press briefing...
Lagos Assembly calls for engagement with agitators, true federalism
… Speaker says Nigerians have right to speak on how they are governed …House calls on National Assembly to ensure true federalism …Requests for...
Nigeria may no longer remain one without decentralisation – Soyinka
… Says Buhari has developed inability to listen to Southern governors Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has faulted said that Nigeria is on the fast lane to...
Nigeria spends N993.5bn on debt servicing in three months-DMO
Nigeria spent almost N1tn on debt servicing payments in the first quarter of this year, the latest data obtained from the Debt Management Office have shown. The...
Full blown dictatorship is here:NBC orders Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, others to obtain broadcast licence
The Nigerian government through the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) on Thursday issued a fresh notice to all social media platforms and online broadcasting...
Again, Buhari passes the buck, Says only NASS can restructure Nigeria
For the upteenth time President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja says the contentious issue of restructuring, true federalism or devolution of powers remains a...
June 12: Avoid venue of protests in Nigeria,U.S. issues warning to it’s citizens
The United States Mission to Nigeria on Friday warned its citizens in the country to avoid the June 12, 2021 protests which will take place on Saturday. The US...
Again, army reshuffles senior officers in major shakeup
….The shakeup came about two weeks after Faruk Yahaya, a major general, was appointed the chief of army staff by President Muhammad’s Buhari ..Onyema...
JUSUN suspends nationwide strike, resume work Monday
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) has suspended the nationwide strike which has lasted for over two months. JUSUN had, on April 6, embarked on a nationwide...
