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FG GIVES TRADERS ONE MONTH DEADLINE TO CRASH PRICES OF GOODS NATIONWIDE The Federal Government through the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has issued a one-month ultimatum to traders and market stakeholders to slash prices of goods and services nationwide. Executive Vice Chairman of the commission, Tunji Bello, made the announcement at a stakeholders’ engagement in Abuja, warning …

COURT STRIKES OUT SUIT AGAINST ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS, IGP, DSS, OTHERS The Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted against the anti-hunger protesters, Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, Inspector General of Police, Department of the State Service, DSS, and the Chiefs of Army and Defence Staff. The suit filed by about 17 Nigerians against the last …

UGO AGBALLAH REMAINS ENUGU APC CHAIRMAN – GANDUJJE, THREATENS TO DRAG ENSIEC TO COURT The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has accused the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) of undermining the party in Enugu State. The APC National Chairman reiterated that Barr Ugochukwu Agballah remains the Chairman of APC in Enugu State …

INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL VOWS TO SANCTION RIBADU IF POLICE FAIL TO RELEASE #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTESTERS The International Tribunal on United States Crimes against Puerto Rico has condemned the midnight raids on activists’ homes and the abduction and repressive detention of #EndBadGovernance protesters by Nigerian security agencies. The tribunal criticised the Nigerian government’s actions, particularly the arrest of activists Michael Lenin, Mosiu Sodiq, …

NORTHERN YOUTHS CONDEMN LOPSIDED APPOINTMENTS IN SECURITY SERVICES The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has condemned alleged lopsided appointments in the security sector by President Bola Tinubu. The group in a press statement on Thursday signed by its president, Comrade Isah Abubakar stated that no region or ethnic group should be favoured over others. The statement read, “We express …

CAN NIGERIA SURVIVE IGBO-YORUBA INTERTRIBAL WAR?The Niger area, as the territories were called before the amalgamation, were areas occupied by different ethnic groups (Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa) that now make up today’s entity called “Nigeria.” Try hard as we may, though, this new identity, somehow, hasn’t seemed to stick. Deep down in the recesses of our minds, we still bare …

DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD OF ETHNIC BIGOTRY IN NIGERIA: A CALL FOR EQUITABLE JUSTICE In light of the recent controversy surrounding Amaka Patience Sunnberger, an Igbo Canadian who made incendiary remarks against Yoruba and Benin people, the conversation on ethnic relations in Nigeria has intensified.While Amaka’s comments have prompted condemnation and a call for legal action in Canada, this incident opens up …

ENUGU GOVERNOR, PETER MBAH, INAUGURATES MINIMUM WAGE IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State has inaugurated the Committee for the implementation of the New National Minimum Wage for Civil and Public Servants in Enugu State, giving the Committee a maximum of one month to submit its report. The Committee which was inaugurated on Thursday at the Government House, Enugu, …

DETAILS OF NLC’S PRESIDENT, AJAERO, ENGAGEMENT WITH POLICE ON THURSDAY EMERGE Details of the interview between the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero and the police have emerged. The police had interviewed Ajaero over an ongoing investigation of one of the EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters. The police had summoned Ajaero for questioning over allegations of terrorism financing, cybercrime, subversion, …

AJAERO BACK TO LABOUR HOUSE AFTER HONOURING POLICE INVITATION The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress has left the police office in Abuja after spending about an hour and a few minutes with officials. He had arrived at the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) command at Guzape as early as 10:20 a.m., in the company of human rights lawyer, Femi Falana. …