…Govs move to stop strike, hold emergency meeting today By Henry Umoru, Victor Young, Johnbosco Agbakwuru In a desperate move to abort the planned nationwide strike and mass protest over the recent hike in electricity tariff and petrol pump price scheduled for next Monday, the Federal Government has invited organized labour to a meeting today. […]

…No genocide, they should focus on their problems, APC tells UK MPs …British security alert, vote of no confidence on Buhari- PDP …Reiterates call for sack of service chiefs By Omeiza Ajayi & Dirisu Yakubu Some members of the United Kingdom’s House of Lords, the British upper legislative chamber, have petitioned the Commonwealth over the […]

The West African bloc ECOWAS will likely decide on Friday whether to lift potentially crippling sanctions imposed on Mali after last month’s coup, its mediator said. The mediator, Nigerian former president Goodluck Jonathan, called the 15-nation bloc’s sanctions “unfortunate” during a visit to Mali’s capital Bamako on Wednesday. West African leaders have heaped pressure on […]

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has reaffirmed the readiness of the commission for smooth conduct of the Oct.10, Ondo State governorship election. Yakubu said this in Akure on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the chairman was in Akure on a 3-day visit to […]

Host Communities of Nigeria Oil and Gas Producing Communities (HOSCoS) on Tuesday appealed to the  Federal Government to remit 13 per cent oil derivation fund to oil-producing communities. Dr Mike Emuh, National Chairman, HOSCoN, made the appeal when the team visited the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs […]