‘Manufacturers generate 80% of employment in Nigeria’
The Chairman of Kwara and Kogi States Chapter of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Damilola Shittu, has said that 80 percent of employment opportunities in Nigeria are generated by the manufacturing sector. Shittu stated this at the 11th Kwara Trade Fair organised by the Kwara Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (KWACCIMA) in Ilorin. […]
EndBadGovernance protests: Police demand apology from Amnesty International over false killing claims
By Kingsley Omonobi The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has challenged Amnesty International to issue a public apology over allegations that the police killed 24 protesters during the #EndBadGovernance protests in August 2024. Investigations ordered by Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun revealed that the deaths in Borno, Niger, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, and Kaduna states were […]
Police arrest suspected ritualist with human head in Ogun
Operatives of Ogun State Police command have arrested one Taiwo Yemitan, a suspected ritualist, found with a fresh human head…
TikToker, Seaking arrested for allegedly inciting attack on police
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested popular TikToker Seaking after he was accused of inciting violence against the Nigerian Police.
Nigeria’s hostages in law by Chidi Anselm Odinkalu
In 1991, Nigeria was in the full throes of the interminable transition to civil rule programme of General Ibrahim Babangida.
HDAN decries N88bn allocation for housing in 2025 budget
By Kingsley Adegboye Housing Development Advocacy Network (HDAN), has criticized the federal government’s allocation of ₦88.14 billion to the Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development in the 2025 budget, describing it as a clear indication that affordable housing for poor citizens is not on the priority list of the present government. In a statement […]
Criminal negligence, poverty behind deadly stampedes, claiming 105 lives in Nigeria – Falana
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) has decried the loss of over 105 lives in stampedes during food and cash distribution events in Nigeria, attributing the tragedies to “poverty-induced neoliberal economic policies” and “criminal negligence.” In a statement released on Sunday, Falana, who chairs the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond (ASCAB), detailed the incidents […]
Abuja stampede: Wike directs free treatment for victims
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike has directed government hospitals to provide free treatment to the people that sustained injuries during a stampede at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama, Abuja. Wike gave the directive in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, […]
22 died in Anambra stampede – Police
The Police Command in Anambra has confirmed 22 deaths in Saturday’s stampede at the scene of palliatives distribution in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area. The palliative distribution was organised by a philanthropist in the area. The police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who gave an update on the development in a statement on Sunday in Onitsha, […]
I’ll be bigger in Nigeria, London will miss me – UK-based Pastor Tobi Adegboyega
Tobi Adegboyega, the Nigerian pastor based in the United Kingdom and founder of Salvation Proclaimers Anointed Church (SPAC Nation), has claimed that he will be more influential in Nigeria than he is in the UK.
Cut N9.4bn presidency budget for travels, meals, N344bn NASS budget, SERAP tells Akpabio, Abbas
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to cut the proposed budget of N9.4bn on travels, refreshment/meals, and foodstuff/catering materials for the presidency, and the proposed N344.85bn for the lawmakers, and to use the savings to address the budget deficit.”
