Two major opposition parties, the Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party, have thrown their weight behind the two-day protest declared by the Nigeria Labour Congress. This was even as the ruling All Progressives Congress expressed concern that the protest may be hijacked. In separate interviews, the opposition parties told The PUNCH on Monday that the…
Hundreds of protesters led by the Nigerian Labour Congress on Tuesday stormed the streets of Jos, the Plateau State capital. The protesters who gathered at the Secretariat Flyover bridge lamented the economic hardship and insecurity being faced by Nigerians in the state and other parts of the country. Describing the situation as unbearable, the protesters…
In what appears as irreversible, Transmission Company of Nigeria TCN has said power supply to the North-East will drop by 5 Megawatts. Power supply challenges in the country got to the peak yesterday as suspected insurgents vandalised two power transmission towers along Gombe-Damaturu 330kV line. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, in a statement in…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ola Olukoyede, has said the EFCC had recovered over N60bn and $10m, in less than four months since he assumed office. Olukoyede, speaking on Saturday in Lagos as the guest lecturer at the 20th-anniversary lecture of the Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resources Centre, said…
The Plateau State Emergency Management Agency has demanded a thorough investigation into the fire incident at the IDPs hostel in Shendam Local Government Area. PLASEMA made its demand in a letter to the Nigerian Police Force, the state Fire Service, and Shendam LGA. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the fire incident occurred at…
The Nigeria Labour Congress has alleged that the State has perfected plans to launch attack against the two-day nationwide peaceful rallies it scheduled for February 27 and 28. The President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, made the allegation in a statement on Sunday Ajaeor spoke in the statement he personally signed in Abuja. In…
Qatar has made a U-turn on its decision not to host the business and investment forum proposed by President Bola Tinubu during his visit slated for March 2, 2024, to the Arab country. This followed a leaked memo on Saturday which showed that Qatar declined the proposed investment forum, citing the unavailability of the country’s minister…
The private residence of the Minister of State of the FCT, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, located at Asokoro, was on Sunday gutted by fire, the PUNCH reports. The Acting Director of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent. Adebayo stated that the first floor of the building was completely razed by…
The National Bureau of Statistics has listed the top ten states with the most internet users in the country. A check on the NBS database on Sunday revealed that the number of internet subscribers stood at 163.8 million as of December 2023. It added that as of the end of the fourth quarter of 2023,…
At least 15 civilians were killed and two others injured during a “terrorist” attack on a Catholic church during Sunday mass in northern Burkina Faso, a senior church official said. “We bring to your attention a terrorist attack which the Catholic community of Essakane village was the victim of today, February 25, while they were…
