THE WORKERS’ Rights Campaign (WRC) has called on Nigerian workers and youths to unite in a renewed struggle against police brutality, bad governance and what it described as the exploitative system that continues to produce them, six years after the 2020 #EndSARS protests. In a statement on Tuesday to mark the sixth anniversary of the October 20, 2020 killings associated with the #EndSARS protests, the group described the uprising as an “epochal struggle” led largely by working-class and middle-class youths demanding an end to police brutality and broader systemic injustice. Signed by WRC Chairperson, Frances Akinjole, and Secretary, Bàbá Ayé, the statement also…
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THE FEDERAL Government has confirmed one imported case of Bundibugyo ebolavirus in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and has activated public health response measures to prevent further spread. Prof Pate The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, disclosed this at a media conference in Abuja on Tuesday, following laboratory confirmation of the infection on Oct. 20. Pate said the patient, a woman who recently arrived in Nigeria on an international flight from Uganda, was currently in isolation and receiving medical care. He described the case as “a contained case,” while assuring Nigerians that the government was working…
SOME residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed concerns over night inspections of alleged meter bypasses and other forms of electricity theft by Abuja Electricity Distribution Company Plc (AEDC) officials. The residents of Wuse, Garki and Central Business District (CBD) expressed the concern during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr Auwal Tanko, who resides at CBD, said they supported AEDC’s efforts to tackle electricity theft and meter tampering but enforcements at night raise security concerns. Tanko said it also created unnecessary tension between electricity consumers and field personnel. Mrs Deborah…
GOVERNOR Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has felicitated with former Head of State Gen. Yakubu Gowon on his 92nd birthday anniversary. This was contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press and Public affairs to Mutfwang, Mr Gyang Bere on Tuesday in Jos. The governor, who paid glowing tribute to Gowon, described the former head of state as a distinguished Statesman and an enduring symbol of national unity. “I join the government and people of Plateau, as well as the family, friends, associates, and well-wishers of former Head of State, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (Rtd) in celebrating the revered elder statesman…
THE BENUE State House of Assembly on Tuesday overwhelmingly endorsed the establishment of state police, adopting all clauses of the proposed constitutional amendment without alteration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lawmakers considered the harmonised Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, which seeks to establish State Police Services and provide for related matters. Leading the debate, the Majority Leader, Mr Peter Ipusu, urged the House to expedite consideration of the bill to enable the legislature to meet the deadline for the exercise. Ipusu said the National Assembly had transmitted the harmonised constitutional amendment…
THE KEBBI State Government has said the state’s first civilian governor, Alhaji Abubakar Garkuwan-Yauri, is not eligible for pension and severance gratuity under applicable constitutional and statutory provisions. The Commissioner for Information and Culture, Alhaji Yakubu Ahmed-BK, stated this at a news briefing in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday, while responding to allegations by the former governor that the administration of Gov. Nasir Idris had neglected him and withheld his entitlements. Ahmed-BK said Garkuwan-Yauri, who served as governor from January 1992 to November 1993, spent about 22 months in office, falling short of the two-year minimum tenure required under the applicable legal…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, has approved the extension of the tenure of the Comptoller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nandap to June 30th 2028. He also extended the tenure of the Controller-General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Sylvester Nwakuche to May 2028. This is contained in a statement by the Presidential Spokesperson, Mr Bayo Onanuga on Monday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that President Tinubu nominated Kemi Nandap as the Comptroller-General of the NIS on Feb. 21, 2024 and the Senate confirmed the appointment on March 1, 2024. According to Onanuga, the approval followed a…
Calls For Independent National Wage Commission By Iduh Onah A NEW formula for determining Nigeria’s national minimum wage could put the monthly wage at about ₦654,206 in 2027, based on inflation, exchange rates, household size, economic growth and the international poverty threshold. Dr Agbon The new formula was proposed by US-based Nigerian and public intellectual, Dr Izielen Agbon. Dr Agbon, who taught at the Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Ibadan (UI), where he had served as ASUU Chairman, is a regular public affairs analysts and commentator. Agbon, in an opinion article examining the ongoing debate over the next national minimum wage, argued that…
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” – Sun Tzu – The Art of War. THE OPENING salvo in the 2026-2027 negotiation of the national monthly minimum wage was unleashed by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF). The forum proposed an upward review of the national minimum wage to ₦100,000 per month without talking to workers. This proposal was formally…
BY ABADOM LAWRENCE AMECHI ON MAY 2, 2024, I published an article on this platform titled: “This Expressway May Lead To Nowhere.” In that article, I argued that, considering Nigeria’s prevailing economic challenges, the proposed Lagos–Calabar Coastal Highway was a misplaced priority. With an estimated cost of about ₦15 trillion, the project appeared too expensive for a country struggling to meet its most pressing obligations. At a time when insecurity was consuming enormous resources, existing roads had become virtually impassable, and millions of Nigerians were battling economic hardship, I questioned the wisdom of committing such a staggering sum to a new highway.…