THE National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM) has officially suspended its seven-day warning strike, four days after its commencement. The National President of NANNM, Haruna Mamman, announced the suspension of the strike at a press briefing in Abuja on Saturday. Mamman said the decision was reached after an emergency virtual meeting of the […]
SINCE its inauguration on 13 June 2023, the 10th Senate has been criticised by many as a rubberstamp legislature and an appendage of the presidency. Pundits have argued that the current crop of senators primarily act to fulfill formalities, passively approving decisions made by the executive or other powerful entities rather than actively participating in […]
AMID controversy surrounding recent street renaming across Lagos, the Eti-Osa Local Government Area has announced the renaming of six streets within its jurisdiction as part of an ongoing street naming and revalidation exercise. This comes on the heels of public backlash over a similar move in Bariga Local Council Development Area, where the then chairman, […]
RETIRED Deputy Superintendent of Police, Iliyasu Aliyu, shares his thoughts with BIODUN BUSARI on his post-retirement life, and why he is sad over the meagre gratuity given to him after 35 years in service When did you join the police? I joined the Nigeria Police on 1st January 1984. I was born on 21 February […]
FOR 92-year-old Festus Arhagba, life has become an endless nightmare of grief and regret after his 50-year-old son, Kingsley, reportedly died in police custody at the Ajeromi Division, Lagos, under what he described as a chilling mix of “deception, cruelty and extortion.” Sitting in his modest Lagos home, leaning heavily on a walker, the frail […]
THE Nigerian Army has donated an industrial water borehole to address the problem of portable water facing the Ohodo community in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area (LGA) in Enugu State. Inaugurating the borehole on Saturday, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, said that the project was a high-impact project meant to give back […]
THE Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) has quietly built a functioning state-like economy across the Lake Chad region, controlling farms and cattle business through a complex taxation and governance regime that rivals Somalia-style jihadi fiefdoms. According to a report by The New Humanitarian news agency, ISWAP collects an estimated $191 million annually through […]
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s ₦150m gift to the Super Falcons for winning their 10th WAFCON title has elicited mixed reactions from the public. While a section of the public applauded the gesture and commended the President, many people, including retired military and police personnel, criticised the gift, describing it as extravagant. Critics called the gift a […]
A lecturer at the Taraba State University has been abducted by suspected kidnappers along the Chinkai–Kente–Wukari highway while travelling from Abuja to Jalingo. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred on Thursday, July 31 at about 8:30 p.m. between Janda-Ikula and Ikyior communities in Wukari Local Government Area. The sources said that the […]
By COLLINS YAKUBU-HAMMER The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, has called for calm following the suspension of Badeggi FM, a radio station in Minna, Niger State. The call was made in a statement issued on Saturday by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Malam Rabiu Ibrahim. The statement addressed concerns raised […]