Security operatives suspected to be from the Department of State Services (DSS) have raided headquarters of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over allegations that members of the organised labour sponsored the #EndBadGovernance protest. Some labour leaders who spoke to Daily Trust on Wednesday night, said everyone in the building had left for their various residence when the operatives stormed the building. One of the labour leaders said he spoke to one of the private security guards attached to building on phone and confirmed that the masked operatives with assorted rifles stormed there at about 10pm. He said the guards told him…
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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has commended the military authorities for owning up to the shooting of a protester in Zaria, Kaduna State. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Candidate in the last election also commended the army for arresting the soldier behind the incident, describing it as a step in the right direction. Atiku who has been having a back and forth with the presidency over the handling of the protest by security agencies, said that he was “heartened by the acknowledgement made by the Nigerian Army regarding the tragic incident that resulted in the loss of a young protester’s…
The House of Representatives has explained why it is yet to donate half of its members’ salaries as promised. In July, members of the House agreed to cut their salaries by 50 percent for six months as part of their solidarity and sacrifice to support the economic hardship and hunger Nigerians are going through at the moment. Thung Khe Pass, White Stone Slope, Hoa Binh, Flycam – Nếm TV This followed the adoption of an amendment to a motion’s prayer moved by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Benjamin Okezie Kalu, on the need for lawmakers to sacrifice 50% of…
The Special Task Force on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering in the office of the Inspector-General of Police, has arrested members of a syndicate who specialises in smuggling refined petroleum products to Cameroon. The task force recovered no fewer than 13 trucks with stolen crude oil and refined Automotive Gas Oil also known as Diesel, as well as Premium Motor Spirit popularly known as petrol, during various operations conducted in July. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja. He also disclosed that no fewer than 17 persons were arrested during the operations across…
Nigeria Education Loan Fund on Wednesday disclosed that it has received the highest number of student loan applications within 24 hours since the launch of its portal on May 25, 2024. NELFUND in a statement in Abuja said, “The fund recorded 9,687 student registrations, with 7,975 completed loan applications on August 7, 2024.” It noted that the surge in “interest highlights the crucial role NELFUND plays in enabling access to higher education” for students facing financial challenges. The fund also noted that the high number of applications strongly indicate that there is a pressing need for financial assistance among Nigerian…
The Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited, Mele Kyari, on Wednesday, agreed to a televised public hearing in the Senate. This is coming over a series of allegations accusing the state-owned oil company of sabotage in the nation’s oil sector. Also, the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, in his brief remarks, backed Kyari’s statement, saying the planned public hearing should be televised live for Nigerians to know those indulging in the alleged economic sabotage in the sector. Kyari, while giving his remarks at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, requested…
Economic Community of West African States Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace, and Security, Ambassador Abdel-Fatau Musah, says the withdrawal of Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso from the regional bloc will have security consequences. In January, the three military-led West African nations, while accusing the organisation of becoming a threat to its member states, announced their immediate withdrawal from ECOWAS. Musah, who spoke at the 42nd ordinary session of the Committee of ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff in Abuja on Wednesday, stressed that the withdrawal of the three countries would inevitably undermine coordination and cooperation in combating terrorism, human trafficking, and…
By Dr Emmanuel Ulayi Bookmakers would by now have concluded that the hunger induced protest which started on the first day of August would not hold after all. This is going by the frenzied efforts and subterfuge moves President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had adopted to ensure that the protest would not only fail but would not see the light of day. An onlooker of the Nigerian protest environment vis a vis the prevailing economic hardship and hunger in the land would be forced to misconstrue the agitation of Nigerian youths as a figment of their imagination or a self contrived…
By Jeff Godwin Doki Ph.D Oedipus Rex, that Greek mythology which has been popularised by Sophocles and Nigeria’s Ola Rotimi, presents to us a king who has demonstrated abundantly that a ruler cannot command everything. In that play, we are dealing with a contrast between the supreme will of the gods and the vain attempts of mankind to escape the evil that threatens them. Destined by the gods to kill his father and marry his mother, all of Oedipus’efforts to avoid that prophecy only reveal his own impotence as a human being. But most importantly, the lesson we learn from…
Department of State Services has arrested and is currently investigating seven citizens of Poland arrested in connection with the violent nationwide protest against hunger and hardship in Kano State. DSS Spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, disclosed this at a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tugar and members of the diplomatic corps on Wednesday. DSS Rep, who was answering questions from newsmen, explained that the seven Polish nationals were arrested over the display of foreign flags in the North-West region. Afunaya said those arrested are being investigated, stressing however that their arrest was not a targeted attempt on Polish nationals.…