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The prosecution and the defence in the treasonable felony trial of the leader of the proscribed separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu have rejigged their legal teams. While the prosecuting team is being led by Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN, replacing David Kaswe, a lawyer with the Federal Ministry of...

The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has said it would not join the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in its plan to protest the “mounting hardship and insecurity on Tuesday and Wednesday.” President of the TUC, Festus Osifo said this at a press conference. The NLC has said it would go...

The House of Representatives said on Monday that it will address the pitfalls that led to the failure of past constitutional amendments in the country by working closely with the executive at the state and federal levels in its constitutional amendment process to ensure that the outcome does not suffer the faith...

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday met with some selected members of the private sector as his administration seeks ways out of the ravaging economic crisis in the country. The biting economic hardship has engaged the attention of government on recent weeks, even as the organised labour has scheduled a mass...

…Asks President to stop blame game Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, has asked President Bola Tinubu to adopt President Javier Milei of Argentina approach to reforms and stop blaming opposition political parties and his predecessor. In a statement titled ‘Argentina’s Javier Milei approach to reforms should serve as a lesson...

President Bola Tinubu has called for the suspension of economic sanctions imposed on Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea by ECOWAS. Speaking at the Extra-ordinary Summit of ECOWAS in Abuja on Saturday, President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the organization,...

-accuse labour of using threat of protest to blackmail govt A Coalition of civil society groups has accused the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) its threat of nationwide protest to blackmail the government for personal gratification. The Coalition while addressing journalist on Friday in Abuja issued a 24 hours ultimatum to...

The Nigeria Civil Society Forum has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) against its proposed nationwide protest against hardship scheduled to hold on February 27 and 28. The CSO forum said Nigerians should rather blame the state Governors for sabotaging of the federal government by embezzling the palliatives meant for...

The Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government, in Exile, has announced to hold a virtual tour in North and South America on the quest to achieve the Biafra liberation Referendum. The Finnish-based lawyer and separatist, Ekpa, disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement through his official X account. He...

Senate has commence investigations into sudden increase in cement prices and other building materials in the country with a view to finding a solution to the problem, just as it said that the Federal Government should allow the importation of cement as a stop gap measure. Consequently, the Senate has...