•Some Kano street sweepers Kano street sweepers have staged a peaceful protest against the alleged refusal of the Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB) to pay their salaries in the last 10 months. However, in a swift reaction, the Managing Director of the Board, Amadu Haruna Zago, said, “As far as we are concerned, those […]...
•Ighodalo A Lagos-based lawyer, Asue Ighodalo has been declared the winner of another factional primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State. Ighodalo defeated nine other contenders in the election held today, Thursday, February 22, reports The Nation. He received 577 votes to become the party’s nominee for the September 2024 pol...
•Toni Kroos World Cup winner Toni Kroos announced his return to the German national team today ahead of Euro 2024 on home soil. Kroos, 34, will be eligible for selection in the upcoming March international friendlies against France and the Netherlands, reports AFP. “Hey folks, short and sweet, I’ll be playing for Germany again from […]...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the National Population Commission (NPC) to release details of spending on the aborted 2023 Population Census to an Abuja-based lawyer, Opatola Victor within seven days. Justice Ekwo issued the order while delivering judgment in a suit instituted against the population commissi...
•Protesting nurses The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives has directed its members to fully comply with the proposed nationwide protest slated for February 27 and 28 over the cost of living crisis in the country. The NANNM Secretariat gave the directive in a circular signed by its Deputy General Secretary and Acting Head [&hel...
•Trucks Soldiers opened fire today when suspected hoodlums hijacked trailers loaded with foodstuff in the Suleja Area of Niger State. Alhassan Abdullahi, a witness, told our correspondent that many trailers coming from Abuja and heading for Kaduna were blocked by the hoodlums who burnt tyres on the road, reports Daily Trust. He said many bags ...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun In a bid to cushion the effect of the rise in the prices of goods in the country, the Ogun State Government has purchased 100 truckloads of rice to be sold at cheaper rates to residents of the state. The state governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, stated this yesterday while speaking at a […]
•UK Parliament Pro-Palestinian protesters and politicians responded in outrage yesterday when a United Kingdom parliamentary debate and vote on a Scottish National Party motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza ended with the adoption of a Labour Party amendment. The SNP had put forward a call “for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel,” con...
•Philip Shaibu The deputy governor of Edo State, Phillip Shaibu, has emerged as the winner in a factional primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2024 Edo governorship election. Shaibu won the parallel primaries with over three hundred and one votes. Meanwhile, the Governor Godwin Obaseki faction of the party is yet to […]...
•Sunday Igboho Embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, has returned to Nigeria. A statement by Igboho’s spokesman, Olayomi Koiki, on X page today, Thursday, February 22, confirmed that the activist returned to the country for his late mother’s burial. He wrote: “I can confirm that Chief Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igb...

