•Aerial view of houses submerged in flood The federal government, through the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), has advised Nigerians living around river banks along the River Benue Basin to quickly move to safer grounds. In a statement today, NIHSA Director General, Umar Mohammed, warned that water on the River Benue has reached t...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives yesterday cautioned that the recent hike in fuel pump prices could trigger social unrest. The Green Chamber handed down the warning as a meeting between the federal government and Organised Labour leaders over the increase in petrol prices ended in a stalemate yesterday, reports The PUNCH....
•TUC President Festus Osifo and NLC President Joe Ajaero The federal government and Organised Labour have kept mute on the outcome of their meeting held earlier today. Though sources said the meeting was centered on the recent increases in petrol price and its socio-economic effects on Nigerian masses, and the minimum wage, among others, none ...
Leaders of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and their Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart are currently meeting with the federal government. It was gathered that meeting is centered on the state of the nation, especially the petrol pricing and its consequences, reports Vanguard. According to sources, the meeting is taking place at t...
•Sunday Igboho and Tinubu Yoruba nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has cautioned the Tinubu-led federal government against intimidating the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery, over his recent petition on the Yoruba nation. Igboho had, on Saturday, submitted a 25-page petition to the office...
•Tinubu As the federal government consolidates the economy towards meeting its $1trillion projection by 2030, an economics and financial analyst has charged the government to put mechanisms in place that will align current economic realities with the expected economic growth. Presenting his paper at the 9th edition of Nigerian Association of I...
•Minister of Sports Development, John Onoh The Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Enoh, has condemned the inhuman treatment of Nigerian players in Libya. Enoh, last night, said the federal government would get to the root of the matter, reports Channels TV. The minister explained that the Nigerian government would not take the matter...
•Super Eagles arrive in Nigeria The House of Representatives has called on the federal government to invite the Libyan Ambassador to Nigeria for questioning over the ill-treatment meted out to the senior national football team, the Super Eagles, during the botched African Cup of Nations qualifiers yesterday. The resolution of the House was a s...
The federal government has today stated that the petition by Mr Sunday Adeyemo popularly known as “Sunday Igboho” calling for the UK to consider the ‘Yoruba Nation’ Agitation was not endorsed by the UK government. Amb. Eche Abu-Obe, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made this known in a statement in Abuja, reports Vanguard. [&he...
•Tinubu The World Bank Vice President and Chief Economist, Mr. Indermit Gill said yesterday that the federal government should sustain ongoing reforms despite the hardship on Nigerians. While also commending the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN for the unification of the exchange rates, Gill called on the federal government to provide cost-effecti...

