Former Anambra State Governor and Labour Party presidential candidate in 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has given Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Communication and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, a 72-hour ultimatum to apologise for his claim that Obi was behind the planned nationwide protest. Obi vowed to file a defamation libel lawsu...
•Atiku and Tinubu Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has defended the constitutional right of Nigerian citizens to engage in peaceful protest, amid growing economic challenges and reports of planned demonstrations. In a statement today via X, Atiku emphasised the legal basis for public demonstrations, saying, “For the avoidance of doubt, the...
•House of Representatives Reactions have trailed the decision of members of the House of Representatives 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. The decision followed the adoption of an amendment to [&hell...
•Nigeria’s House of Representatives Members of the House of Representatives today, Thursday, July 18, resolved to contribute 50 percent of their monthly salaries for six months to alleviate economic hardships, particularly hunger, in the country. Speaker Abbas indicated that each member earns approximately N600,000 monthly, resulting in ...
•Tinubu and Ndume A non-partisan group, known as Concerned Northern Forum (CNF) has thrown its weight behind Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume and the Chief Whip at the Senate who appeared last Thursday on Arise TV where he said, there is much hunger in the land under the present administration of Renewed Hope Agenda. Senator Ndume, […]
The Senate has called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency address the problem of hunger in the land caused by food insecurity which has created what it described as an emergency. According to the Senate, the President Bola Tinubu-led federal government should take measures to fight the current food insecurity in […]
•Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari. The federal government, yesterday, announced a 150-day duty-free import window for food commodities as it stepped up efforts to tackle rising inflation which had impoverished many Nigerians. The government also expressed its decision to collaborate with states to expand land cultivation across the coun...
•Tinubu The Secretary General of Jama’atu Nasir Islam (JNI), Professor Khalid Abubakar Aliyu as well as the President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Daniel C. Okoh, have noted that the increasing rate of hunger and insecurity in the country is worrisome. They made the observation at the 6th Annual Inter-Faith Peace Confere...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says the two-day protest by members of the union is about hunger and not just a clamour for a review of the minimum wage. While there was a meeting between the Federal Government and NLC authorities to forestall the protest, the dialogue ended in a deadlock, […]
•Policemen The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara, has deployed 3,200 police officers across the State after a meeting with the State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress ( NLC ), affiliate bodies and other stakeholders given the planned protest by the labour Union. Police Public Relations Officer for the State SP Odiki ...

