•Secret cults The Police Command in Rivers cautioned the public regarding potential cult-related activities across the country on June 7. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson of the command, disclosed in a statement in Port Harcourt today that a large number of Black Axe cultists were preparing to mark their Founder’s Day. According to her, ...
•SSANU and NASU members protest The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has threatened to shut down varsities across the nation and will on Tuesday protest country-wide to press home its demands. SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have been in talks with the federal go...
•Nigerian workers’ union The Campaign for Democratic and Workers’ Rights, CDWR, has called on the Ogranised Labour to immediately mobilise and declare a nationwide strike over the minimum wage and the recent hike in electricity tariff. According to CDWR, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, as the next ...
•Tinubu The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) today asked Nigerians to hold the federal government responsible if its members embark on another nationwide strike soonest. The union said to avert the looming industrial action in public universities, President Bola Tinubu should sign and implement the 2009 agreement concluded in 2021, ...
•Workers protest The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened a massive protest that will shut down the Nigerian economy should the federal government fail to cancel the controversial cybersecurity levy recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria. •TUC President Festus Osifo addressing Nigerian workers The TUC in a statement signed by ...
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency has issued a weather prediction alert, warning of the likelihood of heat stress and thunderstorms across various parts of the country today. The agency made the predictions in its Weather Report released in Abuja today, reports Saturday PUNCH. According to NiMet, the heat index over Nigeria is expected to soa...
•Power Lagos, Kano, and 10 other states have concluded plans to start generating power in their respective states in conformity with the Electricity Act 2023. It was gathered yesterday that some of these states had established their electricity market laws and were waiting for the approval of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission to h...
The national power grid collapsed, yesterday, plunging the nation into blackout. The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, suffered the collapse of electricity grid which has hampered the electricity companies, DisCos, from distributing power across the country, reports Daily Trust. Informing the customers about the incident, the management of...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions, after a [&hell...
Distribution Companies, TCN summoned Electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) are to be held accountable henceforth for poor power supply in the country, the federal government said yesterday. Tough sanctions, including licence revocation, await them, Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu threatened, reports The Nation. “Moving forward, I’m commit...

