•Gunmen As insecurity grips Nigerians tightly, Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, numbering 21, yesterday, asserted that 183 people were alleged killed in the third week of April 2025 alone in Benue and Plateau States. This was contained in a statement signed by the CSOs, including; Advocacy Centre for Development, AC4D; Alliances for Africa; ...
•Power transformer Not less than 112 Nigerians died from electricity-related accidents in 2024, a quarterly report released by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has revealed. The report indicated that the deaths were recorded from 228 accidents that occurred in the sector from which 108 were injured, reports Daily Trust. A ...
•General TY Danjuma (retrd) A chieftain of the Labour Party and governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections, Keftin Amuga, has expressed support on call by General TY Danjuma (retrd) on communities to stand up and defend themselves against terrorists and land grabbers. Keftin Amuga, in a statement made available to the press, explaine...
•Ifeanyi Ejiofor, Esq Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, lead counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and a prominent human rights lawyer, has urged Nigerians to urgently and lawfully organise themselves to defend their ancestral lands and heritage against attacks by terror Fulani herdsmen. In a press statement issued over the weekend via WhatsApp...
The FBI and partners from Canada, Australia, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom have conducted a first-of-its kind operation to combat financially motivated sextortion schemes in Nigeria that resulted in the arrest of 22 Nigerian suspects. In coordination with multiple law enforcement partners, including Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Co...
•Tinubu The World Bank has projected that poverty will increase in Nigeria by three percentage points in five years to 2027. The World Bank made this projection in its Africa Pulse report released on the sidelines of the ongoing Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington DC, reports Vanguard. The report, among […]
•Adebayo and Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described as “a joke too far” the Power Minister, Adebayo Adelabu’s claim that 150 million Nigerians now enjoy “adequate electricity” supply of 5,500 megawatts. In a statement released by the union’s President, Joe Ajaero, yesterday, the union said the minister’s statement was “outrageo...
•Bishop of Kwara Diocese, Rev Sunday Adewole The Bishop of the Diocese of Kwara, Anglican Communion, Dr Sunday Adewole, said that though the government is trying, the country is still being ravaged by hunger. This came as the cleric urged Nigerians to embrace righteousness, charity, and hope in the face of economic hardship, reports The [&hell...
If there is any place the present high cost of living has affected so badly, it is the health sector. Even the lowest of requirements for a patient who visits the hospital, such as registration cards, which used to be free, now attract high charges, and the era of free drugs and consultations has disappeared […]
•Kukah and Tinubu Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has issued a stirring appeal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, urging him to rescue Nigerians from what he described as “a cross of pain, brutality, and hopelessness.” He made the call during a powerful Easter message delivered during the church’s vigil on […]...

