•Simon Ekpa The Monday sit-at-home has become more severe in the southeast despite the arrest of the alleged mastermind of the gunmen attacks, Simon Ekpa. A fierce gun battle erupted yesterday morning, November 25, between personnel of the Nigerian Army’s 14 Brigade, Ohafia, and unidentified gunmen in Mbata, Umuchima village, Isiala Ngwa North...
•SaliÂhu Lukman Former National Vice Chairman, North-West, of the All ProgresÂsives Congress (APC), Dr. SaliÂhu Lukman, has disclosed why hardship persists in the country and why it will be difficult to back down on the planned August 1 protest. Lukman, who said that the impatience and arrogance of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu crashed everythin...
•Tinubu At least 10 journalists have been arrested in the past one year in what seems like a targeted clampdown on free speech with the use of the controversial Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act, 2015. Journalists from the International Centre of Investigative Reporting (ICIR), the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), The...
As current naira scarcity enters its third week, economic experts including Dr Muda Yusuf, CEO of the Centre for Promotion of Private Enterprise (CPPE) has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to find a lasting solution to the nightmare, instead of regaling Nigerians with soothing tales of sufficient cash in vaults when the citizens [&helli...
Nigerians have continued to experience scarcity of Liquefied Natural Gas or cooking gas, shooting up prices across the country. The scarcity and the high cost of the product have been reported in Lagos, Kano, Maiduguri, among others, reports Daily Trust. Gas dealers have, however, assured that the scarcity is temporary as it was triggered by [...

