The Federal Executive Council (CEF) discussed the planned nationwide protest on Monday and decided it was not necessary, an official said.
Information Minister Mohammed Idris, who briefed reporters after the meeting, said: “The government is of the view that there...
The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has warned that the planned nationwide protest does not bode well for the country, judging by the recent history of protests in the country.
The MSSN expressed its position on the protest in...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has ordered Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET) to stop entering into new contracts for the purchase and resale of electricity and ancillary services in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).
The order came...
Below are highlights of the top stories that made headlines in the Southeast over the past week:
Gunmen kill police inspector and three others in southeast again
The week started on a sad note on Sunday when gunmen killed a police...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has filed a suit against the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) “for failing to account for and explain the whereabouts of over N100 billion in ‘dirty and bad banknotes’ and ‘other large...
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and his deputy, Barau Jibrin, have expressed sadness over the death of Anambra South Senator, Ifeanyi Ubah.
Mr Ubah, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), died today in a London hospital after a brief...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC Ltd.) says the fuel supply and distribution shortage is due to a problem in the unloading operations of a pair of vessels.
Olufemi Soneye, Director, Corporate Communications, NNPC Ltd., made this known in a...
Nigerian youth are planning nationwide protests starting August 1 to demand economic and political reforms, but the government is using all its resources to suppress them.
Young Nigerians have been mobilizing and organizing on social media, with many temporarily adopting...
The House of Representatives said it would ensure that federal universities were removed from the Band A electricity rate plan to reduce their massive electricity bills.
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on University Education, Abubakar Fulata, said...
Former Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State and former Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has described local government autonomy as a misnomer and an aberration in a federal system of government.
Mr. Fayemi, a former Minister of Mines...
