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By Victor Ahiuma-Young The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has raised serious concerns over escalating job losses and what it described as increasing suppression of workers’ rights in the nation’s oil and gas industry.In his valedictory speech at the union’s 6th Quadrennial Delegates Conference in Lagos weekend, NUPENG President, Prince Williams … Continue reading “NUPENG laments growing job losses, workers’ rights suppression”
By James Ogunnaike Police in Ogun State have commenced investigation into the midnight attack on hostels of students of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ibogun Campus, following a midnight attack by suspected armed robbers. According to reports, the attack left several students injured and dispossessed of their belongings. The command spokesperson, Oluseyi Babaseyi, who confirmed this to newsmen in Abeokuta, … Continue reading “Police probe midnight attack on OOU campus”
By John Alechenu Abuja – The Interim National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Senator Nenadi Usman, has announced the successful conclusion of the party’s congresses, held nationwide to elect party leaders from ward to state level. The congresses, which kicked off on Thursday with ward congresses, are expected to end with the national convention … Continue reading “Congresses concluded, all eyes on Umuahia convention – Labour Party”
By Dickson Omobola Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has engaged in solution-driven discussions with the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, to reduce the burden of rising operational costs on domestic carriers. Keyamo’s Special Adviser On Media and Communications, Tunde Moshood, in a statement, weekend, said both … Continue reading “Keyamo, Oyedele move to shield airlines from fuel price volatility”
The United States will not exclude Iran from the World Cup tournament it is hosting, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday, after an official mused about replacing war-battered Iran with Italy, which did not qualify. “The problem with Iran, it would be not their athletes. It would be some of the other people that … Continue reading “Rubio denies US trying to exclude Iran players from World Cup”
By Chioma Obinna The crisis rocking the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, at the national level escalated on Thursday as delegates at an Emergency Delegates Meeting, EDM, in Abuja voted to suspend the National Officers’ Committee, NOC, reverse the disqualification of six electoral candidates, and install a caretaker committee to steer the affairs of the association. The … Continue reading “NMA chaos: Delegates suspend NOC, reinstate disqualified candidates”
By Henry Umoru The Senate has defended its recent decisions to dismiss several petitions, saying that its actions were strictly guided by law, evidence, and respect for existing court judgments. Speaking on Thursday in Abuja shortly after a public hearing, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Ethics, Code of Conduct and Public Petitions, Senator Neda Imasuen, … Continue reading “Senate defends petition dismissals, probes pension dispute”
By now, everyone knows President Bola Tinubu’s approach to capturing power. In his own words, it is: “At all costs, fight for it, grab it, snatch it and run with it”. That was how he put it at a pre-election event in London in December 2022. Many would swear that he deployed this buccaneering strategy to … Continue reading “Re-election bid: Why is Tinubu scared of winning fair and square? By Olu Fasan”
By MATTHEW IBADIN This is an open letter to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. I will start by thanking him for appointing one of Nigeria’s finest police officers, Tunji Disu, as the new Inspector General of Police. In one respect, this open letter is to help the new IGP to carry out a radical transformation of the … Continue reading “Insecurity: Need for emergency intervention fund for Nigeria Police”
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Nigerian Judiciary, despite its pivotal role in entrenching the rule of law and administering justice, remains plagued by significant challenges. These challenges encompass court backlogs, systemic inefficiencies, corruption, and limited access to justice, particularly for rural populations. Protracted delays—manifesting in cases lingering for years, and sometimes decades, before resolution—have undoubtedly bred … Continue reading “From Analogue to Digital: The Judiciary’s slow but steady push”