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Looting: Release All COVID-19 Palliatives Immediately, NLC Tells Govts

Looters carting away COVID-19 palliatives
The Nigeria Labour Congress has urged federal and state governments to release forthwith, all COVID-19 palliatives still stored in warehouses across the country. The union also condemned the mass lootingRead More

FG Committed To Police Reform – Minister

Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi
The Minister of Police Affairs, Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi, has restated the Federal Government’s commitment to reform the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Speaking at the Sokoto State Police Command headquarters Sunday,Read More

FG, ASUU Resume Talks Today Over IPPIS, Revitalisation Fund

IPPIS and ASUU strike
The Federal Government’s negotiating team and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will resume negotiations today to iron out their differences over the application of theRead More

TI Recommends Anti-corruption Reforms To Address #EndSARS Agitation

Transparency International
Condemns excessive use of forces on youth protesters Says no proof of killing during Lekki’s shooting yet Transparency International (TI), a global coalition against corruption, has recommended serious evidence-based anti-corruptionRead More

President Buhari Has Ordered Probe Into Lekki Shootings – Minister

Mr. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Youth and Sports Development.
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a probe into the shootings of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, said this during anRead More

Northern Govs Condemn Attack On #EndSARS Protesters, Demand Probe

Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State
Emerging from an emergency meeting on Thursday in Kaduna State, governors of the 19 states in the North condemned the destruction of lives and property which trailed the #EndSARS protestRead More

Dangote Demands Total Ban On Tomato Importation

Fresh Tomatoes
The Managing Director, Dangote Tomato Processing plant in Kadawa, Kano State, Abdulkarim Kaita, has called on the Federal Government to put a total ban on the importation of tomato pasteRead More

#EndSARS: Nigerians Attack Buhari For Snubbing Lekki Shootings During Broadcast

President Muhammadu Buhari
President’s broadcast empty, devoid of leadership qualities, says African Bar Association Speech lacks empathy, emotion, short of expectations, contains gaps – #EndSARS protesters, SANs President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, beratedRead More

Strike: Again, FG, ASUU Disagree On Payment Platform

ASUU, FG delegations meet over strike on Thursday, October 15, 2020
The meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities deadlocked again on Wednesday, following the disagreement over the payment platform that would be used in disbursingRead More

#EndSARS: Over 80,000 Sign Petition Asking UK To Sanction FG

President Muhammadu Buhari
A petition asking the United Kingdom to sanction the members of the Federal Government of Nigerian and Nigeria Police Force for human rights abuses over the #EndSARS movement has beenRead More