President Bola Tinubu has said ECOWAS would continue to persuade the military leaders of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso to return their nations to the fold. President Tinubu, who is the Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, reaffirmed this position at a meeting...
Abuja
The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has urged the Federal Government to hold accountable those responsible for authorising and executing the invasion of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) headquarters in Abuja.TcUC President, Mr Festus Osifo, said this in a statement Abuja. Osifo described the invasion as a...
Heavily armed security personnel stormed and raided the headquarters of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Abuja on Thursday, the union has said. According to the union, the operatives stormed the Labour House, as its headquarters is called, around 8:30 pm. “They broke in and ransacked the bookshop...
The Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 persons for allegedly vandalising Critical National Asset and Infrastructure (CNAI) in Abuja during the nationwide protest. The Spokesperson, FCT Command of the NSCDC, Mr Samuel Idoko, who made this known in a statement, said that the suspects...
The Kogi State Government on Monday said it has nothing to hide following the invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of two of its officials over alleged cash withdrawals of N46 billion. The two officials invited by the EFCC are Abdulsalamu Hudu and Umar Shuaibu-Oricha....
The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said the police operatives only arrested riotous individuals who were engaged in criminality during the ongoing nationwide protest. Adejobi said this during the monthly news conference organised by The Strategic Communication Inter-agency Policy Committee (SCIPC) hosted by the Department...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja- Two officials of the Kogi State Government, Abdulsalami Hudu and Umar Shuaibu Oricha have today reported at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) following media reports that they were declared wanted by the EFCC in an ex parte order...
The anxiety preceding the hunger protests was palpable. The dress rehearsals on the part of officialdom were warlike. Government unleashed all manner of attack dogs to frighten off the planners of an over popularized nationwide protest wrongly captioned *Endbadgovernment. A nationwide protest without specific demands is doomed to fizzle...
The Nigeria Police has dismissed as “untrue”, a claim by Amnesty International that 13 people had died since the commencement of the nationwide protest. Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, recalled that Amnesty had, in its report, alleged that 13 individuals had...
The Chief of Defence of Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has urged the media to stop giving undue publicity to the #EndBadGovernance protests by some groups. “I noticed that all the stations were hooked up to the protests the other day. “The media should not do this. This...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged FCT residents to obey the court order restricting protest to the Moshood Abiola National Stadium. Wike made the call in Abuja on Thursday after the FCT Security Council meeting. The meeting was to review developments...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has called on the people protesting against hunger and hardship to come for dialogue. Wike made the call while handing over Staff of Office to four newly coronated Chiefs of Karu, Kwali, Pai, and Yaba, in Abuja...
Nyanya Police Divisional Headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was not burnt, contrary to claims in some sections of the media. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed this in a statement on Thursday. Adeh explained that the structure burnt down...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has said Mr Jide Oyekunle, a Photojournalist was not arrested, but taken away from a apparent unsafe environment during the ongoing protest. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, said this...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest called by some Nigerians against the hardship in the country has become violent in the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer, FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has approved the promotion of 1,018 senior and junior staff of the Federal Capital Development Authority. The Executive Secretary of FCDA, Mr Shehu Ahmad made this known in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Ahmad said that...
The Senator representing the FCT, Ireti Kingibe, has demanded an apology from Nyesom Wike, the FCT Minister over his comments on threatening to unseat her as an FCT senator in 2027 Kingibe and Wike have not had a good working relationship since they assumed their respective...
Sen. Shehu Sani on Tuesday in Abuja presented electronics items worth N10 million to the management, staff and students of the FCT school of the blind. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),reports that the items presented included television sets, deep freezers, among other visual aids equipments. “I...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Monday that President Bala Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Mandate Secretariat for Youth Affairs in the FCT. Wike made the disclosure during an interactive engagement with residents of Bwari Area Council of the...