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House of Representatives has dismissed a statement credited to Assistant General Secretary of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Christopher Onyeka, which claimed that each lawmaker collected N100 million as palliative. The Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Akin Rotimi, made the denial in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja, describing the claim as baseless. RotimiContinueContinue reading “Lawmakers deny collecting N100m palliative, demand NLC’s apology, retraction. Sodiq Omolaoye”

Nigerian–born journalist and founder of the USAfrica Inc., Dr. Chido Nwangwu has described the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal (PEPT) ruling affirming the INEC declaration of Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election as an advocacy for Tinubu rather than a legal judgement. The media consultant made the comment during an exclusiveContinueContinue reading “Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Ruling Was Advocacy For Tinubu –Chido Nwangwu”

The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, has vowed to discipline the armed police officers caught in a viral video escorting the Adamawa State University Students’ Union Government president.SaharaReporters on Tuesday reported that some Nigerians on X (formerly Twitter) lambasted the Nigeria Police Force after a video of the armed police officers escorting the young manContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Police Summon Armed Officers Escorting Adamawa University SUG President, To Apply Disciplinary Actions”

The Nigeria Labour Congress has insisted that the so-called palliatives provided by the President Bola Tinubu-led government are an insult to Nigerians, as each legislator went home with N100million while hundreds of thousands of Nigerians in each local government grapple with few bags of rice.The organised labour on Tuesday threatened to begin an indefinite strikeContinueContinue reading “Tinubu Government Gave Each Legislator N100million But Asked Hundreds Of Nigerians To Share One Bag Of Rice – Nigeria Labour Congress Mobilises For Indefinite Strike”

Barely two days after 15 persons died in a boat accident in Adamawa State, another mishap has hit the state and 11 others have been confirmed dead. Pioneer News learned that the accident reportedly happened at Kwatan Mallam Adamu in Gurin village in the Fufore Local Government Area according to residents of the area. OnContinueContinue reading “Another Boat Accident In Adamawa State Claims 11 Lives, 48 Hours After First Mishap. Our Correspondent”

The Director of Research, Strategy and Documentation of the Peoples Democratic Party’s 2023 Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, Pedro Obaseki, has said the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike’s expulsion from the party was a task that must be done for its survival.He said Wike’s call for the suspension and expulsion of former ViceContinueContinue reading “Expelling Minister, Nyesom Wike From PDP Is Task That Must Be Done – Atiku Abubakar Camp”

igerian police personnel on counter-insurgency operations in the North-East region have lamented the non-payment of their duty allowances in the last five months. Some of the affected officers told SaharaReporters on Monday that they were being owed various allowances.They accused the police authorities of abandoning them, adding that they were confused, depressed, destabilised and lessContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Policemen On North-East Operation Lament Hunger, Non-Payment Of Five-Month Allowances Amid War With Boko Haram”

Amid the lingering controversy over the judgement of the Presidential Elections Petitions Tribunal, PEPT, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, CBCN, has said Nigeria currently stands on the precipice of uncertainty as the case moves to the Supreme Court. Addressing the opening ceremony of the 2023 Second Plenary Assembly of the CBCN in Abuja yesterday,ContinueContinue reading “PEPT verdict: Fate of Nigeria hangs in the balance — Catholic Bishops. Luminous Jannamike, Abuja”

Underdog Sean Strickland pulled off a stunning upset to defeat Nigeria’s Israel Adesanya and claim the UFC middleweight title at Sydney, Australia’s Qudos Bank Arena on Sunday. Strickland won by unanimous decision on the judges’ scorecards after an enthralling five-round battle. Judges scored it 49-46 on all cards for Strickland. American Strickland taunted Adesanya inContinueContinue reading “Nigerian-born Israel Adesanya Loses UFC Middleweight Title In Stunning Upset”

The police in Rivers State, south-south Nigeria say they have arrested six suspects in connection to the killing of the late Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ahoada Police Division, SP Bako Angbashim.The command in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson Grace Iringe-Koko, on Sunday, said the arrest was carried out during an operationContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Police Arrest Six Suspects Over Divisional Officer’s Murder In Rivers”