Police accuse protesters of lawlessness Protesters seeking for a change in the country’s political leadership on Tuesday stormed the residence of Barr. Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), demanding his resignation. While some protesters were protesting at Wike’s residence, other protesters were scattered in other parts of the city, including Aba…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says the fuel subsidy removed by President Bola Tinubu on May 29, 2023 has been reintroduced due to inflation. Tinubu during his inaugural address on May 29, had declared that fuel subsidy “is gone.” The development has led to the increase in the price of petrol from about N200 to over…
DR. JEMILA BIO IBRAHIM SHOULD BE INFORMED THAT TOWN HALL MEETING IS A WEIRD APPROACH IN A PERIOD OF YOUTH RESTIVENESS Being text of press statement by the Concerned Youth Alliance for Tinubu (COYAT) dated this 5th August, 2024
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has given all tertiary institutions in the country one month to disclose all admissions conducted outside its Central Admissions Processing System before 2017. The Public Communication Advisor for JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja, on behalf of the board’s registrar, Prof Ishaq…
Food inflation has reached 40 per cent according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), pushing the prices of essential commodities beyond the reach of millions of Nigerians. “The shrinkage of land mass for agric, flooding, habitation problems, and insecurity… An ageing farming population; younger people are not going into agriculture now,” he…
4th August 2024 President Bola Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has said he decided to remove the fuel subsidy and abolish multiple foreign exchange rates to grow the economy and promote national development. Tinubu stated this on Sunday while addressing the nation in a broadcast regarding the ongoing nationwide protest. The President said he took the…
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PRESIDENT TINUBU TO ADDRESS THE NATION President Bola Tinubu will address the nation on Sunday, August 4, 2024, at 7:00 am. Tunez into the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) for the broadcast. Repeats will air at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm on the same…
After dispersing protesters, security operatives have blocked the entrance of the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, Abuja. PUNCH Online earlier reported that security operatives dispersed protesters demonstrating in front of the national stadium. The security operatives aimed at protesters and journalists who ran for cover. As a result of this, the police used armoured and patrol vehicles to…
