Police officers on Tuesday morning fired tear gas to disperse residents, journalists and political figures gathered at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos for a memorial commemorating victims of the October 2020 #EndSARS protests. Among those affected were the African Democratic Congress (ADC), governorship candidate in Lagos State, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NSDC), […]
Iran’s ambassador to Iraq said on Tuesday that Baghdad had agreed to “expel” or hand over members of Iranian Kurdish opposition groups who have taken refuge on the Iraqi side of the border. The announcement came after senior Iraqi security officials repeatedly told AFP that Baghdad was refusing to do so, fearing for the lives […]
President Bola Tinubu has received copies of the proposed 2027 United Nations budget from Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Jimoh Ibrahim. Ibrahim, who chairs the UN committee responsible for budgetary and administrative matters, presented the seven-volume document to the President at the State House, Abuja. Speaking to journalists after the presentation, Ibrahim described the […]
The Delta State House of Assembly has thrown its weight behind the proposed establishment of state police, with all 23 lawmakers present voting in favour of the constitutional amendment. The resolution was reached during plenary on Tuesday as the House considered the proposed Sixth Alteration to the 1999 Constitution, which seeks to pave the way […]
President Bola Tinubu has said he has no regrets over the removal of the fuel subsidy, vowing that Nigeria will never go back to it as he likened any return to asking the biblical Moses to go back to Egypt. Tinubu spoke on Monday evening at the forum tagged ‘Together till 2027: An Evening with […]
The House of Representatives has called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts to tackle the production, distribution and sale of fake, adulterated and substandard food and beverages in Nigeria, warning that the growing menace poses serious risks to public health. The House made the call during plenary on Tuesday following the adoption of a […]
The Nigeria Customs Service has called for a review of import duty concessions valued at N1.68 trillion, warning that poorly targeted waivers could undermine government revenue at a time the Federal Government is seeking to strengthen public finances and expand funding for essential services. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, said the concessions granted in […]
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu credited localized overnight curfews in Paris and other major cities for providing a measure of calm after intense nationwide protests that have seen thousands arrested and sustained violent clashes between demonstrators and police. Nighttime curfews went into effect on Monday night in cities including Paris, Bordeaux, Nice and Lyon as […]
President Bola Tinubu’s decision to limit his re-election campaign rallies to 12 state capitals has drawn mixed reactions, with opposition figures questioning his capacity to campaign nationwide. This came as Tinubu reached out to Nigerian youths yesterday, urging them to defend his administration’s economic reforms, while the City Boy Movement (CBM) pledged to mobilise at […]
The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has criticised the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government over unresolved questions surrounding the October 20, 2020 Lekki shooting and the rising cost of living in the country. Atiku, in a post on his X handle on Tuesday, said six years after the incident, Nigerians were […]
