Month: January 2012
Diezani: Why Oil subsidy should Go
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke on Tuesday explained how the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal…
Boko Haram: Army Acquires Bomb Detectors
The Nigeria Army on Tuesday stated that it has acquired modern explosive detectors and other Hi- Tech equipment in an…
Occupy Nigeria Rally: Day 2, No Retreat, NO Surrender
The Occupy Nigeria rally entered day two today nationwide with thousands of demonstrators including two deputy president of the Nigeria…
Boko Haram Kills 12 Members Of Apostolic Church
Twelve worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church in Yola, Adamawa State were killed last night when gunmen, suspected to be…
Activists Call For Killer DPO’s Prosecution
Human rights activists have called for the prosecution of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Pen Cinema Police Divisional Headquarters, Segun…
Sagay, Adeyemi, ANA Back Labour
Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay, elder statesman, Pa Ayo Opadokun and others say the ongoing strike must be sustained until…
Senate Sits Over Subsidy Removal
The Senate this afternoon rose from an emergency meeting with a resolution that its leadership should continue with the ongoing…
Okonjo-Iweala Blames Govs For Subsidy Removal
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has denied being the mastermind of the oil subsidy removal that has…
Occupy Nigeria Rally: Day 2, Gets Violent In Ibadan
The nationwide protest against the Federal Government’s removal of oil subsidy which was peaceful in most parts of the country…
Women Rally In Support Of fuel Subsidy Removal
Some women groups marched through Abuja on Monday to demonstrate support for the fuel subsidy withdrawal by the Federal Government.…
Labour Shelves Street Protest In Maiduguri
The NLC said on Monday in Maiduguri that it had shelved street protest in the ongoing fuel subsidy strike following…
Fuel Subsidy Strike: Rivers Police Deploy 10,000 Men
The Rivers Police Command has deployed 10,000 policemen to prevent a breakdown of law and order as residents of the…
Strike: Abuja Residents Stay Indoors
Residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Monday stayed at home to protest the increase in pump price of…
NLC, TUC Threaten To Sanction Members Over Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) in Cross River have threatened to sanction members who failed…
Hoodlums Take Over Strike In Benin
The commencement of the strike called by labour over subsidy withdrawal was almost hijacked by hoodlums in Benin on Monday…
Lagos Schools Fail To Open
Schools in Lagos State failed to re-open on Monday, after the first term holiday as workers and civil society groups…
Hospitals Run Skeletal Services
Doctors and nurses at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, on Monday attended to patients, including emergency cases brought…
Mixed Reactions Greet Fuel Strike
Mixed reactions greeted the call by labour on Nigerians to begin an indefinite strike on Monday against the withdrawal of…
Nigeria Premier League: 3SC’s Home Victory Excites Adepoju
Team Manager of 3SC of Ibadan, Mutiu Adepoju, has expressed happiness about the victory recorded by his team in their…
Table Tennis: Union Bank Targets More Laurels
Chief Coach of Union Bank Table Tennis Club, Samson Ajayi says his target this year is to win more laurels…
Okonjo-Iweala Assures On Sports Budget For 2012
Minister of Finance and Co-ordinating Minister of the Nigerian economy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has assured sports loving Nigerians that the government…
Africa Junior Championship: Nationwide Strike Stalls Team Nigeria’s Preparation
The ongoing nationwide strike declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, and the Civil Society Organisation, CSO, has forced the…
Jonathan’s Post-‘Subsidy’ Paradise —Ogaga Ifowodo
By now the whole world has heard of the paradise that President Goodluck Jonathan swears awaits every Nigerian the moment…
Who Will Deliver Us From This Goodluck? —Femi Fani-Kayode
As president, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo spent 300 billion per year on the fuel subsidy. Under the administration of President Goodluck…
Jonathan, Suspend Withdrawal Of Fuel Subsidy For Now
Despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s plea to organised labour and the civil society coalition not to embark on the ongoing strike,…
Nigeria’ll Beat Angola — Idris
Super Eagles’ defender, Papa Idris, says he is confident that Stephen Keshi’s local stars will beat Angola in the international…
Legendary Thierry Henry Saves Arsenal
Thierry Henry came off the bench to enhance his Arsenal legend as the veteran French striker fired the Gunners into…
Protesters Ground Activities In Lagos
As the work-to-rule declared by organised labour began today across the nation, commercial activities in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, were…
ACN Taunts PDP-Led FG Over Successful Labour Strike
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has said that the massive turn-out of protesting Nigerians against the removal of fuel…