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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…

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…

Labour has right to protest, says Oshiomhole

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Southsouth Nigeria, has expressed solidarity with the labour unions and the civil society groups…

Killer DPO Arrested, Detained

The Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Pen Cinema Police Divisional Headquarters, Segun Fabunmi, has been arrested and detained on the orders…

In Pictures: Subsidy Removal Protest in Nigerian Cities

Disables protesting fuel subsidy removal. Protests during the NLC Rally in Abuja. Youths in Gwagwalada, in Abuja blocked roads and…

Workers Strike Paralyses Nigerian cities

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and civil society groups today shut down the country following the failure of the Federal…

Jonathan’s capital turns Ghost Town

Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory was virtually a ghost town this morning as most people kept away from…

Oil Subsidy Protests shut Nigerian cities

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and civil society groups today shut down the country following the failure of the Federal…

Soldiers block subsidy protesters in Abuja

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The protesters’ march to the Eagle Square was foiled this afternoon by the heavy presence of…

Police Kill 3 In Lagos, Kano

The ongoing nationwide protest against fuel subsidy removal, recorded its first casualty today in Lagos when a young man was…

Fuel Subsidy Removal: Nigerians Take Over Abuja Streets

Abuja residents trooped out enmase this morning to join forces with the NLC and TUC in their protests against the…

Fashola Votes N64b For Staff Salary

Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has voted N64 billion for staff salary and allowances in this year’s budget. The government…

Muslim Cleric Appeals To Jonathan Over Fuel Subsidy

Prominent Nigerians have continued to appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan to rescind his decision over removal of subsidy on petroleum…

Sanity Returns To Police Barracks

Sanity has returned to the once porous Obalende Police Barracks which had hitherto been used as a thoroughfare by commuter…

Fashola Extends Registration Period For LASU Students

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has approved the extension of the deadline for registration of both fresh and…

Gov. Reiterates Voters’ Confidence In Judiciary

Governor Martin Elechi of Ebonyi, has reiterated that the nation’s voters still had confidence in the judiciary, due to its…