The recent arrests of two popular investigative journalists in Nigeria has caused an outcry among Nigerians and within journalism circles over what appears to be a crackdown on free speech by the Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government, fuelling fears of a return to a dark chapter in the country’s history regarding its press freedom records. On…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Announcement of new appointments to Nigeria’s top intelligence agencies by the country’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, have raised hopes amongst stakeholders of a determined push to address troubling levels of insecurity in the country. It has also raised questions about the timing and reasons for the changes. The appointments were announced…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu and Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo on Wednesday evening in Malabo signed an agreement on Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Project, further strengthening development partnership between their two states. The agreement was signed on the first day of a three-day official visit by the Nigerian president to Equatorial Guinea. Tinubu’s…
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has called for an immediate end to the nationwide protests that have rocked the nation since Thursday. In a nationwide address on Sunday, he said his government was ready to listen and address the concerns of protesters. The president also commiserated with the families of Nigerians who died during clashes with…
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff Christopher Musa Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa has warmed that the military would step in to assist the police and other security agencies if the violent protests in some parts of the country goes out of control. Musa gave the warning while briefing newsmen on the…
From an eerie silence on the morning of the first day of nationwide protests, Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, witnessed a change in tempo by mid-day. Crowds of protesters stormed the city centre, defying threats and restrictions placed by the city’s authorities on the locations of protest marches. Reports say the momentum has been sustained on…
Protesters in the northern state of Sokoto. Thousands of Nigerians came out today in response to calls for nationwide protests over soaring cost of living and rising fuel price caused by the economic policies of the Tinubu government. The protests are expected to last for ten days. The organisers, who say they are only voicing…
George Akume, Secretary to the Nigerian government. Faced with growing leaks of government documents to the public, the Nigerian government has warned that unauthorised disclosure or leakage of official documents, capable of impacting the country negatively, is a punishable offence. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), George Akume, gave the warning on Tuesday…
The newly reinstated Emir Sanusi Lamido II. Nigeria’s second largest city and Emirate of Kano, which is also capital of the northern state of Kano, is reeling from the aftershocks of a major feud with all the hallmarks of a game of thrones as a former Emir, Muhammadu Sanusi II, who was dethroned in March…
The negotiation between the Nigerian government and the country’s organised labour appear to have reached a deadlock after a meeting on Friday, May 15, with the unions rejecting an offer of a N48,000 as the new national minimum wage. In a dramatic turn of events, both the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress…
