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Casmir Igbokwe From all indications, Nigeria appears to be cursed. Since independence in 1960, the country has been dining with misfortunes. And Since Bola Tinubu was sworn in as President on May 29, 2023, Nigerians have suffered greatly from his cancerous policies. On Thursday, July 27, 2023, almost two months after his inauguration, Tinubu came out with a list of ...

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party floored the All Progressives Congress in one of the polling units in Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna in Saturday’s governorship poll. The main opposition party’s candidate, Isa Ashiru Kudan, won polling unit 014 with 77 votes while APC’s Uba Sani scored 40 votes. The Presiding Officer, Mohammed Baso, who announced the result, said Labour ...

  The Presidency on Friday dismissed claims that the phasing out of old Naira notes is aimed at causing tension and introducing an interim government in Nigeria. Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu in a statement said President Muhammadu Buhari remains committed to abiding by the principles of democracy and handover to the winner of the election on May 29, 2023. “The ...

A public policy think tank, the NEO AFRICANA CENTRE, has expressed concern over the tension in the country occasioned largely by the currency swap that has led to the ongoing cash that the people are experiencing. The Centre said that while it is worried about the scarcity of both the old and new Naira notes, it is important to situate ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress has suspended its five-day warning strike in Kaduna State to pave way for negotiations as requested by the Federal Government. The President of NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba, announced the suspension of the strike on Wednesday in Kaduna. He said, “As you are aware, we have been in Kaduna State for the past four days for our ...

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has sacked all nurses below grade level 14 in the state for embarking on strike in solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress. The governor directed the Ministry of Health in the state to immediately advertise vacancies for the replacement of the dismissed nurses. Kaduna State has been grounded in the last 48 hours as aviation ...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai to “immediately end the growing crackdown on workers and protesters in his state.” In a statement today signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: “Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and Kaduna state authorities must end the harassment and intimidation of NLC leaders and withdraw the illegal ...

Kaduna Government has declared National President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Ayuba Wabba and other members of the union wanted. They were declared wanted for economic sabotage and attacks on public infrastructure under Miscellaneous Offences Act. Governor Nasir El-Rufai, in a tweet on Tuesday, said: “Ayuba Wabba & others of @NLCHeadquarters declared wanted for economic sabotage & attacks on ...

On a sad note, security agencies have reported to the Kaduna State Government the recovery of two more dead bodies of Greenfield University students, killed by bandits today, Monday 26th April 2021. In a statement today, the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the retrieved corpses had been evacuated to a mortuary, and the ...

Bandits again on Sunday struck in Kaduna State, killing one person and abducting four others when they attacked Haske Baptist Church in Mannai Tasha village in Kuriga ward of the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. An eyewitness, Yakubu Bala, told one of our correspondents that the bandits invaded the church at 9am. The attack has been condemned by ...