The Ugandan government on Thursday abolished electricity subsidies paid to power generators to cushion consumers, a move that will see tariffs rise by an average of 42 per cent. Consumers and analysts said it was likely to stoke further public anger over the high cost of living and possibly lead to an escalation of a […]
THERE was a heightening of the tension in Ibadan Tuesday night, following the discovery of 61 Hausa men concealedin a van. The fear of Boko Haram made those who discovered them raised the alarm which attracted attention. The suspects were arrested at Olusanya, Ring Road by some protesters during the ongoing nationwide strike. Nigerian Tribune […]
GHANAIAN security agents seized a truckload of arms and ammunition believed to be on its way to Nigeria and arrested five people, a senior police officer in Accra said on Wednesday. The Tuesday seizure comes with Nigeria hit by mass protests and a national strike over soaring fuel prices, as well as spiralling violence blamed […]
AS the nationwide strike against the fuel subsidy removal by the Federal Government entered the third day on Wednesday, the protest took a dangerous dimension in Minna, the Niger State capital, as an Inspector of Police attached to the state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on David Mark road, within the metropolis, […]
The Nigerian High Commissioner in India, Mr. Oyebola Kuku, has expressed concern over the increasing number of Nigerians in jails in India. Kuku told visiting members of the House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, led by Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, in New Delhi on Tuesday that more than 500 known Nigerians were in various jails across […]
The Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare, on Wednesday asked the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan. Bakare, who spoke at the SNG rally at Ojota, Lagos, organised to demand the restoration of the N65 pump price of petrol, said Jonathan had committed and impeachable offence by […]
Nigerian Labor Message To Washington DC Protesters The Nigerian Labour Congress sent in this message of solidarity this morning 9th January, 2012 NLC Message To Washington DC Protesters Dear Compatriots! On behalf of the Nigerian labor movement I wish to thank you for standing in Solidarity with us as we begin our nation-wide strike protesting […]
-Sun At least four persons were killed and many others including a senior police officer were injured yesterday in Lagos during the continuous protest against the Federal Government removal of fuel subsidy. While two protesters on a commercial motorcycle, popularly known as Okada were crushed to death, two others sustained serious injury from the […]
January 11, 2012 by Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja 42 Comments Nigeria is losing a whopping N158.93bn daily to the ongoing strike by the organised labour and Civil Society groups over the removal of petroleum subsidy, investigation has revealed. The industrial action, which enters its third day today (Wednesday), has crippled economic activities in the country. For […]
Labour and civil society groups in Kaduna on Tuesday suspended street demonstrations after a teenager was shot by the police during the ongoing protest against fuel subsidy removal. The unidentified teenager was shot around the Old Panteka in the Tundun Wada area of the state capital. An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the teenager was […]
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