The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), said that it has no plans to join the nationwide protest scheduled for Aug. 1 against economic hardship in the country. TUC President, Mr Festus Osifo, said this at a news conference on State of the Nation on Thursday in Abuja....
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The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike has advised residents of the territory not to partake in the planned protest by some section of Nigerians. Wike made the appeal while interacting with residents after he inspected the ongoing construction of 5-kilometre access road to...
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the planned nationwide protest as called by some unnamed groups over the current hardship in the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that some undisclosed bodies planned the protest for Aug. 1 with posters and hashtags (#EndBadGovernance) have already...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Some Civil Society Groups, under the aegis of Concerned Civil Society Organizations in Kogi State, have called on Nigerians especially the youths in the state not to take part in the planned nationwide protests in Nigeria, slated for 1st August, 2024. Addressing Journalists...
beg Nigerians to shelve planned protest The Progressives Governors Forum (PGF) has appealed to Nigerians to shelve the planned protest against President Bola Tinubu-led government slated for Aug. 1 to Aug. 10. The PGF is a partisan organisation for the All Progressive Congress with the mandate to drive policy...
Ahead of the planned nationwide protest in August, the Minister for Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with the Federal Government. The minister made the plea on Wednesday after a meeting with the Secretary to the Government of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has urged citizens of the state to shun ideas of protest resulting from the hardships faced in the country. The governor said that the hike in the prices of food and other commodities was temporary and assured that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A non political group, Concerned Northern Forum of Nigeria (CNFN) has threw more weight behind Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume and Chief Whip at the Senate, who appeared last Thursday on Arise TV where he said, there is much hunger in the land under...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to urgently address the issue of high cost of food items in the country. Oyintiloye in a chat with newsmen on Sunday in Osogbo, said that Nigerians were hungry and living...
The World Food Programme (WFP) has said it would increase its food and nutrition assistance programme in some countries in West and Central Africa in June. WFP, through the programme, hopes of reaching 7.3 million people as the June-August lean season is under way at a time when...
The Archbishop, Province of the Niger and Bishop, Diocese of Awka, Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Alexander Ibezim said on Saturday that poverty and hunger were major threats to the nation’s peace and unity. Ibezim said this while delivering the Archbishop’s Charge during the 2nd Session of the 13th...
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Nutrition and Food Security, Rep Chike Okafor, has warned that the rising inflation rates will worsen the already high level of hunger as well as Food and Nutrition Insecurity (FNI) in Nigeria. Okafor issued the warning on Tuesday in Owerri, the Imo...
President Bola Tinubu has directed total compliance with the Export Prohibition Act in respect of food items, to check smuggling of the commodities out of the country. The News Agency of Nigeria NAN reports that the Comptroller-General of the service, Mr Wale Adeniyi, disclosed this during a meeting with...
Abuja residents have looted a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Department of Agriculture. The warehouse was raided by the residents on Sunday morning. They carted away foodstuffs and other items stored in the warehouse. Masses looting foodstuffs from a Government Warehouse in our oil rich...
The Southern Nigerian People’s Mandate (SNPM), a coalition of civil societies, wants President Bola Tinubu to use technology to flush out terrorists occupying extensive farmlands across the country. The President of SNPM, Elder Augustine Chukwudum, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Enugu that the...
These days, the words dominating the air are “hunger” and “protest”. And that, we are told, is because of two others – “dollar” and “salary”. Unfortunately, those capitalising on the latter two words to push for the first two words hardly mention the words “production” and “security” which...
Inmates at the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State protested on Friday over the plan to reduce their food ration. They expressed dissatisfaction over the decision, a situation that forced the prison authorities to fire tear gas canisters and gunshots into the air to bring the situation...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has suspended its second day nationwide streets protest over hunger and economic hardship in the country. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, stated this in a communique jointly signed with Mr Ismail Bello, Acting General Secretary of the Congress at...
The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) has urged the Federal Government to immediately address hunger and economic hardship in the country. NLC President, Mr Joe Ajaero, said this when addressing workers during a peaceful protest from its headquarters to the National Assembly on Tuesday in Abuja. The protesting workers...
Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have stormed the National Assembly (NASS) complex in Abuja on Tuesday as they continued their protests over the rising cost of living in the country. The protesters who were carrying placards with diverse inscriptions, arrived at the National Assembly around 10...