The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has chided the presidency that it is insulting to Nigerians for the Federal Government instead of making solid provision that will checkmate the food insecurity; they have chosen to provide grains as a palliative. President of the NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero, described the step the federal government is seeking to implement as a joke during an interview on Arise Television today.
Access Holdings Plc has confirmed the death of its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Herbert Wigwe, along with his wife and son, on Friday, February 9, 2024 in a helicopter accident in a helicopter accident in the United States.
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command attached to the Rapid Response Squad 74, have arrested a pastor, Simon Kado; his relative, Jesse Simon-Kado, and their driver, Muhammad Isah, for child trafficking, as revealed by the state Public Relations Officers, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement today. The perpetrators were nabbed on Friday while trafficking 12 underaged children – eight girls and four boys aged between five to 16 years, from Nasarawa State to Ogun State.
The Bauchi State Police Command has declared a vocal Islamic cleric, Dr. Idris Abdul'azeez Tanshi, wanted for alleged contempt of court. This development was made known in a Special Police Gazette Bulletin issued by the authorities of the Inspector General of Police and made available to Journalists in the state command on Thursday, adding that a "handsome reward" awaits anyone with information leading to the arrest of Dutsen Tanshi. According to the bulletin, his last known address was Dutsen Tanshi in Bauch metropolis and he is 63 years old, slim in stature, and normally dresses in Hausa attire.
As a fall out of slamming its membership by the tripartite countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Republics, the Economic Community Of West Africa, ECOWAS today through its ministers have convene an emergency meeting in Abuja, Nigeria. The ministers are expected to deliberate on the pros and cons of rejecting the membership of ECOWAS by the trio as well as to examine the mass protest that broke out in Senegal, following the postponement of the country’s presidential elections.
Worried by the rising food prices in the country, the Federal Government has directed the Special Presidential Committee on Emergency Food Intervention to immediately wade in by opening the national food reserve to the Nigerian populace to stem the inflation. Contrary to some claims, the federal government debunked that Nigerians is facing acute food shortage, as government is alleging that saboteurs were capitalising on Naira’s depreciation to escalate the cost of food items across the markets.
