The Department of State Services (DSS) has allowed the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to undergo a medical checkup after a court order. Kanu, who is facing charges of treason and terrorism, has been in DSS custody since June 2021, when he was re-arrested by…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has issued a seven-day nationwide strike starting August 2, 2023 over the removal of fuel subsidies.  The Labour Congress gave the Federal Government a seven-day ultimatum to reverse all perceived anti-poor policies including the recent hike in the pump price of petrol or face an…

The Lagos State Government has approved the sum of N61.2 million for the mass burial of 103 victims of the 2020 #EndSARS protest in the state, according to a leaked memo dated July 19 by the Lagos State Government Public Procurement Agency. The memo stated that the state government engaged…

President Bola Tinubu has stirred up a legal controversy by asking the Presidential Election Petition Court (PREPEC) in Abuja to disqualify his rival, Peter Obi of the Labour Party (LP), from any possible rerun presidential election. Tinubu claimed that only he and Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has alleged that Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), are plotting to threaten and arrest judges of the Presidential Election Petition Court. The court is hearing the petitions filed by Atiku and other…