Security operatives reportedly raid NLC office
Security operatives have raided the Labour House in the Central Business District of Abuja. In a statement, Benson Upah, spokesperson of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) alleged the “invading troop claimed that they were looking for seditious materials used for…
Movie star Francis Duru loses 15-yr-old son
Ifeanyi, the 15-year-old son of movie star, Francis Duru, is dead. Duru revealed this in an Instagram post on Thursday morning, August 8. He wrote: ‘My champ!!my lion..you fought like a lion…if this is the way He wants it ,so…
Immigration suspends officer for seeking gratification at Airport.
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has indefinitely suspended officer Okpravero C Ufuoma, an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II (ASI 2) for seeking gratification from a traveller at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Comptroller-General of the NIS, Mrs Kemi Nanna…
Many injured, vehicles destroyed as gas explosion rocks Lagos
A Mobil Oil Company filling station beside the Airport Hotel in Ikeja has been engulfed by fire due to a gas explosion. It was learnt that the explosion occurred at about 10:49 am on Thursday, August 8, when a gas…
President Bola Tinubu Restructuring the Country’s economy, says SEYLCF leader.
The National President of Southeast Young Leaders Consultative Forum ,Ambassador Chinweuba Anyaragbu has assured the Southeast Youth that President Bola Tinubu will rebuild the country’s economy. According to him, President Tinubu inherited an economy which was heading towards total collapse,…
2024 Protest: It’s time to Restructure and Regionalise Nigeria – Prof Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies
Re: President Tinubu addresses Nigerians again amid ongoing hunger protests Mass Action Joint Alliance candidate for the 2019 presidential election, a former female Presidential candidate in 2019 election and a Professor of Applied linguistics, Prof Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies in Port Harcourt…
CDA News Updates you need to know Wednesday morning
Good morning dear esteemed readers! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The hunger protests, which rocked the country from last Thursday, appear to have lost steam following the police crackdown on the organisers and the protesters, many of…
Military to enhance joint operations, national security response
The exercise is designed to promote joint operations and enhance national security response, The Commandant of the Naval War College, Rear Adm. Abdullahi Ahmed, said the exercise is aimed to equip participants with skills to effectively respond to contemporary security…
FG, stakeholders back establishment of national polytechnic commission.
The federal government through the Federal Ministry of Education, the National Board for Technical Education, and stakeholders in the polytechnic sector on Wednesday, August 7, threw their weight behind the establishment of a National Polytechnic Commission to promote academic standards…
Police arrested three protesters for theft in Rivers
The Rivers Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three protesters for stealing Point of Sale machines and windshield wipers of vehicles. Commissioner for Police, Olatunji Disu, said on Wednesday in Port Harcourt that he carried an on-the-spot assessment of…