The Pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has called for the abolition of all 774 local government councils in Nigeria. The group demanded a...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 11, 2024The Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, has disclosed that Nigeria loses billions of naira to fuel smuggling. Adeniyi, while...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 10, 2024Thirty-five members of the House of Representatives are seeking, among other demands, a single six-year tenure for the Nigerian presidency. The lawmakers, led...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 10, 2024Nigerian governors, under the aegis of the Nigerian Governors Forum, have rejected the proposed N60,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers, saying it is...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 7, 2024The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has rejected a bill in the House of Representatives seeking the creation of an additional state in...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 7, 2024The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the 2024 supplementary bill of N98.5 billion for the Federal Capital Territory Administration. President Bola Tinubu...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 6, 2024The Labour Party has renamed the ‘Directorate of OBIDIENT Affairs’, established in May, to oversee the interests of the ‘Obidient’ movement within the...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 6, 2024The Médecins Sans Frontières, a humanitarian non-governmental organisation, also known as Doctors Without Borders, has warned of worsening malnutrition in northern Nigeria. MSF...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 4, 2024Coalition talks are currently ongoing between the African National Congress (ANC) and the main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance. West Africa Weekly has...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 4, 2024Mexico has elected its first female President, Claudia Sheinbaum, in a historic election characterised by an unprecedented degree of violence and bloodletting. 61-year-old...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 4, 2024The organised Labour of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have embarked on an indefinite industrial action over...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 3, 2024Members of the Nigeria Labour Congress have reportedly shut down the electricity grid after sacking officials of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)...
ByOluwatobi OdeyinkaJune 3, 2024