The Governor of Bayelsa State, Mr Douye Diri, has bemoaned the current economic hardship facing the country resulting from inflation caused by the policies of the Federal Government. The governor, while addressing members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in the state at the Government House gate, Yenagoa, during the nationwide high cost of living protest on Tuesday, said he …

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) has asked the Federal Government to begin the importation of food in two weeks to mitigate the soaring prices of food across the country. During a press conference in Abuja on Monday on the economic hardship ravaging the country, TUC President, Comrade Festus Osifo said that Nigerians had never witnessed this level of …

The counsel for the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Femi Falana has said the proposed nationwide protest by the union does not amount to contempt. According to the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), after withdrawing the contempt proceedings against the NLC and Trade Union Congress (TUC) for their protest on last 2nd August, the Federal Government’s subsequent threat of contempt …

A pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere has begged the Yoruba people not to participate in the protests breaking out from some parts of the country over the current economic hardship. The Yoruba people are indigenes of the six southwestern states of the country which include Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Ekiti and Oyo. Although, residents of the Yoruba-identified states and others including …

Akwa Ibom State Governor Pastor Umo Eno has asked Nigerians to return to agriculture in order to stem the current economic hardship experienced across the country, which according to him is aggravated by the longtime neglect of agriculture by individual citizens. Eno stated that the state government is making plans to cushion the effect on citizens through the planned establishment …

The police in Ekiti State on Thursday warned against staging an “End Nigeria Protest” believed to be organised by an unknown group in any part of the state, saying such an act capable of threatening existing peace was unacceptable. The Commissioner of Police, Adeniran Akinwale, enjoined all stakeholders, parents, and peace lovers “to warn their wards to be law-abiding citizens …

Most times in Nigeria, conditions of living hardly improve, and neither do difficulties ease. What happens is that we adjust to the new hardship, which then becomes like normal until a new hardship, usually increase in prices of fuel, gas, forex rate and consequently, goods occurs. We go about another round of whining and adjust again to the new normal. …

Late Afrobeat superstar, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, in his early musical ensemble days as Africa ‘70, recalibrated a folklore that told the story of food shortage and hunger. The folklore, which Fela entitled Alujanjankijan brims with the motif of greed and its implications. The hunger folktale goes thus: Long time ago, a very severe famine hit the animal kingdom, leading to intense …

Borno State Government has declared a one-day statewide fast for Monday, February 19, to seek divine intervention on the rising cost of food items and the spate of landmine explosions across its major roads. In a statewide broadcast on Friday, Governor Babagana Zulum said: “I speak to you today with a heavy heart, but also with a determination to address the …

The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has asked the opposition parties to stop complaining, but rather, they should offer lasting solutions to the country’s problems. The APC Spokesman, Felix Morka made this call in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Tuesday. “One of the concerns we have is that opposition is not about condemning. So, it is not …