Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has called for calm over moves by the Federal Government to create new local government councils across the country. Bayelsa State was created in 1996 with just eight local government councils — falling short of the constitutionally required ten — and there have been calls over the years to address the deficit. Recently, …

Federal Pensioners under the Contributory Pension Scheme have written to the Coordinating Minister of Finance and National Economy, Wale Edun, to demand the implementation of the earlier announced N32,000 increment in pension. The N32,000 increment for pensioners was announced shortly after the announcement of the N70,000 minimum wage for workers. The pensioners, who had earlier staged a peaceful rally at …

Residents of Akoka in Lagos State say they only get two hours of electricity despite being migrated to Band A. The residents took to the streets on Tuesday to protest the development, calling on the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) to come to their rescue. With placards in their hands, the protesters said, “Akoka is totally neglected. Our business is …

Organisers of the #FearlessOctober1 protest have declared that the police, Department of State Services (DSS), and the military would not stop them from embarking on the demonstration as planned. The organisers have also written to the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, to request security during the demonstration, noting that protest is a fundamental right they would not submit …

Tens of thousands of international students took to the streets across Canada this week in a wave of protests against new immigration policies introduced by the federal government. According to a report by City News Toronto on Monday, the demonstrations, which drew approximately 70,000 students occurred in major provinces including Prince Edward Island, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia. The protests …

The Ukpor Community, the headquarters of Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Friday, embarked on a protest over more than six years of power outages in the town. The protesters, who trooped out to the office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) in the area in their numbers, chanted solidarity songs and displayed placards with varying …

Vital documents related to the ongoing corruption trial of former Kano State Governor and current National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, were reportedly carted away when hoodlums vandalised the Kano State High Court during the #EndBadGovernance protests. Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, who disclosed this on Wednesday when he visited the vandalised court premises …

Yesterday, the #ENDBADGOVERNANCE protests ran its full gamut. In the days, weeks, months and years to come, pundits, critics and analysts will continue to discuss, review, critique and draw useful lessons from it. Did it fail? Did it succeed? Have lessons been learned on both sides of the divide? Will the protagonists as well as antagonists of the protests organize …

Poland has denied that its nationals who were arrested by security operatives in Kano, Nigeria, waved the Russian flag. The detained Poles were arrested on 6 August  in Kano for allegedly displaying Russian flags during the #EndBadGovernance protest held by some Nigerians against economic hardship in the country. Also arrested were six Spanish nationals. The spokesperson for the Department of …

Wonders of life cannot but continue to excite and amaze us human beings. There is renewed keen interest among archeologists and many others who pre-occupy themselves with it: The Mystery of the Egyptian Pyramid. It was one of the early features of Egyptian civilization, invincibility, and power. What lies behind it? Not only are there unanswered questions about how it …