Some vulnerable FCT residents including the scavengers, beggars, petty traders, among others, have filed a suit against the Minister, Nyesom Wike, demanding N500 million in damages over alleged breach of their fundamental rights. A legal practitioner, Abba Hikima, filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1749/3024 before Justice James Omotosho of aContinue Reading

    •Lawmakers say they’ve had enough of him •His deputy, Moji Meranda, takes over •Assembly clerk suspended, replaced in acting capacity In a well-executed civilian coup, some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, numbering 32, yesterday, impeached the speaker, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, while he was in transitContinue Reading

By Mohammed Baba Busu The National Hydro Electric Power Producing Areas Commission, (N-HYPPADEC) has inaugurated an 11-member Freedom Of Information (FOI) committee to boost transparency and accountability in its operations. The Managing Director of N-HYPPADEC, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq-Yelwa, said this during the inauguration of the committee and training of membersContinue Reading

By Flowerbud News The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM), an interest group, has announced plans to stage peaceful protests in Abuja, Rivers, and at United Nations offices across Nigeria. The protest aims to oppose the election of Sen. John Azuta-Mbata as President-General of Ohaneze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation. Azuta-Mbata,Continue Reading

By Flowerbud News Workers’ unions in the Lagos State-owned media organisations, on Monday, embarked on a three-day warning strike in protest of non-payment of minimum wage. The workers are also protesting  non- inclusion in the state Oracle database for salary payment. The workers, under the umbrella of the Nigeria UnionContinue Reading