IGP Egbetokun rolls out conditions for planned nationwide protests

The inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has given conditions for holding the planned nationwide protests scheduled to begin on 1 August Mr Egbetokun announced this to journalists at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Friday.There has been an intense mobilisation online and on X (formerly Twitter) and other social media platforms for protests against … Read more

NSFAS August allowances to be disbursed amid legal disputes

On 25 July, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) officially filed an appeal against the Western Cape High Court’s judgment regarding the EZAGA interdict. This appeal followed a statement from NSFAS, issued on 15 July, in response to the court’s ruling, which had deemed the termination of contracts with EZAGA and other payment partners … Read more

Reps push for removal of universities from Band A electricity tariff

The House of Representatives said that it would ensure that federal universities were removed from the Band A electricity tariff plan to lessen the huge electricity bill. Chairman of the House Committee on University Education, Abubakar Fulata, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja after the committee’s oversight of the federal universities in … Read more

Police probing Mpumalanga farm used as alleged military training base

South African Police Service(SAPS) Commissioner Fannie Masemola says the men and women in blue will thoroughly investigate allegations that 95 Libyan nationals arrested at a farm in White River, Mpumalanga, were using the farm as a military training base. The immigrants were taken in for questioning on Friday following an intelligence-driven operation. SAPS COMMISSIONER WEIGHS … Read more

Lawyer writes IGP, cautions police against disrupting protest

A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has asked the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to ensure that Nigerians taking part in the forthcoming protest are protected by the country’s security agencies. Mr Effiong, in a letter to the IGP on Friday, contended that peaceful protest was not against any law in Nigeria. The protest Some … Read more

MINILS DG calls for national dialogue on economic challenges

The Director-General of Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies ( MINILS), Ilorin, Issa Aremu, has called for an all-inclusive national social dialogue led by Organised Labour on the current economic challenges in Nigeria, saying dialogue should be prioritised over street protests to address the hardship in the country. He made the call at the … Read more

ANC Gauteng hits back at Collen Malatji over ‘golden boys’ comment

The African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng has slammed its youth league leader Collen Malatji’s attack on premier Panyaza Lesufi and his executive. . While addressing a community gathering in Bekkersdal, Malatji said there are untouchable golden boys who are rewarded with positions in the executive while they fail to do their work. ANC GAUTENG … Read more

What Islamic clerics said after meeting Tinubu

A group of Islamic clerics have appealed to young Nigerians to shelve the planned protest schedule for August, saying it won’t yield any positive result. The clerics said this following their meeting with President Bola Tinubu on Thursday. The president held separate meetings on Thursday with APC governors, traditional rulers from around the country, and … Read more