Day: April 9, 2025

FRCN Pensioners Stage Protest in Oyo Over Unpaid Benefits

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

FRCN Pensioners Stage Protest in Oyo Over Unpaid Benefits Ibadan, Oyo State – A group of elderly pensioners of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) staged a peaceful protest in Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, demanding the immediate payment of their outstanding benefits. The visibly agitated pensioners, many of whom were frail and aged, converged at the Nigeria Union of Journalists secretariat in Iyaganku, Ibadan as early as 9:00 AM, carrying placards and chanting songs of lament and frustration. The placards bore inscriptions such as “Pay Us Our Entitlements…

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Niger Ditches French, Embraces Hausa as National Language in Landmark Shift

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

Niger Ditches French, Embraces Hausa as National Language in Landmark Shift Niamey, Niger – In a move reverberating across the Sahel region, Niger’s transitional government has officially declared Hausa as the nation’s new national language, effectively replacing French. The announcement, made late yesterday by a government spokesperson, marks a decisive break from the country’s colonial past and signals a significant shift in national identity. For decades, French has served as the official language of administration, education, and commerce in Niger, a legacy of French colonial rule. However, Hausa, a widely…

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Labour Party Threatens Showdown with NLC Over “Invasion” Plans

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

Labour Party Threatens Showdown with NLC Over “Invasion” Plans Tensions are escalating rapidly between the Labour Party (LP) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) as the political party has issued a stern warning against what it describes as a planned “invasion” of its secretariat and affairs by the labour union. The Labour Party, in a strongly worded statement released earlier today, threatened to mobilise its members nationwide to resist any such move by the NLC, setting the stage for a potential confrontation between the two historically linked but increasingly strained…

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Nigerian Law Firm Calls for Tinubu’s Removal as ECOWAS Chair Over Rivers Crisis, Citing “Dictatorial Tendencies”

Onwuama Arinze Godswill

Nigerian Law Firm Calls for Tinubu’s Removal as ECOWAS Chair Over Rivers Crisis, Citing “Dictatorial Tendencies” ABUJA, NIGERIA – A Lagos-based law firm, Justice and Equity Advocates (JEA), has ignited a firestorm of controversy by formally petitioning the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to remove Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu from his position as Chairman of the regional bloc. The firm, in a letter addressed to the ECOWAS Commission President and seen by reporters, alleges that President Tinubu’s handling of the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State demonstrates…

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