Author: Alade Adisa

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said it plans to embark on a nationwide protest against the proposed 50 percent increase in telecom tariffs on Tuesday, February 4. NEW DAILY PRIME gathered that the nationwide demonstration was agreed upon during the National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting of the NLC on Wednesday. According to reports, the protest aims to send a strong message to the government that workers will oppose the planned increase, which would exacerbate poverty throughout the nation. Recall that on January 22, the NLC rejected the 50 per cent increase in telecommunication tariffs that the Federal Government sanctioned…

Stories like mine are rarely told because there’s no happy ending – instead I just feel bitterness and grief when I see a woman with a buggy When I saw this week’s news that the number of single women undergoing IVF or artificial insemination has tripled over the past decade, from 1,400 in 2012 to 4,800 in 2022, I cried in the toilet at work. I knew it would unleash a slew of articles and television interviews with solo mothers explaining their brave decision to have a baby alone, using donor sperm. Over the course of eight years, I spent tens of thousands of…

Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 23023 general elections, Omoyele Sowore, who had been detained detained at the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) detention facility in Abuja since Monday, after refusing to accept the administrative bail conditions granted to him by the police over alleged cybercrime, on Wednesday, pleaded not guilty to the seventeen-count cybercrime charges brought against him by the Police. After honouring a police invitation to the Force Intelligence Headquarters in Abuja over allegations of resisting and obstructing public officers, disobedience to lawful orders, cyber stalking, and actions allegedly aimed at preventing arrests, Sowore was…

Peace continues to elude the leading opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as a fight broke out at the party’s headquarters, where a meeting of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT) is currently taking place. At present, the crisis-riddled party, being battered with self-inflicted problems for the last four years is holding its BoT meeting at its Wadata House National Headquarters on Wednesday. The violence ensued as Samuel Anyanwu and Sunday Ude-Okoye clashed over the position of National Secretary of the party. Both men laid claim to the position at the ongoing PDP Board of Trustees, BoT, meeting at the party’s…

Even after the presentation of paraphernalia to the new Alaafin of Oyo, there is still tension in the ancient town as kingmakers, better known as the Oyomesi, have instituted legal proceedings against the state governor, Seyi Makinde and others over what they described as the unlawful use of the Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) to harass and intimidate them, including through threat of arrests. NEW DAILY PRIME reported that the crisis between both parties started when the governor called for a fresh process for the selection of the Alaafin of Oyo, which the majority of kingmakers rejected because they had…

The alleged money laundering case against a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been adjourned to 3rd, 24th April, and 6th May, 2024. In her ruling on Wednesday, Justice MaryAnne Anenih of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja, adjourned the case for the continuation of the hearing after the first witness, Fabian Nworah, a property developer, was called to testify. At the day’s proceedings, the Prosecution Counsel, Kemi Pinheiro (SAN), informed the court that he had five witnesses to call for the day. However, Justice MaryAnne Anenih said she could only take one witness. Counsel for the…

In the face of the ongoing deportation crackdown initiated by President Donald Trump, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has said that the Federal Government is ready to welcome deported Nigerians from the United States. Speaking in an interview with Vanguard on Tuesday, NIDCOM’s Director of Media and Corporate Affairs, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was in charge of such development, adding that the Federal Government had already set up an inter-agency committee to handle the matter should Nigerians be deported from the US. Balogun said, “The Federal Government has set up an inter-agency committee, comprising the…

A former speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has lampooned Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State for antagonising the minister of the federal capital territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike. While reacting to the FCT minister’s criticism of his opposition to the tax reform bills, the Bauchi State governor had described Wike as a liability in President Bola Tinubu’s administration on January 24, Recall that Mohammed, who chairs the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors’ Forum, has stridently and frequently kicked against the bills, alleging that they favour one region.AHowever, in a statement on Tuesday, Dogara said Mohammed is “an ingrate”…

The legal brickbat between legal giant, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN) and activist lawyer, Dele Farotimi has finally been laid to rest as the Federal High Court in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday struck out the defamation suit filed by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun against Farotimi over the defamation of the senior lawyer and alleged cybercrime. As one of the most debated cases in recent time, the case, which stemmed from comments made by Farotimi in an interview about his book, ‘Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System’, particularly concerning the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Babalola, was…

Billionaire founder of social media group seeks to work more closely with Trump administration Mark Zuckerberg is exploring buying a property in Washington DC, according to two people familiar with the matter, as Meta’s billionaire founder steps up his efforts to shape US President Donald Trump’s approach to the tech sector. A potential property had been identified, one of the people said. The 40-year-old already owns multiple properties in California, where Meta is headquartered, as well as a compound in Hawaii. The move signals Zuckerberg’s ambition to work closely with the Trump administration, the people said, as he seeks a…