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The affliction called “the special anti-robbery squad (SARS)’’ has become resistant to every divined antidote. It was set up to treat the...https://thenews-chronicle.com/the-cure-for-the-sars-affliction-is-sars/

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for Nigerian teachers while also increasing the years of service from 35 years to 40 years.
Buhari, who was...https://thenews-chronicle.com/buhari-approves-special-salary-scale-for-teachers-increases-years-of-service-to-40/

The Presidency has reacted to the calls by some individuals and socio-ethnic groups calling for the immediate restructuring of Nigeria, saying the...https://thenews-chronicle.com/restructuring-buhari-will-not-succumb-to-threats-undue-pressure/

Following the suspension of the proposed strike by the Nigerian Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress on Monday, Nigerians have expressed their total loss of confidence in the leadership of...https://thenews-chronicle.com/nigerians-berate-labour-leaders-over-suspension-of-protest-strike/

A Plateau State High Court has dismissed the application of Dr. Obadiah Mailafia who sought to stop the Nigeria Police Force through the Force Criminal Investigations Department from investigating him in...https://thenews-chronicle.com/court-dismisses-mailafias-application-to-stop-police-invitation/

The organised labour has saved Nigeria from a break-up by calling off its planned strike after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government.

A Christian prophet in Imo State, Godfrey Gbujie, had expressed fears that the now shelved strike action by labour over...https://thenews-chronicle.com/labour-halts-strike-stops-nigeria-from-breaking-up/

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has described the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari government to build railways from...https://thenews-chronicle.com/rights-group-threatens-to-sue-buhari-over-railways-to-niger-republic/

Parties on fuel and electricity tariff hikes reversal will be returning to the negotiation table on Monday, following failure to reach a consensus on the troubling issue.

They agreed to... https://thenews-chronicle.com/abia-road-fecs-approves-n12bn-for-construction-of-section-ii-of-ohafia-arochukwu-road/?fbclid=IwAR3h-BtcJBFAxEjdmTPmrs6sUrCYpPAZ8JY4l36ckgybOnvcyedWTo0pB0w

The cycle of bloodletting in Zamfara State might not be over yet. The state has been facing a deadly conflict that started in 2012 as a result of clashes between farmers and herders.

Gradually, the conflict turned into...https://thenews-chronicle.com/zamfara-boils-again-shinkafi-implicates-apc-chief-in-move-for-fresh-bloodletting/

This writer’s knowledge of Miyetti Allah has simply been that of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association (MACBAN). Will his perception change? Well, kindly read on to find out. For want of clarity, MACBAN is a loosely partisan advocacy group which...https://thenews-chronicle.com/miyetti-allah-the-untold-story/

The messy graft scandal that filtered out of the inner recesses of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), a supposed development agency is...https://thenews-chronicle.com/why-we-want-2021-nddc-budget-put-on-hold-by-ijaw-group/

International public concern on the grave humanitarian crisis in the North-East axis of Nigeria seems to be on the wane as the...https://thenews-chronicle.com/across-north-east-11-million-displaced-nigerians-out-of-13-million-still-begging-for-humanitarian-aid/

Petrol scarcity may surface across the country as the Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners on Monday ordered tanker drivers nationwide to...https://thenews-chronicle.com/petrol-scarcity-looms-in-nigeria/

The Ease of Doing Business (EODB) index is a ranking system established by the World Bank Group. It ranks countries against each other based on how the...https://thenews-chronicle.com/ease-of-doing-business-in-nigeria-how-easy-under-the-current-business-reforms/

Nigeria’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, will not stop amazing Nigerians! In yet another in the series of what could be described as ‘speaking truth to power’, Obasanjo recently berated the...https://thenews-chronicle.com/again-obasanjos-sermon-on-nigeria/

s it only outside Africa that a police would shoot you while Black? In many African countries, lack of respect for the sanctity of lives are increasing while we protest about the lives of our brothers and sisters wasted for no...https://thenews-chronicle.com/nigeria-police-shoot-you-for-money-like-while-black-abroad/

Dr Chidi Amuta’s elegantly captioned article ‘2023: Igbos and the Politics of Moral Consequence’ (ThisDay, August 23 2020) and Bishop Kukah’s rejoinder, ‘Of Igbos, 2023 and Politics of...https://thenews-chronicle.com/2023-igbo-presidency-of-amuta-kukah-and-the-politics-of-moral-consequence/

The campaigns of the first-tier contenders in the Edo governorship election have been largely ensconced in the agitprop of godfatherism. While Godwin Obaseki, incumbent governor of the state, claims he is...https://thenews-chronicle.com/whoever-wins-between-obaseki-and-ize-iyamu-godfatherism-will-still-dog-edo/

Strong pointers have started to emerge that Nigeria under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is grinding to a halt.

There is a simmering threat to impose a state of...https://thenews-chronicle.com/nigerias-crisis-worsens-as-labour-braces-for-war-over-electricity-tariff-fuel-price-hike/

The cheering news of Bordo women in Jahun Local Government Area (LGA) of Jigawa State who contributed N1000 each to purchase a...https://thenews-chronicle.com/bordo-women-ubuntu-and-self-help-projects/

For democracy to thrive in Nigeria, the government and the governed must be alive to their responsibilities towards ensuring that voice is not only...https://thenews-chronicle.com/international-day-of-democracy-nigeria-not-a-democracy-citizens-claim/

The plural crises rocking Nigeria has taken a turn for the worse with the National Publicity Secretary of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Emmah Isong, calling for a national apology to...https://thenews-chronicle.com/fuel-crisis-bishop-drops-bombshell-says-nigerians-were-deceived-about-jonathan-seeks-apology/

There is an almost stoical and primaeval phenomenon with our people. We do not take ownership, either individually or collectively. Maybe it’s an African trait, or just...https://thenews-chronicle.com/nigerians-entitlement-mentality-and-sense-of-belonging/

The killing of notorious Benue bandit, Terwase Akwaza alias Gana hasn’t drawn much sympathy.No one expected it to. However, an article in last Saturday’s Vanguard Newspaper which quoted sources as saying he told his...https://thenews-chronicle.com/like-yusuf-like-gana-the-lesson-we-havent-learnt/

A Human Rights Group, the CLEEN Foundation has identified the use of hate speech and thugs by major political gladiators in Edo State as...https://thenews-chronicle.com/hate-speech-use-of-thugs-by-edo-political-gladiators-driving-violence-in-edo-group/

I had just finished cooking dinner and because the room was hot, l decided to go outside to enjoy the cool evening breeze. After sitting outside for a bit, a neighbour called my attention to something. l had to go to his room to...https://thenews-chronicle.com/dear-nigerians-what-a-daughter-can-do-a-son-can-do-even-better/

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s comment on Thursday on the state of the nation is unsettling the Buhari administration and the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF).

But, socio-political groups in Nigeria pressing for the restructuring of the...https://thenews-chronicle.com/failed-state-obasanjos-bombshell-unsettles-buhari-arewa/

The countdown to the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State has continued to hot up following attacks by members of political parties against each other.
The latest of...https://thenews-chronicle.com/ondo-2020-one-killed-many-injured-as-thugs-attack-zlp-members/

Kaduna State is going tough with the vice of rape. Rapists in the state are to be castrated for taking delight in unlawful carnal knowledge of the...https://thenews-chronicle.com/kaduna-goes-tough-on-rape-as-imsu-suspends-2-sex-for-grade-science-professors/

I’m not sure what his daytime job is, but if there was ever a politician permanently parked on social media that politician is Dino Daniel Melaye.
He was in the...https://thenews-chronicle.com/dino-melaye-is-not-a-fool/

Nigeria’s Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has condemned the notion that victims of sexual harassment are the architects of their misfortune either by their attitude, dressing or willingness to be in a...https://thenews-chronicle.com/dont-blame-sexual-harassment-victims-for-their-fate-vp-osinbajo-says/

The state of insecurity in Nigeria is deteriorating and solution to it seems not to be on sight. It is almost like Nigeria is sitting on a...https://thenews-chronicle.com/insecurity-in-nigeria-and-the-failed-state-status/