Labour rejects fresh ₦60,000 Minimum Wage Offer
The Organised Labour has again rejected a fresh ₦60,000 minimum wage proposal by the Federal Government, and the Organised Private Sector. This time, the Organised Labour comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), also shifted ground from its ₦497,000 stance last week to ₦494,000. Yesterday’s meeting deadlocked, as talks ended […]
South African border authority on high alert
The South African Border Management Authority (BMA) is on high alert as the country prepares to hold the general elections on Wednesday, May 29. The management authority in a statement, also said it arrested 28 Bangladesh nationals on Saturday evening at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg who had landed from Dubai, the United Arab […]
FG to introduce Single-Digit Interest Rate for Media Financing
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi, has reiterated Federal government’s resolve to extend a single-digit interest rate financing through the Bank of Industry to all media organisations, designed to mitigate the high operational costs faced by the media in the country. Speaking at the ongoing ministerial sectoral update yesterday in Abuja, […]
FG drags governors to Supreme Court
The Federal Government has dragged the 36 state governors before the Supreme Court over alleged misconduct in administration of local government areas in Nigeria. The suit filed by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), prayed the apex Court for an order restraining the State Governors and State […]
President Tinubu Flags Off Construction of Lagos-Calabar coastal Road
President Bola Tinubu has flagged off the construction of the 700 kilometres Lagos/Calabar coastal highway, ‘a flagship project of the renewed hope agenda.’ At the formalities yesterday, the president who described the flag off as his bragging day for embarking on the bold endeavour to transform the economy, said it was a hard decision for […]
Flights from Britain to Rwanda to take off after election
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said Flights carrying migrants from Britain to Rwanda will take off “after the election’’, Sunak who made the admission ahead of a two-day trip across the UK to mark the start of the campaign, urged UK voters to back him at the polls if they want to see this […]
Minister Wike announces a two-month free ride in Abuja
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike has announced the approval of a two-month free ride on the Abuja Rail Mass Transit, by President Bola Tinubu. Wike who made the disclosure in Abuja yesterday, during the Ministerial Sectoral Update on the performance of Tinubu’s administration in the last one year, said that the metro […]
Bill on Nigeria’s old national anthem passes second reading
The Nigeria Senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking to revert to Nigeria’s old national anthem. The old anthem “Nigeria, We Hail Thee” was replaced with the current one “Arise, O Compatriots” in 1978 during the Olusegun Obasanjo regime. Our correspondent, Raliat Adenekan reports that the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele who sponsored […]
FG re-launches National Information Portal
The Federal Government has re-launched the National Information Portal with the link, www.nigeria.gov.ng as the official digital gateway to comprehensive information about Nigeria and Nigerians. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris, who yesterday re-launched the portal on the sidelines of the Ministerial Sectoral Briefings, to mark the first anniversary of the President […]
Cross River House of Assembly impeaches Speaker
Members of the Cross River State House of Assembly today engaged in a free-for-all following the impeachment of the Speaker Elvert Ayambem. The House turned chaotic as the sitting rounded up, with members fighting over the mace, which is the symbol of authority of the speaker. The fisticuffs ended the sitting, which saw 17 members […]
