The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, today, set up a committee to look into the high cost of airfares. Acting Director General of NCAA, Captain Chris Najomo, said in a video press release posted on the Authority’s official X, formerly Twitter, handle. Najomo said the committee is tasked with reducing cost. He said: “It has […]...
Hotel managers have said that double taxation and arbitrary implementation of it has made the operation of the business difficult in Nigeria. Speaking to newsmen at the weekend, the Deputy Director, Commercial and Special Duties of BON International West Africa, Mrs Sandra Ogbahon said that double taxation has crippled hotel business in Nigeri...
•NLC President, Tinubu & TUC President The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, has stated that if the ongoing inflation continues unabated, organised labour might push for a new minimum wage of up to N1 Million for Nigerian workers. Ajaero said the demand from organised labour would be influenced by the cost of […]...
•Bags of sachet water a.k.a. Pure Water The Association of Table Water Producers (ATWAP) says it will shut down and suspend production in all water producing factories in Enugu State due to unbearable high cost of production. This is contained in a statement issued by the Chairman of ATWAP, Enugu State Chapter, Mr Tony Edike, […]
•Port Harcourt refinery Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited says it has completed the supply of over 475,000 barrels of crude oil to the Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited (PHRC), through its Bonny Oil & Gas Terminal (BOGT). This, according to a statement signed by the Media Relations Manager, Abimbola Essien-Nelson,...
As the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is set to release the January 2024 inflation report, this week, analysts at FinanÂcial Derivatives Company (FDC) have projected that inflation rate for January 2024 May hit the 30 percent mark. They also projected that the Monetary Policy ComÂmittee (MPC) of the CenÂtral Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will [&h...
•Tinubu Protests broke out in Minna, Niger State capital, and Kano metropolis on Monday as residents took to the streets to demand an end to soaring cost of living in the country. Their action was understandable: Inflation was shooting through the roof, reports Sunday Vanguard. The federal government immediately responded by convening an emerg...
•Bags of rice This is not the best of times for Nigerian families, who have had to adopt bizarre cost-cutting measures to cope with the recent hardship occasioned by the dramatic hike in the prices of goods and services. Several of them lamented that their income could no longer take care of their daily needs, […]
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Prof Itse Sagay, says President Bola Tinubu should have waited six months after his inauguration before removing subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol. He made this known during a conversation around the future of Nigeria. The senior lawyer was a guest on Channels Television yesterday. He [&he...
•Balogun Market in Lagos The Trade Union Congress (TUC) wants the federal government to go beyond promises and get to work to cushion the economic hardships facing Nigerians. Since assuming office in May, President Bola Tinubu ended the fuel subsidy and also floated the naira, resulting in a tripling of the prices of petrol and […]

