•Foodstuff market Citizens have cried out over continued rise in the cost of common perishable and preservable food items across various markets in Niger State. This is coming barely few months after the state government inaugurated prize control committee to check excesses of foodstuff merchants and middlemen whose activities is adding to the...
Depositors of the recently liquidated Heritage Bank have appealed to President Bola Tinubu over the non-payment of their deposits since the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) revoked the bank’s license on June 3, 2024. The depositors, many of whom are facing severe economic hardship, lament that more than 200 of their members have died from [&helli...
•Wike Residents of the Ruga community in Abuja, where over 10,000 persons have been allegedly displaced in the ongoing demolition of ‘illegal’ structures by the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, have lamented their poor living conditions in the wake of the crisis. In a 10-minute trending video posted on X by social media activist, VeryDarkMan @Coolve...
•NLC President Joe Ajaero No fewer than seven states and the Federal Capital Territory have failed to approve the minimum wage expected to commence in October this year. This is as 25 states have commenced payment or made a pronouncement on the amount to pay as the minimum wage, reports Saturday PUNCH. The states that […]
•Workers trekking to offices A cross-section of Nigerian workers today expressed growing frustration over the increasing cost of transportation, attributing it to the persistent rise in fuel prices. In separate interviews with our correspondents, the workers decried the impact of high transportation costs on their finances and overall well-bei...
Residents of Itsekiri communities in Warri North Local Government Area of Delta State have cried out for urgent assistance as ocean surge sweeps through the area leaving houses, schools, and other infrastructure devastated in its wake. Ogheye Eghoroke, Orere, Ogheye Zion and Ogheye Ajadogo are all communities in the Warri North Local Governmen...
Some Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) personnel deployed to man Nigeria’s land borders have decried the non-payment of their allowances for two and a half years, leaving them in a deplorable working condition. The personnel claimed that they had been stationed at the borders for over five years, dating ba...
•Presidential jet Landowners of Nuwalege, Abuja ejected by the federal government, have called on the government for compensation. More than 200 families who resided in Nuwalege, a rural community along the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road in Abuja, have been reportedly rendered homeless, following the demolition of their homes to acc...
Petty traders and artisans in Lagos State woke up this morning Thursday, August 29, 2024 to find tax officers forcefully locking up their business premises over non payment of income tax. Our correspondents who monitored the exercise in Ojodu Berger and some other parts of Lagos, witnessed massive wailings by this low class of business [&helli...
•Fuel scarcity The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has said its members do not get enough Premium Motor Spirit supply from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) in the wake of scarcity of products sweeping across the country. The association currently has more than 3000 members controlling the l...

