•NLC President Joe Ajaero The issue of wage review beyond the national minimum wage has become a trending discourse within the Labour movement, especially because of the increasing rate of inflation even before the implementation of the N70,000 new national minimum wage. During May Day, it was also strident in the joint statement of the [&hell...
•House of Representatives Following a motion of urgent national importance by a member, Oboku Oforji, the House of Representatives yesterday called for the immediate suspension of the 50% hike in telecoms tariff. The House also decried the poor service delivery from telecom operators and insisted that an increase in tariff should not happen un...
•Tinubu and Apostle Suleiman The Senior Pastor of Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has attributed current economic hardship to poor decisions made during the 2023 elections. Suleiman made this assertion during Tuesday and Wednesday’s two-day “Recovery Conference 2025” in Bauchi State, reports the Daily Post today. Ahead of the ...
•Labour Party National Chairman, Julius Abure The National Chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has regretted that not many Nigerian homes can afford to celebrate Christmas due to the prevailing economic challenges in the country. He said this in a Christmas message to Nigerians issued in Abuja today by the party’s National Publicity Se...
The Food and Agriculture Organisation(FAO), UNICEF and World Food Programme(WFP) said the economic hardship, climate change and violence in the Northeast region are projected to push 33.1million Nigerians into food insecurity in 2025. A statement issued by Chi Lael, Head of Communications and Media, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), N...
•ASUU President, Prof Osodeke President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has raised an alarm, saying most Nigerian universities are on the verge of shutting down over unbearable cost of administration. He criticised the federal government which repeatedly questioned the deployment of Internally Ge...
•Ghana police in a scuffle with protesters Ghanaian police said they had arrested 42 demonstrators in the capital, Accra, after clashes erupted during protests against economic hardship and the government’s handling of illegal mining, known locally as “galamsey”. The protests, organised by the group Democracy Hub, began on Friday and were set ...
•Governor Biodun Oyebanji Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has approved a work-from-home arrangement for civil servants in the state. This was announced in a statement by Yinka Oyebode, the governor’s special adviser on media, in Ado Ekiti today. According to the statement, the arrangement is aimed at further cushioning the effect of the...
•Osun-Osogbo Festival ends with low turnout The annual Osun-Osogbo festival is both a religious and cultural event that attracts thousands of tourists, as well as adherents from across the globe but the 2024 edition reflected the present economic realities in the country. Apart from international tourists that grace the event in their hundreds...
The Imam of Al-Habibiyah Islamic Centre (AIC), Abuja, Fuad Adeyemi and the Founder/Chief Executive of Connected Development (CODE), Hamza Lawal have urged Nigerians to reconnect with Allah, trust and pray to Him as He (Allah) is the Only One that can change the situation of things. Adeyemi and Lawal made the call recently in Abuja […]

