•Shettima Vice President Kashim Shettima had the audience in stitches today when he remarked that he never imagined he would be invited to speak at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) conference again after last year’s “sneakers saga”. Shettima recalled trending on social media for nearly a month after being photographed wearing sneakers with a...
•Organised Labour leaders The Organised Labour movement has expressed the expectation of Nigerian workers that the new minimum wage would be announced, passed into law, and its implementation begin before the end of July 2024. President of the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC), Comrade Festus Osifo, made this known when he received the Spe...
•Tinubu Mixed reactions have been trailing the suspension of the much-anticipated student loan scheme introduced by the federal government. Recall that the federal government postponed the launch of the Nigerian Student Loan Scheme indefinitely. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyer, made this in an inte...
•Sunak The UK government announced a five-point plan in December 2023 to cut net migration by around 300,000 people per year, starting in spring 2024. The plan includes the following changes to immigration rules: • Ban most overseas students from bringing their families to the UK. • Ban overseas care workers from bringing dependants. • [&helli...
As the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) is set to release the January 2024 inflation report, this week, analysts at Financial Derivatives Company (FDC) have projected that inflation rate for January 2024 May hit the 30 percent mark. They also projected that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will [&h...
Nigerian queens of Afro-pop, including Tiwa Savage, Teni the entertainer, Simi, Waje, Niniola, Yemi Alade, Dope Ceaser among others are gearing up for a showdown as they perform at the highly anticipated “Night of Queens” concert slated for Sunday, December 17, at Eko hotels and Suites, Lagos. The all-female concert, being packaged by Livewire...
The Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) has advised pilots and airline operators to be cautious of hazardous weather due to the onset of the dry season. The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMET) in its latest release alerted the public on the possibility of a decline in visibility as a result of observed dust haze propagated into [&hellip...

