•Gridlock Thousands of Lagos commuters are facing a nightmare journey to popular destinations like Berger, Ojota, and the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, reports The Guardian. A severe gridlock has brought traffic to a standstill, with many road users stuck for hours and drivers of commercial buses spiking transport fares. The Frontier reports that r...
•School end-of-year party The increasing price of goods and services has found its way into the end-of-year party fees for primary and secondary school children. The end of the year party is a celebration of the achievements of school authorities, staff and pupils, or students, ending well with the year, reports Vanguard. These pupils/students...
•Youth Corps members The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has issued an important announcement to Nigerians who have yet to claim their certificates of national service. The scheme has introduced a new fee structure for the late collection of unclaimed certificates, with charges ranging from N5,000 to N20,000, depending on the number of yea...
The federal government through the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation has mandated all FG-owned Ministries, Departments, and Agencies to remit five percent retention fees deducted from contractors’ payments at the Central Bank of Nigeria. A memo signed by the Accountant General of the Federation, OluwaToyin Madein, tagged OAGF/...
Chelsea have spent more than £75 million ($93 million) on agents’ and intermediaries’ fees during transfer deals, according to figures released by the Football Association today. The data, which covered the 12 months to February 1, 2024, showed the total spend on agents by Premier League clubs was £409.59 million. It represented a sizeable inc...
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has unveiled the fees that Nigerians will have to pay to modify their data on their National Identification Number (NIN). Recall that NIMC recently announced that corrections can be made to name, date of birth and phone numbers incorrectly registered with their NIN on a newly launched mobile a...
•Peter Obi The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 polls, Peter Obi, has said the reported N744,500,000 his campaign team spent on the 2023 election litigation was not just for paying lawyers, as some have reported. He said this yesterday in a statement signed on his behalf by Dr Yunusa Tanko, […]
•Nigeria Law School The House of Representatives today, Wednesday, February 21, asked the Council of Legal Education to put in abeyance, the recent 60 percent increase in the school fees of the Nigeria Law School. Adopting a motion by the Minority Leader of the House, Kingsley Chinda and read on his behalf by Ginger Owusibe, […]
•Tinubu As it is with many Nigerians, the economic pains occasioned by the petroleum subsidy removal and the tuition fee regime sweeping across tertiary institutions in the country have continued to create rumble among students and human rights advocacy groups. The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), the National Association of P...
Most tertiary institutions in the country have hiked their fees by over 150 %, putting serious strains on the finances of parents and guardians who also have to contend with the poor state of the economy which has reduced purchasing power and savings. Checks by our correspondents in public universities across the country show that […]

