•Vice President Shettima (middle) addressing Nigerian workers yesterday in Abuja The hopes of workers were dashed when the federal government failed to announce the much-anticipated new minimum wage increase, yesterday. President Bola Tinubu, has, however, promised to implement a living wage that reflects the current economic conditions...
•Ajaero The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has described the 35 per cent pay rise of the federal government civil servants as mischievous, saying living wage should be N615, 000. Ajaero stated this while speaking during an interview on Channels Television today. Recall that the federal government approved a pay ris...
•Atiku and Tinubu Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, today, asserted that increase in tariffs of different services amounts to Nigerians subsidising the corruption and inefficiencies in government. In a statement he personally issued in Abuja, he said the plight of the Nigerian wo...
•Fulani herdsman A group, Middle Belt Patriots, has urged state governors not to succumb to pressure from the federal government to cede lands to Fulani herdsmen for grazing. The group said yielding to such demands would worsen the security situation in the middle belt and other parts of the country, reports Saturday PUNCH. President Bola [&he...
The naira yesterday slid further at the parallel market in spite of the clampdown the federal government ordered on foreign exchange market speculators. Bureau De Change (BDC) hubs were raided in Abuja, Lagos and Kano and some operators were arrested, reports Daily Trust. Despite the raids, however, the naira plunged further with a dollar exch...
•Former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe The Supreme Court today dismissed the federal government’s appeal to overturn the Court of Appeal’s decision which cleared former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godsday Orubebe, of false asset declaration. In 2015, Orubebe was arraigned for not disclosing his properties in the asset de...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has directed a major slash of travel delegations for all federal government official trips within and outside the country. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, disclosed this today during a press briefing at the State House in Abuja, reports Channels TV. According to the Special Adviser, the ...
One month after the federal government promised to crash the cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), also known as cooking gas, households and businesses are still paying high prices for every kilogram of the commodity. This is because the price has remained on the high side, as investigation revealed that not much has been achieved […]
There is confusion within the road transport sector over the federal government’s announcement of 50 per cent reduction in transportation fares along 22 inter-state routes during this Yuletide season. Findings by our correspondents yesterday, indicated that while some of the approved transport companies had started implementing the fare cut, o...
•JAMB registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, JAMB, has opposed the federal government’s automated deduction of funds accruing to it from the registration fees paid by candidates sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination, UTME. This came as JAMB denied report that it increased its 2024 UTM...
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