•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso Members of staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) have disclosed they are living in constant fear over the ongoing sacking since the appointment of Dr Olayemi Cardoso as the governor. The CBN workers who spoke with our correspondent said no department can be spared in the continued sacking ravaging […]
•House of Reps Members of the House of Representatives today tasked the federal government on the need to accede to clarion call by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) by providing living wage for workers across the country. This is as the lawmakers warned that, “unless very immediate and pragmatic steps are taken to improve the […]
•Protest Protest broke out in Oyo State, South-West Nigeria, today, over high cost of living, food inflation and the current economic hardship in the country. Staged in the Mokola area of Ibadan, the state capital, placard-carrying youths in their droves chanted songs to drive home their points, reports Channels TV. Some of the placards have [...
•Signs of social unrest The African Development Bank (AfDB) has warned that Nigeria, Ethiopia, Angola and Kenya risk social unrest owing to the rising prices of fuel and other commodities. The AfDB gave the warning in its macroeconomic performance and outlook for 2024 wherein it projected the continent’s economy to grow higher than the 3.2 [&h...
•Gov Bala Mohammed The People’s Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF), has decried the rising cost of living in Nigeria saying the nation is sliding down the road of Vanezuela’s economic turmoil under President Bola Tinubu’s watch. Chairman of the forum and Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, said this in an interview with newsmen sho...
The Labour Party (LP) has advised President Bola Tinubu to seek help to address the surging economic crisis and high cost of living before it becomes unmanageable. LP, in a statement issued by its spokesperson, Mr. Obiora Ifoh, yesterday, expressed deep concern about the increasing cost of living in Nigeria, and how millions of people [&hellip...
•Nigerian workers Ahead of negotiation on the new national minimum wage, the Organised Labour has proposed a Living Wage of $300 for Nigerian workers. It argued that the current minimum wage of N30,000 has since been eroded by the high exchange rate coupled with the abrupt removal of fuel subsidy which has translated into the […]
•Terrorists Yunusa Yusuf, convener of the Kagarko LGA Youths, Kaduna State, has expressed concern over worsening insecurity, saying about 70 percent of Nigerians are living in fear. He recounted his personal efforts in contributing to ransom payments for kidnapped community members, highlighting the brazen demands of the bandits. Yusuf, speaki...
The Anambra State Aids Control Agency, ANSACA, has said no fewer than 98,960 people are living with HIV/AIDS in Anambra. Dr Afam Obidike, Commissioner for Health in Anambra, gave the statistics today in Awka. It was during a media briefing ahead of 2023 World AIDS Day, observed every December 1 since 1988, reports NAN. World […]
•Olaf Scholz Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor explained yesterday that no fewer than 14,000 Nigerians living in Germany risk deportation. Scholz said this during a meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja yesterday, where he attributed it to the spike in the number of Nigerians seeking asylum, with a great number of them without identific...