Despite the federal government’s assurances that the new minimum wage will take effect from May 1, 2024, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), yesterday, said it is reviewing its individual fiscal space as state governÂments and the consequential impact of various recommendations, to arrive at an improved minimum wage they can pay sustainably. O...
•The discovered illegal apartments under Lagos bridge The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, has said the government discovered 86 apartments under the Dolphin Estate Bridge, Ikoyi, where tenants pay N250,000 annual rent. Posting videos on his X account yesterday, Wahab said the 86 partitioned r...
•Minister Umahi The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has announced that the federal government plans to pay N2.75 billion as compensation to property owners affected by the demolition required for the construction of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway today, Wednesday, May 1. Umahi said that the highway is projected to stretch from channel 0 to ...
The Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has assured that any customer not currently enjoying 20 hours of electricity would not pay the new tariff. The minister stated this today while appearing before the Senate Committee on Power, for a one-day investigative hearing on the need to halt the proposed increase in electricity tariff by eleven [&h...
•Yahaya Bello The embattled former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has been alleged to have withdrawn $720,000 from the coffers of the state to pay his child’s school fees in advance. Ola Olukoyede, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), made this claim while speaking to newsmen at the agency’s Headquarters ...
•Dangote Refinery The federal government has eventually complied with the demands of domestic crude oil refiners and other operators in the sector, as it declared yesterday that indigenous refineries can now buy crude oil in naira or dollars. It also declared that the total crude oil and condensate reserves in Nigeria increased to 37.5 billion...
•Late Ezeife Eminent Nigerians from different walks of life, yesterday, converged on Abuja, for a night of tributes in honour of former governor of Anambra State, Chief Chukwuemeka Ezeife. The event was attended by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, represented by the Deputy Minority Whip, George Ozodinobi; former Sena...
The federal government will charge N3,000 per toll gate when the Lagos-Calabar coastal road is completed. Nigeria’s Minister of Works Dave Umahi confirmed the figure today. … developing storyÂ
A fashion designer, Mrs Joy Egbo, has dragged her husband, Obi, before a Customary Court sitting in Jikwoyi, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), accusing him of domestic violence. The petitioner who resides in Jikwoyi, made the accusation in a divorce petition she filed against her husband in court. “My husband always beats and abuses me [...
The Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Mrs. Olu Veŕheijen, has said that the federal government reserves the right to pay fuel subsidy intermittently to cushion hardship in the country. Veŕheijen said this while briefing journalists in Abuja today. Earlier, the International Monetary Fund reported that the Nigerian government brought ...