By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a press release alerting the public to a violent planned protests on June 12, 2024, which coincide with Democracy Day celebrations. While acknowledging citizens’ rights to assembly and expression, the DSS warned that violent demonstrations...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage has submitted its highly anticipated report to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), marking a significant milestone in the quest to determine a new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. The Director of Information...
Elder statesman, Chief Nduka Eya, has urged Nigerians to stop ‘demonising governors’ over Local Government Area administrative and financial autonomy. Eya made the call while addressing newsmen in Enugu on Sunday on issues bordering ton he nation and its people. He said that the current negative perception...
As organised labour and workers anxiously await an update on the minimum wage struggle, reactions have continued to trail the shutdown of the national grid by the unions during the two-day nationwide strike. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) initiated an indefinite strike...
The Federal Government in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), have facilitated the safe return of 29 out of 120 Nigerians stranded in Sudan. The Federal Commissioner, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), Alhaji Tijani Ahmed stated this at the reception of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has said that the policy direction of President Bola Tinubu led Federal Government was aimed at repositioning the country and not to punish Nigerians. Senator Akpabio stated this in a statement to congratulate President Tinubu on successful completion of his...
President Bola Tinubu, has said the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road would provide direct employment for millions of people and benefit over 30 million citizens. Tinubu said this at the official commissioning of the construction of the 700km Lagos-Calabar coastal highway and the design procurement of 1000km Sokoto-Badagry super highway...
There is a sense in which both Nigerians and Mr. Tinubu share a place in purgatory in the last one year. Both leader and people are dwelling a house of incendiary troubles in waiting for admission into either hell or heaven. To that extent, we all have been...
It may be tasky for Nigerians in the diaspora to be able to identify what a property entails if they have not been in Nigeria for a while. However, when property features and neighborhoods are highlighted in a property listing, it helps with making informed decisions. Nigerians in...
The Federal Government has said it plans to provide energy access to 95 million Nigerians who are currently underserved through Distributed Energy Resources (DRE). The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu, said this in Abuja on Friday at the Ministerial briefing on the performance of President Bola Tinubu...
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Yemi Cardoso, has said the pains of ongoing reforms would soon be over if the citizens can support the monetary and fiscal policies of the government. Cardoso represented by Dr Blaise ljebor, Director, Risk Management, said this while participating in a panel...
The Organised Labour has reiterated its May 31 ultimatum for the Federal Government to finalise the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers. The position was contained in a communique issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Labour...
The Joint Committee of the House of Representatives investigating the arbitrary increase in the price of cement has expressed disappointment in the agency for not doing enough to protect the consumers of cement in line with the agency’s Establishment Act. The committee also issued a final summon to...
The German Ambassador to Nigeria, Mrs Annett Gunther, has said there are no less than four thousand Nigerians schooling and working in Germany. Gunther made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. According to her, the German Academic Exchange...
The third flight from Sir Ahmadu Bello International Airport, Birnin Kebbi, arrived in Madina, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on Saturday morning. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the third plane, which took off from Birnin Kebbi conveyed 430 intending pilgrims from Gwandu, Aliero, Bunza and Kalgo...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than one hundred and fifty (150) distressed Nigerians have been repatriated back to Nigeria from the Republic of Chad. A post on Wednesday via NEMA X handle, said the Nigerians were assisted back in a voluntary repatriation exercise programme by the...
The n Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Bishop Stephen Adegbite, has revealed that the transporting of Christian pilgrims to the Holy land would start in June. Adegbite disclosed this at a ceremony to mark his 100 days in office at the Commission’s Headquarters in Abuja. “By the...
The Chairman, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Dr Taiwo Arobadi,has said that Nigerians are not in support of electricity tariff hike. Arobadi stated this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday, in Ile-Ife. He said that the...