May 07
Nigeria: No Moral Justification for Stopping N35,000 Wage Award - Labour
The Organised Labour says there is no moral justification for the Federal Government to stop the payment of monthly N35,000 wage award to workers. Read more »
Nigeria: 16 Banking Transactions Not Affected By New CBN's Cybersecurity Levy
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has ordered all banks to start charging a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions within the country excluding 16 listed… Read more »
Nigeria: NLC, TUC Give NERC Sunday Deadline to Reverse Hike in Electricity Tariff
Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, till May 12 to withdraw… Read more »
May 06
Nigeria: Pipelines Survelance Contract - Leave Olu of Warri Alone - Okotie Eboh
Niger Deltans have been charged to leave the Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse III (CFR) out of the unwarranted controversy generated through the baseless and… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria Cuts Electricity Supplies to Benin Republic, Togo, Niger to Boost Domestic Supply
The Federal Government has decided to improve the domestic power supply by cutting the sales to cross-border in the Niger Republic, Niger Republic and Togo. Read more »
Nigeria: Senior Civil Servants to Govt - Expose Cabals Behind Fuel Scarcity
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, has urged the Federal Government to unearth alleged cabals behind the unending fuel scarcity across the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Highway - Stop Distorting Facts, Applaud Tinubu, Presidency Replies Atiku
Presidency has on Monday replied former vice president and People's Democratic Party Presidential Candidate in the 2023 election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Not Responsible for Nigeria's Current Hardship - Deputy Speaker, Kalu
The Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Kalu, said President Bola Tinubu was not responsible for Nigeria's current economic hardship. Read more »
Nigeria: AfCFTA - Competitive Capacity, Key to Market Access - Manufacturers
For Nigeria to reap maximum benefits from the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has identified the ability of… Read more »
Nigeria: Economic Hardship - Massive Contingency Withdrawals Hit Micro Pension Funds
At the backdrop of heightened economic hardship subscribers to the micro-pension scheme have began to draw down on their contributions through contingency withdrawals. Read more »
May 05
Nigeria: Shettima Departs Abuja to Attend 2024 U.S.-Africa Business Summit in United States
The Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima on Sunday evening departed Abuja for Dallas, United States of America, to represent President Bola Tinubu at the 2024 US-Africa Business… Read more »
Nigeria: Lagos-Calabar Highway Red Flag, Tinubu's Personal Business - Atiku
"Rather than improving the ease of doing business, the Tinubu administration had shown to the world that his personal business interest and that of his family would always be… Read more »
Nigeria: PETAN Members, Others Consider Bidding for Nigeria's Oil Blocks
Members of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, PETAN - an association of Nigerian Indigenous Technical Oilfield Service Companies in the upstream and downstream… Read more »
May 01
Nigeria: Ex-Naval Officer Kicks Against Sale of Lekki Green Areas
A retired Naval Officer, Rear Admiral Ibukunle Olaiya, has kicked against the sale of Green Areas, near Block 113, Lekki Phase 1, by officials of the Lagos State Government,… Read more »
Nigeria: Yahaya Bello's Advance Fee Payment
There is a shorthand expression to name or describe a fraudulent deal in Nigeria and it's simply to call it 419. Read more »
Nigeria: Pregnant Woman, Children, Others Sustain Burns in Lagos Gas Explosion
A gas explosion, yesterday, rocked the densely populated Alayabiagba community in Ajegunle area of Lagos, leaving nine people injured, including a pregnant woman and children. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Vat Collection, Lowest in Africa -Speaker Abbas
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has decried that Nigeria's efficiency in collecting Value Added Tax, VAT, was the lowest among its African peers,… Read more »
Nigeria: MTN Posts N575bn Pre-Tax Loss in Q1, Blames Inflation, Naira Devaluation
MTN Nigeria Plc has reported a pre-tax loss of N575.69 billion in its operations for the first quarter of 2024, citing inflation and naira devaluation for the development. Read more »
Nigeria: How Navy Rescued 250 Persons From Capsized Boat in Rivers
Gallant personnel of the Nigerian Navy Security Station, NSS 023 deployed along Cawthorne Channel in Rivers State have rescued over 250 passengers, who were onboard a capsized… Read more »
Nigeria: May Day - FG Approves Pay Rise for Workers As Labour Leaders Lament Hardship
The Federal Government yesterday approved an increase of between 25% and 35% in salary for civil servants on the remaining six Consolidated Salary Structures. Read more »
Nigeria: Naira Rebounds, Gains N28.15 Against Dollar
The naira closed the month of April on a good footing as it gained N28.15 at the official market, trading at N1,390.96 to the dollar. Read more »
Nigeria: 'It's Economic Diversification', Nans Lauds Ongoing Mining Sector Reforms
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has lauded the ongoing reforms in Nigeria's mining sector and commends the Ministry for their efforts in diversifying the… Read more »
May 02
Nigeria: Naira Abuse - Cubana Chief Priest, EFCC to Settle Out of Court
Cubana Chief Priest and the EFCC have agreed to settle out of court. Read more »
May 01
Nigeria: Why Increase in Minimum Wage Won't Worsen Inflation - Tuc
The Trade Union Congress, TUC said increasing the minimum wage for civil servants will not worsen inflation. Read more »
April 29
Nigeria: Rivers Tanker Explosion - Govs Advocate Safer Transportation of Petroleum Products
...As Tinubu, First Lady mourn Read more »