June 24
Nigeria: Why Governors Flout Minimum Wage Law - NLC
The Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Chris Onyeka, says many state governors are flouting the Minimum Wage Act because they do not believe in… Read more »
Nigeria: Emirship Tussle - Police Deploy Additional Personnel to Two Palaces in Kano
The police have deployed additional armed security personnel to the two palaces housing the contending emirs in the metropolitan Local Government Areas of Kano. Read more »
Nigeria: LCCI, Govt Collaborate On 2024 International Business Confab
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), in partnership with the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is set to host the 2024… Read more »
Nigeria: Presidential Committee Seeks Witholding Tax Exemption for Manufacturers
The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, said the committee has proposed that manufacturers and farmers be exempted from paying… Read more »
Nigeria: Obaseki Links Rising Inflation to Failure to Produce, Export
Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has linked Nigeria's persistent rising inflation to the country's inability to consistently produce and export goods and services. Read more »
Nigeria: Cholera - Deploy Health Personnel for Water Testing - Laboratory Analysts
LABORATORY analysts have expressed worry over the current cholera outbreak impacting Lagos and Ogun states, urging the governments at all levels to take immediate action to protect… Read more »
June 23
Nigeria: We'll Arrest, Prosecute Robbers Who Terrorised Our Students - Western Delta Varsity
The Vice-Chancellor of Western Delta University, WDU, Prof. Augustine Ikelegbe has assured parents and students of the institution of safety following a robbery incident that… Read more »
June 24
Nigeria: 50 Reps Beg Tinubu to Release Nnamdi Kanu
About 50 members of the House of Representatives spread across the six geo-political zones of the country under the aegis of the Concerned Federal Lawmakers for Peace and Security… Read more »
Nigeria: Foreign Reserves Boost - Govt to Sell Refined Gold to CBN
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has said Nigeria's refined gold will be sold to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to bolster foreign reserves and… Read more »
Nigeria: Worshippers Recount Ordeal As Fire Guts Christ Embassy HQ
Worshippers and members of Love World International, commonly known as Christ Embassy, are recounting their ordeals, following yesterday's mysterious fire that razed both the… Read more »
Nigeria: Civil Servants Collecting Salaries After Relocating Abroad Must Refund Money - Govt
President Bola Tinubu has directed that all civil servants drawing salaries from the government after relocating abroad should be made to refund the money. Read more »
Nigeria: Shettima Woos Israel On Expanding I-Fair Programme
Vice-President Kashim Shettima has implored Israeli government to expand its scope of the Innovation Fellowship for Aspiring Inventors and Researchers (i-FAIR) initiative programme… Read more »
Nigeria: Labour to Governors On Minimum Wage - Retrieve Nigeria From State of Resentment, Misery
The Organized Labour has warned some governors not to plunge the country into a state of resentment, misery and impoverishment through wrong pieces of advice to President Bola… Read more »
Nigeria: Textile Industry Faces Total Collapse As Revival Efforts Fail
Nigeria's textile industry is now gasping for breath following the failure of revival measures, a sustained upsurge in the importation of textile products and a series of adverse… Read more »
June 23
Nigeria: No Arrest Made Over Killing of Inspector By Naval Officers in Lagos - Police
The Lagos State Police Command, through its Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has confirmed that no arrest has been made over the alleged killing of a… Read more »
Nigeria: $600m Palm Oil Import - NANS Wants Govt to Revive Moribund Plantations
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration to return Nigeria to the glory of one of the highest producers… Read more »
Nigeria: Dangote Refinery Accuses IOCs of Plotting to Cripple Its Operations
...Indicts NMDPRA over importation of dirty diesel, jet fuel Read more »
Nigeria: Borehole Project - Tinubu Deserves Commendation for Emulating Me - Peter Obi
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), in the 2024 general elections, Peter Obi, has said President Bola Tinubu deserves commendation for heeding his call on wealthy… Read more »
June 21
Nigeria: Ondo Govt Reacts to Judgment Nullifying 33 LCDAs
The Ondo State Government says necessary legal action will be taken on the judgment nullifying the creation of the 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. Read more »
Nigeria: FERMA Begins Repairs of Federal Roads in Abia, Appeals for Patience
Federal Road Emergency Road Maintenance Agency, FERMA, has commenced repairs of three federal roads in Abia State. Read more »
Nigeria: Anambra 2025 - APC Elders Forum Declares Zoning for Guber Election Sacrosanct
As part of its buildup to reclaim Anambra in the 2025 governorship election of the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Forum has insisted that zoning should remain as… Read more »
Nigeria: Environmental Workers Under Attack By Polluters
Environmental workers in Nigeria have come under attack while discharging their duties to protect natural resource and the local environment. There has been an increase in such… Read more »
Nigeria: Cooking Gas Price Rises By 70.12 Percent in May - NBS
The average retail price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), commonly known as cooking gas rose by 70.12 per cent, Year-on-Year, YoY to N7,418.45 in May… Read more »
Nigeria: FG's Deficit Spending Rises 8 Percent to N1.07trn
·As low exchange gain triggers 47% shortfall in revenue target Read more »
Nigeria: Govt Seeks 18-Month Extension of $800m World Bank Palliative Scheme
The Federal Government has requested an 18-month extension on the closing date of the World Bank's $800m palliative loan to boost its social safety net programmes. Read more »