June 10
Nigeria: Minimum Wage - Increment Must Reflect Inflation Rate, CSOs Tell Tinubu
Vanguard
A group of civil society organisations has urged President Bola Tinubu to increase workers' minimum wage to reflect the inflation rate. Read more »
Nigeria: Strikes - Why Has the Govt Refused to Learn How to Negotiate? [editorial]
Premium Times
Amid the cacophony of a new minimum wage demand, Tinubu and the National Assembly saw nothing wrong in the use of N57 billion to procure SUVs for each of the 409 legislators last… Read more »
Nigeria: Electricity Tariff... Life-Saving Services Threatened in Teaching Hospitals
Leadership
Critical medical services and other operations of university teaching hospitals in Nigeria have suffered major setbacks since the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC)… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigerian Workers Need Living Wage, Says Rep
Leadership
Minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, has said what the executive arm of government should be considering is a living wage for Nigerian workers and… Read more »
Nigeria: Activists Sue Benue Govt Over Public Order Act
Leadership
A group of human rights activists has approached the High Court in Makurdi, Benue State, to challenge the recent public order law the state government enacted. Read more »
Nigeria: Infant Mortality - Govt Inaugurates Sickle Cell Centre in Lasuth
This Day
As part of efforts to tackle sickle cell disease contributing to approximately 376,000 under-5 deaths in Nigeria annually, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the… Read more »
Nigeria: NAF Conducts Airstrikes, Destroys Illegal Refineries Near Abia, Imo, Rivers Border
This Day
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) yesterday said that after an airstrike, it destroyed two illegal crude oil refining sites with three surface tanks and reservoirs located near Obiaku… Read more »
Nigeria: Coalition Backs National Assembly Resolution to Halt Divestment in Oil, Gas Sector By IOCs
This Day
A group, Coalition of Civil Society Organisations has thrown its weight behind the resolution of the House of Representatives to halt the ongoing divestment of oil and gas assets… Read more »
Nigeria: Why State Electoral Commissions Can't Be Scrapped - YIAGA Africa
Daily Trust
Yiaga Africa has said that calls for abolition of State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIEC) and transfer of the responsibility of conducting local government elections to the… Read more »
Nigeria: Flood Washes Away Woman, Daughter At Niger Mining Site
Daily Trust
A woman and her daughter have been reported swept away by flood waters following a downpour on Saturday while mining gold behind the secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party… Read more »
Nigeria: Patriotism, Loyalty Are Missing Ingredients in Our Nation Building
Daily Trust
In the grand tapestry of nation-building, two important ingredients are often overlooked: patriotism and loyalty. These ingredients, once the bedrock of societies, seem to be… Read more »
Nigeria: I Saved Tinubu's Political Career, Atiku Replies Shettima
Daily Trust
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has told Vice President Kashim Shettima that without his support to President… Read more »
Nigeria: Cardoso Urged to Follow CBN's Manual for Staff Reduction
Leadership
Conference of Autochthonous Ethnic Communities Development Association (CONECDA) has appealed to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Yemi Cardoso to follow established… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Empowers Climate Envoy As Nigeria's Chief Negotiator
Leadership
President Bola Tinubu has empowered Nigeria's Office of the Special Presidential Envoy on Climate Action (SPEC), designating it as the country's chief negotiator and coordinator… Read more »
Nigeria: Atiku Counters Shettima, Claims Tinubu Actually Benefited From His Goodwill
This Day
Vice President Kashim Shettima goofed when he claimed that former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, benefited from President Bola Tinubu's goodwill when he was being… Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Abduct Catholic Priest in Kaduna As Police Nab Four Terrorists
This Day
The presiding Catholic priest of St. Thomas Parish, Zaman Dabo Community, in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Rev. Fr. Gabriel Ukeh, has been abducted by… Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity, Vandalism of Infrastructure Responsible for High Cost of Power - Nextier Report
This Day
The high cost of power and sometimes its paucity has been attributed to insecurity and vandalization of infrastructure. Read more »
Nigeria: Need to Trash Nigeria's Shipping, Port Economic Regulatory Agency Bill
This Day
Eromosele Abiodun posits that the Nigeria Shipping and Port Economic Regulatory Agency Bill, in its present form, is a contradiction of the presidential policy specifically aimed… Read more »
Nigeria: Dangote Refinery - Has Achieved What Nations, Continents Can't - Senate
Daily Trust
The President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly, Godswill Akpabio, at the weekend, led the Senate leadership to the 650,000bpd Dangote Petroleum Refinery in… Read more »
Nigeria: Nasarawa Yet to Allocate Plots to Koroduma Applicants 17 Years After Payment
Daily Trust
In 2006, the Nasarawa State Government through the Nasarawa State Urban Development Board (NUDB) placed an advertisement inviting people to apply for plots to build residential… Read more »
Liberia: Western Cluster to Empower 25 Youths
New Republic
Joseph Coelho CEO of Western Cluster, has announced a three-month training program for 25 young individuals from the county, aimed at equipping them with skills to operate heavy… Read more »
Nigeria: Benin Vs Nigeria (Live Updates) - Super Eagles Seek Redemption in Crucial World Cup Qualifier
Premium Times
After three consecutive draws in the competition, the team is desperate to turn the tide and secure their first win. Read more »
Nigeria: How AIG and Wigwe Reinvented Access Bank and Redefined Finance in Africa, By Raphael Adewoye [press release]
Premium Times
In 2002, the acquisition of Access Bank was finalised with Aig-Imoukhuede and Wigwe approved as Managing Director and Deputy Managing Director, respectively. Their revolutionary… Read more »
Ghana: Telecel Ghana Foundation Advances Maternal Health in Upper East Region
Ghanaian Times
The Telecel Ghana Foundation has conducted its free bimonthly rural ultrasound scans for over 320 pregnant women in the Upper East Region. Read more »
Gambia: Gambia Standards Bureau Trains Extension Workers On Good Harvest Standards
Foroyaa
The Gambia Standards Bureau (TGSB), the legal arm of Government mandated to develop and publish national standards in all sectors of the country's economy and provide conformity… Read more »