Obaseki increases minimum wage to Seventy Thousand
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Monday, announced an increase in the Minimum Wage for the Edo state civil servants from N40,000 to N70,000 effective from May 1. Obaseki, disclosed this while inaugurating the newly-built ultra-modern Labour House secretariat complex, named after his predecessor and former NLC President, Sen. Adams Oshiomhole that would house the […]
Nigeria to receive Harry and Meghan next month
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will tour Nigeria next month following an invitation by the country’s Chief Of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa. According to the Defence Spokesperson Tukur Gusau, the visit is to consolidate Nigeria’s stronghold at the Invictus game and the possibility of hosting the event in later years. Last year, Nigeria debuted […]
Nigeria on fuel scarcity despite NNPC assurance of supply
Queues for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol have continued to grow as the country faces a fresh round of fuel scarcity despite assurances by the (NNPC) Limited that it has resolved the cause of fuel shortages in the country. NNPC spokesman Olufemi Soneye had in a statement last week emphasised that the […]
Sports minister dismisses Bash Ali’s bribery allegations
Minister of Sports Development, Senator John Owan Enoh, has dismissed bribery allegations levied against him by former world boxing champion, Bash Ali. In a letter he signed, the minister said Ali’s desperate and unprovoked attack on his person is an attack on decency, honesty, and integrity, and although he could have ignored Ali’s allegations but […]
NAPTIP declares female circumcision a crime
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has said that female circumcision was a crime, which attracted a four year jail term. The agency, in a post it shared on its official X handle on Sunday, while responding to a member of the public who had asked if it was compulsory […]
President Tinubu insists on Fuel Subsidy Removal
President Bola Tinubu has maintained that his administration’s decision to remove the subsidy on Petroleum Motor spirit (petrol) was in the best interest of Nigeria, and in order to avert the Country plunging into bankruptcy. Speaking on Sunday during the opening plenary of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Saudi Arabia, President Tinubu, who acknowledged […]
Federal Government flag off demolition of properties for Lagos-Calabar highway project
The demolition of properties along the right of way of the Lagos /Calabar coastal highway construction has commenced. At the Flag off of the demolition exercise, the minister of works, Engineer Dave Umahi ordered that the beach be shut down to give right of way to the construction, noting that no infrastructure belonging to Oniru […]
Demolition of buildings on Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road to begin on 27 April
The Federal Government says the demolition of buildings on the right of way of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road will begin on Saturday. The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos state, Korede Keisha, who disclosed this at a media briefing yestderday asked all those whose houses were marked for demolition to come to the Ministry’s Secretariat […]
Federal Government to Integrate Over 20% Unbanked Nigerians Into Banking System
The Federal Government has revealed plans to integrate over 20 per cent of unbanked Nigerians into the banking system. Vice President Kashim Shettima revealed this in Abuja yesterday at the beginning of a two-day National Stakeholders’ Workshop on Economic and Financial Inclusion. According to the vice president, at least, over 20 per cent of Nigerians […]
German Police arrests 11 Nigerians over scam
German police say they have arrested 11 suspected members of a Nigerian mafia group behind a large-scale dating scam. According to a Bavarian police statement today, the Black Axe gang, who all held Nigerian citizenship and aged between 29 and 53, was involved internationally in “multiple areas of criminal activity”, with a focus in Germany […]
