Yahaya Bello, the former governor of Kogi State, is accused of stealing N80.2 billion through fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission stated on Wednesday that Bello had mocked the Nigerian legal system by neglecting to appear in court to face his charges. This was said by Mr. Effa Okim, the acting zonal director of…
The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries reports that in May 2024, Nigeria’s crude oil production fell to a historic low of 1.25 million barrels per day. According to Channels Television’s coverage of the OPEC monthly oil market report for June, the nation’s average daily output in May was 1.25 million barrels per day (bpd), a…
The ₦62,000 government and private sector proposal and the ₦250,000 organized labour demand are expected to be decided upon by the President. Organized labour has received assurances from President Bola Tinubu that the National Assembly will soon consider an executive measure establishing a new national minimum wage for workers. On June 12, 2024, Tinubu announced…
According to President Tinubu’s remarks on Democracy Day, An executive law on the new national minimum wage for workers will soon be brought to the National Assembly for passage. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has criticized President Bola Tinubu’s remarks on the subject and advocated that N250,000 be the minimum salary. The Federal Government received…
During a 2024 Democracy Day event in Eagle Square, Abuja, Tinubu slipped while getting on top of the vehicle. However, he rapidly regained his equilibrium and carried on with the day’s activities. In response to the widely shared video of him falling at Eagle Square in Abuja on Wednesday, President Bola Tinubu declared that democracy…
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, has encouraged Nigerians to defend and uphold democracy in their nation. In order to ensure that the nation’s founding fathers and democratic heroes—especially those who battled to bring Nigeria back to democracy on May 29, 1999—would not have lost in vain, he emphasised that all hands must be…
According to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, it is ready to handle any potential cholera outbreaks in Lagos and is on red alert. In reaction to the five deaths and several hospitalised individuals exhibiting signs of the sickness in Lagos, the administration of LASUTH said that it had placed its healthcare staff on high…
Goodluck Jonathan, the former president, counseled President Bola Tinubu to support a democracy in which every person is allowed the freedom to express themselves without hindrance. He made an appeal on Tuesday during a one-day symposium held in the Banquet Hall of the State House Abuja to commemorate 25 years of uninterrupted democracy in Nigeria….
President Bola Tinubu has assured Organised Labour that an executive bill on the new national minimum wage for workers will soon be sent to the National Assembly for passage. “In this spirit, we have negotiated in good faith and with open arms with Organised Labour on a new national minimum wage. We shall soon send…
The Federal Government says it has rerouted the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway path to avoid any possible damage to subsea cables belonging to telecommunication companies. The government also said it had reduced the project’s size from 10 lanes to six as a cost-saving measure for the legacy project. The Minister of Works, David Umahi, who made…
