The Federal Government and Organised Labour again failed to reach an agreement on the full implementation of the new minimum wage after it resumed negotiations on the consequential adjustment of salaries for workers on Thursday. After about eight hours meeting that began at 5pm and ended at 2am on Thursday, Minister of Labour and Employment, […]

The National Assembly has drastically reduced the salaries and allowances of over 3,000 Legislative Aides serving in the Ninth National Assembly. The aides, who are hired by the 109 senators and 360 members in the House of Representatives, started receiving letters of appointments from June 2019 while some are still expecting theirs. Findings by our […]

Immediate past governor of Lagos State, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday failed again to appear before the State House of Assembly Ad-hoc Committee probing the activities of the last administration, especially the purchase of the 820 buses for its mass transit programme. The 16-man committee is chaired by Hon. Fatai Mojeed. Also absent was the […]

THE foreign exchange restrictions placed on 43 items by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday drew criticism from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The policy is holding back Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) into the local economy, IMF’s Divisional Chief, Research Department, Oya Celasun, told a news conference on the World Economic Outlook at […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has received the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) certificate for improved aviation security in the country. The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, briefed State House correspondents yesterday after presenting the certificate to the President at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The minister said Nigeria was among 16 countries, which had recorded improved […]

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has advised the public to disregard a list of candidates scheduled for training and allegedly released by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) for recruitment into the Constable cadre. A statement in Abuja by the commission’s Head of Press and Public Relations, Ikechukwu Ani, said the release of the list by […]

THE Federal Government cannot meet the demand of Labour in the new minimum wage regime, Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige, said on Tuesday. According to him, the economy will grind to a halt like that of Venezuela, should the government accede to Labour’s request, the minister added. Although the Federal Government has started […]

ALL Progressives   Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has described the former Solicitor-General of the Federation, Justice Yahaya Abiodun Jinadu, who died last Thursday at 93, as a “man of unimpeachable character, competence and courage’. He said Jinadu contributed immensely to the judiciary and jurisprudence as much as he gave to his community and humanity […]

The Supreme Court has expressed displeasure at what it called unwarranted attacks by a group – Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) – preparatory to its hearing of an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate in the last presidential election, Atiku Abubakar. The court, in a statement yesterday in Abuja […]

FIVE hundred members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State. The defectors, who said they took the decision to show solidarity with Governor Yahaya Bello, were received by Mr. Muhammed Danasabe Muhammed, the local government administrator, at Anguan Power, […]