THE Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) Chairman Dr Kayode Fayemi on Sunday said governors were not divided on the new minimum wage implementation. According to him, they do not see the national minimum wage increase as a general wage review. Fayemi, who spoke with our correspondent on the phone, said: “We are not divided. We have […]

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Monday sacked Mr Augustine Pelemo, his Special Assistant on Political Matters. A statement by Mr Donald Ojogo, the state Commissioner for Information, on Monday in Akure said the sack was with immediate effect. He explained that the directive underscored the need to instill sanity and nip in the […]

AS Nigeria being shortchanged of accruable revenue from permit and alien cards issued to foreigners to stay in the country? The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is probing  Continental Transfert Technique Limited (CONTEC) over N72.07billion realized from the issuance of Combined Expatriate Residence Permit and Alien Card (CERPAC). The permit is always issued to […]

The people of Niger Delta region and stakeholders have expressed joy over the redeployment of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs for proper supervision and administration. Prominent Niger Delta activist and Ijaw leader, Mr. Tamuno George, who disclosed this to newsmen yesterday in Abuja, said the people of […]

Organised labour on Friday dismissed as cheap blackmail a statement by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, that the Federal Government might lay off some workers in the public service should labour insist on having its way on the implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage. The Secretary, Joint National Public Service Negotiating […]

LESS than 24 hours after the All Progressives Congress National  Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, flayed Bayelsa State governor, Hon Seriake Dickson, for using unsophisticated language  against his party’s governorship candidate, David Lyon, the governor has replied the  former labour leader, saying that he lacks adequate knowledge of who he chose as  the flag bearer of […]

Chairman of House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, Nnolim Nnaji, has said work should be reopened on the protracted Abuja Airport’s second runway. Nnaji spoke on Thursday during his post-inaugural address to the House. The lawmaker said the strategic location of Abuja airport to the nation’s seat of political power makes it imperative to have […]

Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, on Thursday, said that the demand of labour over the implementation of the new minimum wage would cost the Federal Government N580 billion annually. Ngige said that such adjustment, in line with labour’s demand, was not sustainable as the government would have to lay off some workers […]

Facebook has removed hundreds of accounts, pages and groups from its social network platforms that the company says were involved in coordinated inauthentic behaviour. The tech giant said it removed a total of 443 Facebook and 125 Instagram accounts, as well as 200 pages and 76 groups originating in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Nigeria […]

Contactors operating with the Ekiti State government have denied the allegation that they were behind the secret petition leading to the freezing of the operational accounts of the State Universal Basic Education Board(SUBEB). The group under the aegis of Ekiti SUBEB Contractors Association said though the board was hugely indebted to its members, but insisted […]