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President Bola Tinubu has announced the approval of N25,000 provisional allowance for junior federal workers over the next six months. He said the approval followed negotiations with labour unions and other stakeholders in the business community to increase the federal minimum wage without triggering undue inflation. “For the next six …

The Managing Director, Julius Berger, Dr Lars Ritcher (left), and the FCT Minister Mr Nyesom Wike (middle), during the minister’s tour of projects on Saturday in Abuja The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Mr. Nyesom Wike, says a number of the region’s ongoing road projects will be completed in less …

President Bola Tinubu on Sunday told Nigerians that reform is indeed painful, but said it is what greatness and the future require. Tinubu, in his independence Day nationwide broadcast said he is aware of the pains and hardships Nigerians are going through as a result of the removal of fuel …

Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, said Africans no longer trust democracy because it has caused serious crisis in recent years. He noted that the current spate where civil governments are being overthrown across the African continent shows that democracy needs to be ”rejigged” and put in a proper direction. Jonathan made …

CONFUSION has continued to trail the ruling of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal in Kaduna State after reports emerged that the election has allegedly been declared inconclusive by the three-man panel led by Justice Victor Oviawe. Journalists were not granted access to cover the tribunal’s ruling delivered via Zoom. About …

  The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okojo-Iweala, has urged South-East stakeholders to foster joint leadership in order to collectively tackle the challenges bedevilling the region.Okonjo-Iweala made the call in her keynote address to the South-East Summit on Security and Economy, which kicked-off in Owerri on …

The Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, has ordered immediate closure of Ladipo Market, Mushin, for several environmental offences including, reckless waste disposal, unhygienic premises, and non payment of waste bills, among others He said the market would remain closed until the mandatory conditions of redress …

The Federal Government yesterday asked the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, counterpart, to shelve their planned nationwide indefinite strike from October 3, saying going ahead with the proposed industrial action will amount to a gross violation of a subsisting court injunction. The National …

…As sector records 3,567 job losses in H1’23 Inventory of unsold finished products in the manufacturing sector shot up significantly by 45.4 percent in the first half of 2023 (H1’23) to N271.96 billion from N187.08 billion in the corresponding period of 2022 (H1’22) on account of escalating inflationary pressures, even …

Ebonyi and Abia states led as food prices jumped by 31 per cent within in 12 months from July 2022 to July 2023. This is according to an analysis of the ‘Selected Food Price Watch,’ a report published on a monthly basis by the National Bureau of Statistics. The selected …