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 Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has signed the new National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Bill 2024 into law. This newspaper reports that the new law is reviewable every three years. President Tinubu signed the Bill midway into the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting on Monday. Senate President Godswill Akpabio led National Assembly leaders to …

The Arewa Youth Assembly, AYA, has urged billionaire businessman, Aliko Dangote to respect and obey Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL as the country’s regulatory body. The group reminded Dangote that before the establishment of his refinery, the NNPCL, NUPRC and NMDPRA had been existing as regulatory bodies. “It will …

The Lagos State government has concluded plans to shut, and divert traffic from Osborne/Dolphin Estate to Sura en route Adeniji Adele Link Bridge for asphalt road pavement. Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, made the announcement on Saturday. He said the closure takes effect from midnight today, Saturday, July 27, to …

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has issued a notice to dormant companies, giving them a 90-day grace to submit all outstanding annual returns or face potential delisting from its registry. According to a statement by the commission, the companies failed to file annual returns for a period of 10 years. …

The protest, the human rights activist said, was going to be massive, which has been selected for August 1st to 10th. Human rights activist and convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, Omoyele Sowore, said on Wednesday that upcoming nationwide ‘Day of Rage’ protest against exacerbating hunger in Nigeria is going to …

The slash was announced through the Federal Ministry of Education, and it was attributed to the adjustment to current economic crises in Nigeria. The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has announced a slash of 12.7% in allowances for Nigerians on scholarship abroad who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, Algeria, …

it was earlier reported that Tinubu urged Nigerian youths to call off their planned protest and wait for the government to address their concerns. The President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government has scheduled an emergency meeting for Wednesday morning to address the imminent nationwide protest tagged #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria set for August 1. …

Some of the leaders of the groups at the press conference   Members of the Bureau of African Labour Human and Democratic Rights (BALHADER), as well as the Center for the Defence of Human Rights Democratic in Africa (CDHRDA) and the wrongly disengaged Over 5000 Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria …

The Katsina government has set UP a seven-member committee to investigate reports of alleged torture of people by the personnel of the state’s Hisbah Board. The State Government set up the committee against the backdrop of a viral video allegedly showing personnel of the board torturing individuals. The Secretary to …

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said prices of beans, tomatoes, irish potatoes, garri, yam and other food items witnessed significant price increases in June 2024. The NBS said this in its Selected Food Prices Watch report for June 2024 released in Abuja on Tuesday. The report said that the …