All pensioners starting from May 2021 will start enjoying a new minimum wage, Naija News reports. The payment of the consequential adjustment under the Defined Benefit Scheme (DBS) in line with the minimum wage approved in 2019 was consented to…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) yesterday gave reasons it wielded the big stick on Chairman of First Bank Plc Mrs. Ibukun Awosika and Chairman of FBN Holdings, Mr. Oba Otudeko. Some members on the bank’s Board of Directors (BoD)…
– A primary school boy has caught the eyes of Nigerians over what he engages in – The 6-year-old boy identified as Benjamin despite his young age works as an auto mechanic – Pictures of him getting down to work…
Both parties entered into discussions in an attempt to resolve the issue, but failed to reach agreement. On Thursday, April 15, the Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria, MWUN, shutdown the premises of largest container terminal in Africa, APM Terminals Apapa,…
Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has alleged that it was because of the failures of President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and the All Progressives Congress (APC) that the social networking site Twitter chose Ghana to set up…
The Federal Government will meet the leadership of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) over the ongoing industrial action on Tuesday (today). The meeting between the government and JUSUN was called at the instance of the Minister of Labour…
The lastest Forbes’ 2021 World’s Billionaires list has seen the combined net worth of three of Nigeria’s richest persons increased by $5.7bn in one year to $22.5bn. The list, which was released on Tuesday, includes 14 African billionaires, with the…
The 60-day ultimatum served to the FG by the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), to press home its demands, expires today, March 31, 2021. The doctors have scheduled a nationwide strike to begin tomorrow, April 1. The doctors listed…
The group managing director of the Nigerian National Petrol Corporation (NNPC), Engr. Mele Kyari has disclosed that the federal government may be forced to increase the price of petrol again. He made the disclosure during a statehouse press briefing on…
Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote has revealed that his refinery in Lagos will become functional soon. Aliko Dangote’s multi-billion dollar refinery will be completed by the end of this year. This was revealed by President, Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote…
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has announced plans to increase the fleet on its Lagos-Ibadan standard gauge to two. Last November, the corporation started commercial operation on the Lagos-Ibadan corridor, running only one return trip. The train service usually leaves…
The Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has kicked against the notice by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to embark on a fresh nationwide strike. This is coming barely four months after calling off a 10-month industrial action. Reacting in…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has declared that there was no time the bank banned the activities of Cryptocurrencies in the country. This declaration was made by the governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele in Abuja at the…
Russian Sergei Mavrodi, who died in 2018, earned the platinum medal for developing the MMM, the most elaborate Ponzi scheme that the world has ever seen. His scam left over 30 million people bankrupt in a matter of a few…
The federal government has disclosed that the recent fuel price hike noticed by Nigerians on Friday wasn’t approved by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Minister of State for Petroleum, Timipreye Sylva made the submission in his reaction to the increase in…
The convener of Concerned Nigerians, Comrade Deji Adeyanju, has described the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, as the worst in Nigeria’s history. The Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government had announced an increase in the pump price of…
The Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has announced an increase in the pump price of petrol to N212.61 a litre. Recall that the federal government had two weeks ago denied plans to increase the petrol price in the country. But the…
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has accused Nigeria’s leaders of stoking the fire of hatred between the North and the South. Speaking in an interview with ThisDay on the issue of food blockade by the Amalgamated Union of Foodstuff…
The hospitality sector could be able to open its doors from 1 May, providing figures remain stable in Belgium, Flemish Minister-President Jan Jambon said on Friday during the Consultative Committee. However, as with the reopening of the events sector and…
Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has disclosed he had a parley with Yoruba activist, Sunday Igboho on resolving the strike action by Northern businessmen which has resulted in the blockade of food movement to the south. However, Bello held a…