UNION WARNS GOVERNORS AGAINST SLASHING MINIMUM WAGE
Following yesterday’s announcement by the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) to slash the N18,000 minimum wage of Nigerian workers, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has cautioned the Governors against the move.…
Reps probe AMCON over alleged sale of tank farms
THE House of Representatives Tuesday moved to probe the Assets Management Company of Nigeria, AMCON, over alleged under-valuation of some tank farms that it put up for sale on behalf…
WE ARE GOING BROKE SERIOUSLY — NIGERIAN GOVERNORS CRY
The Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, is worried that more states may be unable to pay workers’ salaries if the revenue of the country continues to be on the decline. Abdul’aziz…
TZE, GLOBAL YOUTH AMBASSADORS MARK UNIVERSAL CHILDREN’S DAY WITH IDPs IN ABUJA
Global Youth Ambassadors for A World at School Project and The Zariah Elizabeth Foundation (TZE) in Abuja has paid a visit to the Internally Displaced Person Camp in Durumi in…
INEC pledges commitment to transparent election in Kogi
Barely three days to the Kogi State governorship election, Chairman of of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has said that the commission will deploy three of…
High climate change casualties worries WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called on countries to take urgent measures to prevent avoidable deaths from the climate change, which has claimed tens of thousands of lives. The…
Senate approves $200m World Bank loan for Lagos
The Senate on Wednesday, approved the $200 million loan request for the Lagos State government, following deliberation of the report of Ad-hoc Committee on Foreign and Local debt to which the…
Obama is finally on Facebook and he’s ready to talk about climate change
By Yosola Olorunshola on Nov. 13, 2015 This week, US President Barack Obama launched his official Facebook page with video of him strolling through the White House garden. But this…
The Brutal Challenges of Nigerian Youths by Chambers Umezulike
I’m writing this with a heavy heart, being a young Nigerian who fully knows what young Nigerians pass through in Nigeria. The statistics are sobering. 60% of Nigeria’s population is…
PDP CHIEFTAINS DEFECT TO APC AHEAD OF GOVERNORSHIP POLL
With less than a week to Kogi governorship election, members of Sen. Smart Adeyemi’s political organisation and notable Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftains in Okunland have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Mr Fehinti…