By Isaac Aregbesola Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Tajudeen Abbas, says lawmakers will ensure that Nigerians get a survival wage that can take them home in the ongoing minimum wage review. Abbas, who was represented by Hon. Busayo Oluwole-Oke, representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, made the pledge on Tuesday,Continue Reading
By Adeyemi Adeleye The family of the late former Head of State, Gen. Murtala Muhammed, has expressed profound discontent with the prosecution of murder trials in Nigeria, urging the National Assembly to enact legal framework for seamless prosecution. The family expressed this in a statement on Tuesday in remembranceContinue Reading
By Wandoo Sombo Mr Abdullahi Usman of Taraba, has petitioned the Acting Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN) Mr Folashodun Shonubi over alleged plans by Gov. Agbu Kefas to access a N206 billion loan facility. Usman alleged that the governor planned on getting the loan from commercial banks in violationContinue Reading
By Emmanuella Anokam The Ministry of Petroleum Resources has urged Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) and Nigerians in general to convert their vehicles to Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) engines to cushion the effect of fuel subsidy removal. Amb. Gabriel Aduda, the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, made this known on Monday inContinue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson The Executive Chairman, Ikosi Isheri Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, Mrs Samiat Bada, has gifted 250 General Certificate of Education (GCE) forms to indigent students in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was held at the council’s secretariat onContinue Reading
By Oluwatope Lawanson The Executive Chairman, Ikosi Isheri Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Lagos State, Mrs Samiat Bada, has gifted 250 General Certificate of Education (GCE) forms to indigent students in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event was held atContinue Reading
By Florence Onuegu Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has appointed six Special Advisers (non-cabinet) to serve in various capacities across the ministries. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mrs Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, made this known in a statement on Monday. Salu-Hundeyin said the newly appointed Special Advisers were MrsContinue Reading
By Fatima Abubakar Some residents of Masaka, Nasarawa State, on Monday bemoaned the lack of power supply to the area, while also lamenting over the cost of using generating set. The residents, who expressed their pain in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), described their agony asContinue Reading
By Esther Paul Residents of Dutsen communities in Bwari Area Council of the FCT on Sunday called on the FCT Administration to fix bad roads that had become death traps in the area. Some of them told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the bad roads had slowed downContinue Reading
By Abigael Joshua Director of Special Projects, TEXEM UK, British Caroline Lucas, says that only digitally strategic leaders will be able to thrive in the face of constant advancement in global technology. Speaking on the forthcoming leadership development programme of TEXEM, Lucas said that in the ever-evolvingContinue Reading
