National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, has dismissed the call for the resignation of the national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, saying party supremacy must be respected. Mr Tinubu made his position known when he fielded questions…
Nigeria Labour Congress on Wednesday lambasted the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) for proposing N22, 500 as minimum wage. This is coming barely 24 hours after the governors of Nigeria’s 36 states after an emergency meeting on Tuesday said they could only pay…
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the embattled Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Usman Yusuf, to proceed on administrative leave effective from November 5. The directive was conveyed in a letter signed by the Secretary to the Government of…
The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, on Wednesday berated the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government over plans to “sell some public assets to fund the 2018 budget.” Abubakar, a former Vice President likened the decision to “selling…
A report by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), realised in Lagos yesterday, has revealed how failure of multinational companies to pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on over $8 billion oil and gas assets sold to Nigerian entities fuels poverty, underdevelopment…
The PDP’s Governorship Candidate in the Sept. 22 election in Osun State, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, was on Wednesday arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on allegation of examination malpractices. Adeleke was arraigned alongside the Principal of Ojo-Aro Community Grammar School,…
annot cure them of their lawlessness. Hatred for them for not being Sunnis will solve nothing. If the executive is not intent on birthing another terror group in Nigeria, there must be a change of tactic. Zealotry can be tamed with negotiation…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has unsettled the national headquarters of the Peoples Democratic Party by its decision to accept the nominated governorship candidate submitted by the Senator Buruji Kashamu and Adebayo Dayo led executive of the party in Ogun State…
Police in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said 400 members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites, had been arrested in connection with Tuesday’s violent protest in the territory. Commissioner of Police in the area, Bala Ciroma, stated this when…
The governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Iyiola Omisore, has reacted to his suspension by the Pan Yoruba social political organization, Afenifere. The former deputy Governor said he was not aware of the purported one year suspension…
Traditional rulers in Ekiti State have appealed to the State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, to revisit their welfare packages which have been bastardized in the last four years. At a meeting with the Governor in his office on Tuesday, the traditional rulers…
The Nigeria Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has denied claims by the Organised Labour that the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage agreed on N30,000 for the country. This was contained in a press statement signed by Samuel Olowookere,…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) on Tuesday launched Value Monitoring and Benchmarking (VMB) to promote transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector. Mr Mordecai Ladan, the Director of DPR, said in Lagos at the launch that the VMB of…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Tuesday agreed to pay a national minimum wage of N22,500 from the existing N18,000. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the end of its…
The four governors who met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said they had a “robust and fruitful discussion” with the president. They, however, refused to disclose what was discussed with the president. The four governors who belong to the opposition Peoples…
The FCT Police Command on Tuesday announced the arrest of some members of the El-Zakzaky-led Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) with 31 bottles of petrol bomb and other dangerous weapons being ferried into Abuja. The command said the members’ plot was to…