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The federal government says it will raise workers’ minimum wage to meet the current realities in the economy of the country. The minister of labour and employment, Chris Ngige, disclosed this on Monday, at the Nigeria…
The National Industrial Court has fixed Wednesday, September 21 to rule on the suit filed by the Federal Government against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Justice Peter Hamman fixed the date on Monday…
The National Industrial Court has adjourned the suit filed by the Federal Government challenging the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to Monday, September 19. Recall that the court had…
The Federal Government released suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, arrested by the Nigerian Army at the Imo River community in Abia State in 2020. The suspects were released after spending two…
The former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kingsley Moghalu, said Nigeria needs to invest a lot more in the educational system. He said the “political priority” attached to education in Nigeria is…
The Federal Government inaugurated a committee to provide concrete measures to safeguard train passengers and railway infrastructure across the country. The committee is to review the use of surveillance equipment along…
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), on Monday, adjourned the suit filed by the federal government challenging the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The judge, Polycap…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the federal government should have used the recovered $23 million Abacha loot to meet its demands. Emmanuel Osodeke, president of ASUU, made this known on Tuesday in…
The federal government has advised Nigerians against traveling to Northern Cyprus. The Director-General of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NIDCOM, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, gave this warning on Thursday at the…
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N400 billion under the National Poverty Reduction and Growth Strategy. This covers certain welfare schemes which include the Government Enterprise and Empowerment…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the National Assembly to initiate a law that makes it mandatory for public officers to send their children to public schools in Nigeria. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel…
As the naira crisis continues to worsen, foreign carriers operating in Nigeria have begun moves to reduce the total number of tickets they sell on Nigerian routes amid worsening dollar scarcity that has made it…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, announced that he had directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on the operations of Twitter, in Nigeria. Buhari made this known in his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians to…
The House of Representatives has called for the identification and release of Nigerians imprisoned in other countries across the world. The House particularly urged the Federal Government to “intervene and secure the…
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami on Thursday revealed that the Federal Government has succeeded in identifying and detaining the Boko Haram Sponsors in Nigeria.…
Mr Knut Lein, Norway Ambassador to Nigeria on Friday, blamed the rising cost of stockfish in Nigeria on the inclusion of stockfish on forex banned list. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Central Bank of…
Self-determination agitators operating on the platform of Nigerian Indigenous Nationalities Alliance for Self-Determination (NINAS) have vowed to go ahead with the grand finale of its one-million-man freedom march at…
A prophetess, Edna Lovely Worleru, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment has died. She was sentenced last week Thursday, September 16, by a high court in Rivers State. Two days after her sentence began,…
Femi Adesina, the spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari, has said the federal government is not interested in exposing sponsors of terrorism. Adesina stated this during an interview on Channels Television on Monday.…
The Federal Government has said that it will shut down the operations of Aboki FX, a website providing currency exchange information, which the bank described as an illegal and criminal platform. The Governor of the…
