archiveMay 2019

  Organised Labour has shifted its pressure for the payment of the new minimum wage to the National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission. On April 18, the Federal Government approved N30, 000 as new wage but payment of the wage has yet to be effected. The President of the Nigeria...

  Inaugural Address by H.E. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State on Wednesday 29th May 29, 2019 “Awakening a Greater Lagos” Protocol 1.By the grace of Almighty God and Your votes, I stand before you today as your Governor. (Pause) This day marks the beginning of a new chapter in...

  The Nigeria pension scheme has recorded a rise in asset which the regulator currently put at N9.03 trillion as at March 2019. The National Pension Commission (PenCom), also said that the Federal Government’s securities gulped well over N6.51 trillion of the assets. It was further revealed that the Pension...

  Former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians not to give up on Nigeria despite the enormous challenges currently facing the country. The immediate past president, who was reminiscing on the 20-year uninterrupted democratic journey of the country, posited that the way out of the country’s quagmire was...

Reverend Supo Ayokunle, the National President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to make Nigeria a glorious nation that its citizens would want to live in his second term. Speaking at a meeting with the Christian Press Association of Nigeria in Lagos on Tuesday,...

Some economic experts have tasked the new administration under President Muhammadu Buhari to consolidate on the economic achievements recorded in the first term. Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Southwest zone, Chief Kola Akosile, and Prof. Wale Ogunkola, Professor of Economics, University of Ibadan, gave this advice in separate interviews...

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “publicly commit to making every day count in his second term stay in Aso Rock”. SERAP urged Buhari to ensure that every segment of his government’s daily operations is lawful and rule-of-law compliant, for the sake of...

  President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinabjo were on Wednesday in Abuja, sworn-in for a second term in office by the acting Chief Justice of (CJN), Justice Tanko Muhammad. President Buhari was on Feb. 27, declared winner of Feb. 23 presidential elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission...

The Oyo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barrister Mutiu Agboke, has revealed that over 200 staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been sacked for various electoral offences in the state. The REC, who admitted that there were problems during the last general elections in the state, declared that...

The U. S Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Stuart Symington, has called on Nigerians to live in peace and unity irrespective of religious or ethnic affiliation. He said unlike before, there is religious tolerance in the country. The Ambassador stated this on Tuesday evening in Abuja at the breaking of fast...