archiveJune 26, 2023

  The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the last general elections in Ogun state, Ambassador Olufemi Ajadi Oguntoyinbo has reiterated his support for two hundred thousand naira minimum wage for Nigerian workers as proposed by labour unions with an appeal to the Federal Government to...

  President Bola Tinubu, has renamed some federal airports after several prominent Nigerians. The renaming of the airports was announced in a memo released by the Federal Ministry of Aviation dated June 1, 2023, and signed by Mrs Joke Olatunji for the Director of Airport Operations on Monday. The statement...

      A former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka has called on President Bola Tinubu to take action regarding the conduct of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and its Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, following the last general elections. Chidioka who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics,...

The Management of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) said its attention has been drawn to the media report by the Peoples' Gazette and Sahara Reporters regarding allegations of financial impropriety involving one of our staff members. The Corporation stated this in a press statement signed by Bashir A. Nuhu...

A divorce-seeking woman, Taibat Abubakar, has accused her husband, Abubakar Salihu, of getting her pregnant without having sexual intercourse. Taibat told a magistrates’ court in Kwara State that she cannot explain how she became pregnant without having had penetrative vaginal sex with her husband. She told the court that her...

  The Federal Government has suspended construction work on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for easy passage of travelers during the Eid Kabir holiday. In a statement on Monday, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mrs. Olukorede I. Kesha, said the suspension of work on the ever-busy road would be...

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has condemned the planned 40 per cent hike in Nigeria’s electricity tariff by Distribution Companies (DisCos) effective July 1, 2023. MAN, in a statement signed by its Director General, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, warned of the gross ripple effects of a tariff hike on the country’s...

Nigeria’s total public debt stock rose about $108.30 billion to N49.85 trillion as of March 31, 2023 The Debt Management Office (DMO) that released the figure at the weekend explained that the total public debt stock comprises the external and domestic debts of the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN), the...

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged acting Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Folashodun Shonubi, to immediately delete the “patently unlawful provisions in the CBN Customer Due Diligence regulations directing banks to obtain information on customers’ social media handles for purposes of identification.” The group also pleaded...

  President Bola Tinubu has welcomed an investment of $520 million in specialised agro-processing zones by the African Development Bank (AfDB). He praised the President of the multilateral institution, Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, for further opening up the economy for investments that provide job opportunities and poverty reduction. In a statement...