archiveMay 21, 2024

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has issued a statement in response to the recent meeting between the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, and his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. The meeting has fueled speculations of a possible alliance...

  he Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC on Tuesday began a two-day Public Inquiry into three regulatory instruments (also known as subsidiary regulations). During the event, the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida, spoke on the essence of the event. The event is part of NCC’s...

Some prominent Nigerians from the north have disassociated themselves from remarks credited to a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, about the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Under the auspices of the Northern Congress for Change (NCC), the group said Lawal doesn’t represent the interest of...

The Organized Labour says its May 31 ultimatum for the Federal Government to finalize the new national minimum wage fixing process for workers remains sacrosanct. This is contained in a statement issued at the end of a joint emergency National Executive Council, NEC, meeting of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC,...

The student loan programme will take off on Friday with 1.2 million students in federal tertiary institutions across the country, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, has said. Sawyerr, who spoke at a pre-application sensitisation press conference in Abuja, on Monday, said 1.2...

Part of its effort to combat persistent inflation growth and stabilize the Nigerian economy, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has increased the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR) to 26.25% from 24.75% This decision was announced by CBN Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, at a press briefing held in Abuja on Tuesday following...