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President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians living within and outside the country that they will always be protected by his administration. According to a statement issued by Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president […]

The Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari has finally demonstrated that its social investment programmes (SIPs) have failed. This is evident in the slashing of allocation to the SIPs by a massive 94 per cent […]

Nigeria is planning to build just about 2,000 homes this year, while the country needs at least 700,000 units annually to breach a huge housing deficit, PREMIUM TIMES can report today. The World Bank estimates […]

The bell is again tolling for Nigeria with sundry calls for reform of the ailing state system by well-meaning citizens and foreign development partners. The urgency of the moment cannot be ignored with a wave […]

Full payment of the new minimum wage to Nigerian workers takes effect from April 18, 2019. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo issued the directive yesterday in Abuja. The […]

Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, says a committee has been set up to look into how the federal government can decongest the prisons in six months. Speaking on Wednesday at a public hearing organised by […]

Sunday Dare, minister of youths and sports, says members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will enjoy the new minimum wage. Dare disclosed this via Twitter on Wednesday evening, saying Shuaibu Ibrahim, NYSC director-general, […]

During the last third term for secondary schools in Nigeria, the first continuous assessment test was approaching, therefore, I decided to let my students air their view on a national issue; the on-going basic salary […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zone RS2 Command, Lagos on Tuesday said that it had increased the number of centres for driving licence production in Lagos zone to 43. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

The federal government has opposed the move of telcos to increase charges on use unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) channels to access banking services. Some telecommunications network service providers had sent notices to their subscribers […]

The state of roads in Lagos State, ‘‘the state of aquatic splendour,’’ also generally believed to be the economic capital of West Africa, is currently very deplorable. It has become a reproach to the people […]

Over the past couple of weeks, those in the corridors of powers in the Nigerian government under President Muhammadu Buhari have been initiating and making outrageous decisions or perhaps insensitive plans that seems not to […]

Is there any difference in the topic above and – “The untold truth: The need for recalibration”? For those who were present truly today at the Second Annual Lecture of TheNiche Newspaper would have grappled […]

The Lagos state government has alerted residents of VI, Ikoyi and some other parts of the state that the flood affecting them may last throughout the weekend. In a statement, Tunji Bello, commissioner for environment […]

Olufemi Atoyebi, Abuja The Federal Government and organised labour on Thursday finally agreed on the percentage increase on the consequential adjustment in workers’ salaries as a result of the new minimum wage of N30,000. As […]

There have been wild reactions to the introduction of N5,000 fee for the renewal of the national identity card by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) but Hadiza Dagabana, the commission’s general manager legal & […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a directive for ministers, director-generals and other top government officials to submit travel plans for clearance.  Willie Bassey, director of information to Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the […]

The current public debate among Lagosians is about the news that the Lagos State Government (LASG) is considering total ban on the use of commercial motorcycle (popularly called okada) for public transport in Lagos State. […]

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has again promised to pay above N30,000 minimum wage to Lagos workers, considering the special status of the state, saying the state is technically ready. This assurance is coming just […]

Mr. Ismail Olawale, an agriculture expert, has called on Nigerian farmers to seize the opportunity of the border closure to build capacity for locally produced foods and other goods. Olawale, a fellow at the Nigerian […]