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Operators in the downstream oil sector, on Monday, called on the Federal Government to intervene by ensuring the provision of crude oil to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery as marketers now prefer to buy cheaper imported […]

LAGOS — The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, yesterday activated a national cholera emergency centre, following the outbreak of the disease in the country. It also said 53 deaths and 1,528 suspected […]

Nigeria’s textile industry is now gasping for breath following the failure of revival measures, a sustained upsurge in the importation of textile products and a series of adverse monetary policy regimes. Meet viral “Sexy-akara-fryer’, Jideobi […]

The Vice President, Oil and Gas, at Dangote Industries Limited, Devakumar Edwin, has accused International Oil Companies, IOCs, in Nigeria of doing everything to frustrate the survival of Dangote Oil Refinery and Petrochemicals. I am […]

In an interview on Sunday, Fahd Al-Jalajel, the country’s minister of health, said 83 per cent of the 1,301 fatalities were unauthorised pilgrims who walked long distances in high temperatures to perform the hajj rituals. […]

The Federal Government says it has rerouted the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway path to avoid any possible damage to subsea cables belonging to telecommunication companies. The government also said it had reduced the project’s size from […]

The naira posted some gains against the greenback as the dollar index moderated significantly while market players awaited America’s inflation data and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision due later in the day. Price […]

President Bola Tinubu says an executive bill on the new minimum wage will soon be sent to the national assembly. In his Democracy Day speech on Wednesday, Tinubu said in the process of reforming the […]

The Federal Government has declared Wednesday, 12th June, 2024 as a Public Holiday to commemorate this year’s democracy day celebration. The Minister of Interior, Hon. Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo who made the declaration on behalf of […]

With all that was said in the first part of this argument, given the NLC’s strong stance, it is plausible that the government will concede to some degree on wage increases for civil servants. That […]

Some hoodlums scaled a fence and stole a ram kept by one Malam Mundi Shuaibu for the Eid el-Kabir at Unguwar Sabon-Tasha in Abaji Area Council of the FCT. City & Crime reports that the […]

Pastor Charles Kpandei, who replaced a former Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s City of David parish in Lagos State, Idowu Iluyomade, resumed at the parish on Sunday. According to Church Times, on […]

The poor performance of students at the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination has raised concerns over system issues like unqualified teachers dotting the educational landscape, ‘LAOLU AFOLABI writes About 9.17 million out of a total of […]

The federal government has failed to lift the crippling levy on medical imports despite its spiral effect on the surging cost of health services. Healthcare providers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and drug distribution businesses face about 5 […]

The federation account allocation committee (FAAC) says the three tiers of government shared N1.14 trillion for May. The figure represents a decrease of N60 billion compared to the N1.20 trillion shared in April. FAAC made […]

President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Hashimu Argungu, retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). With his appointment, Solomon Arase, retired Inspector General of […]

Organised Labour has insisted on its N250,000 new minimum wage proposal, stating it would not negotiate what it described as ‘starvation wage.’ The Assistant General Secretary of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Chris Onyeka, said labour […]

The Presidency on Thursday denied reports that the Federal Government was proposing N105,000 as the new minimum wage. The Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, described the report as false. […]