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THERE were indications,weekend, that businesses and others might be losing over N100 billion monthly as containers and petrol tankers continue to stay permanently on Apapa roads and environs in Lagos, where Tin Can and Apapa […]

ABUJA —The Department of State Services, DSS, has asked organised labour to shelve its planned nationwide protest over high cost of living and sundry issues in the country in the interest of peace. But the […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the exchange rate of the Naira may further depreciate by about 35 percent this year, adding that this could lead to inflation rate peaking at 44 per […]

The Minister of Communication, Innovation and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, said Nigeria will overcome India as the net global exporter of technology talents. Tijani said this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on […]

The Federal Government and Cement Manufacturers have agreed on a N7,000 to N8,000 per 50 kg bag of cement to halt the astronomical rise in the price of the product. This agreement was part of […]

The organised Labour on Monday began mobilising its members for a nationwide protest slated for February 27 and 28 over the cost of living crisis in the country. Sources in the leadership of the Nigeria […]

Avian influenza, better known as bird flu has hit some parts of Kebbi State. But the state Director, Veterinary Services, Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dr Alheri Ibrahim-Sanchi, says the state government had already started to […]

A Civil Society Organisation (CSO), Cleen Foundation says establishment of state police is key to addressing the increasing level of insecurity in the country. Mr Gad Peter, the Executive Director of the foundation said this […]

The Federal Government has ruled out the importation of food as part of strategies to address the high costs of foodstuffs and the economic hardship troubling the country. It has also set up a committee […]

increased cases of building collapse and building project abandonment among Nigerians as the price of a 50-kilogramme bag of cement jumped to N7,500 from a previous cost of N4,500 in December 2023, representing a 60 […]

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has advised Nigerians not to destroy their own country over the current bad times. The group said great democracies like Britain, France, Canada and America are facing worse economic decline. […]

The Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), Faruk Abubakar on Tuesday, said 42,000 nurses have left the country in the last three years. Faruk’s comment came on the heels of the […]

The immediate-past Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, said on Tuesday that $6.2m was released from the Central Bank of Nigeria in February 2023 using a forged document. The money, he said, […]

A meeting between the Federal Government and organised Labour to stave off the planned strike by the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress deadlocked on Monday night. The Minister of State Labour and Employment, […]

The Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Fatai Adams, is dead. Though details of his death have not been revealed, it was gathered that he died in the early […]

Lagos State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences (Task Force) yesterday, impounded 497 motorcycles (popularly called okada) along the Lagos-Badagry expressway. The agency said the arrests were to ensure public safety and uphold […]