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The staggering economy of Nigeria has hit the 36 state governors in the country and they have in turn declared on Thursday that they can no longer implement the N18,000 minimum wage for workers of the various state civil service. Many of the state governors, since last year, had not found it easy paying workers […]

Despite the financial challenges being experienced by the state government, Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has said his administration will not retrench workers in its employ. The governor, who said this in Ise-Ekiti yesterday, said the administration would instead discuss with workers to find means of paying their salaries. This was contained in a […]

Nigeria is supposedly a rich nation whose wealth rather than being kept in a national portfolio or evident in some state-of-the-art public infrastructures and social amenities, it is illicitly tucked in the bottomless pockets of some greedy and corrupt individuals who have had the privilege of being in positions of public trust and leadership and […]

The former National Security Adviser,Col Mohammed Sambo Dasuki(Rtd) has described as absurd the findings  contained  in the  interim report of the 13 man committee set up by the Office of  the National Security Adviser to audit the procurement of arms and equipment in the Armed Forces and Defence sector from 2007 to date. Col Dasuki, […]

A twin explosion has occurred at the popular GSM market in Kano killing eleven people and injuring sixty six others. The explosions occurred early Wednesday evening while business was still at its peak. One of the explosions occurred at the entrance to the market while the second one occurred in the centre of the market, […]

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has restated his commitment to protecting the lives and property of the people of the State, just as he assured that security remains an important area of focus for his administration. Governor Ambode, who spoke in Lagos at a dinner organised in honour of outgoing and incoming members of […]

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Igbosere on Wednesday fixed 18th January 2016 for hearing of a motion for stay of execution of a judgment of the court declaring the appointment of Caretaker Committees to manage the affairs of Local Government Areas and Local Council Development Areas in the State as illegal. The Court […]

The Nigerian Army said on Wednesday that its troops of 111 Special Forces Battalion, 7 Division Garrison, has raided a rocket factory of the Boko Haram sect in Borno State, North-eastern Nigeria. The Army said the success was recorded during a special raid operation carried out on Tuesday at the Delwa general area. While on […]

Nigeria’s former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki has denied ever been invited before any panel to render his stewardship during the last administration. He made the statement on Wednesday in response to the interim report of the investigative committee on arms procurement during the administrations of former Presidents Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in […]

Company secretary and legal adviser of Dangote Flour Plc, Aisha Ladi Isa has notified the Management of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), of the company’s change of name to Tiger Branded Consumer Goods Plc. The new name is to better reflect the new ownership of the company as the change in the substantial ownership and […]

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown for the first time in 2015, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has revealed. According to the latest dater from the NBS Nigeria has recorded a GDP growth of 2.84percent in real terms during the month of July to September 2015. This reflects a 0.49percent increase from the […]

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki  has said the Assembly will in investigating the alleged N25 billion Treasury Single Account (TSA) fraud, despite intimidations from many quarters. Saraki made the statement on Tuesday in response to a motion moved by Sen. Dino Melaye in respect of a newspaper article allegedly blackmailing the Senate for pointing out […]