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Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says the N30,000 minimum wage is no longer sufficient to meet the demand of an average Nigerian worker. In a statement issued on Sunday to felicitate with Nigerian workers on the occasion of the International Workers Day celebrated on May 1, Atiku asked […]

The Labour Party (LP) says the national executive council meeting planned by Lamidi Apapa-led faction is “illegal, fake and unauthourised”. The leadership of the party has been experiencing in-fighting since Apapa, who the party said has been suspended, declared himself the acting national chairman following the sack of Julius Abure by a court. […]

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it is not contemplating the withdrawal of the recently redesigned naira notes.  A report had emerged that the apex bank may phase out the new notes over scarcity.  Isa Abdulmumim, CBN spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday, clarified that such speculations were unfounded.  “The […]

The National Population Commission (NPC) has given reasons why the 2023 census was postponed. On Saturday, Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, announced that the census had been postponed and that the NPC would announce the new date. The postponement of the census comes a few weeks after the commission assured Nigerians of […]

The Lagos government has taken the delivery of the first set of electric buses for public transportation in the state. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, announced the delivery of the electric buses in a statement released on Sunday. Speaking on the benefits of the electric buses, Sanwo-Olu said the vehicles will reduce […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have raided a factory producing Akuskura, a psychoactive substance, in the Mubi area of Adamawa state. Akuskura is a psychoactive drug which is made of herbs laced with tobacco and cannabis. In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the […]

Joseph Davies-Agba, the traditional ruler of Obudu, is dead. Davies-Agba’s death was announced on Sunday by Kjay Jedy-Agba, his son, in Calabar, Cross River state capital. The late traditional ruler, who was on the throne for 64 years, is widely regarded as the longest serving monarch in Nigeria. “It is with […]

Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, has asked opposition parties to desist from “bleating” about the outcome of the presidential election. While speaking on Thursday at a meeting with APC governors in Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari said while the All Progressives Congress (APC) was working hard to retain the presidency, opposition parties […]

The police command in Imo says it has arrested nine suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) over the murder of five officers and two civilians in the state. On April 21, gunmen killed the officers and a couple identified as Mr and Mrs Nwagu during an attack at Okpala […]

Hadiza Bala Usman, former managing director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), says she authored a book to address rumours that she looted the agency. The book, titled ‘Stepping on Toes: My Odyssey at the Nigerian Ports Authority’, details her experience and the opposition she faced at the NPA up until her removal […]