KADUNA Central Senatorial District lawmaker Senator Shehu Sani has backed the protests by labour unions over a new minimum wage telling governors that the country can afford to pay a living salary of N30,000 a month to workers.
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned the position of the speaker of the House of Representatives to the southwest geo-political zone as part of a strategy to reach out to the area in a bid to woo voters as the February elections loom.
SHIITE group the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) is continuing its protests despite security forces opening fire on the sect killing dozens of unarmed protesters and arresting about 400 of its members over the last four days.
LABOUR leaders have rejected a decision by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to peg the new minimum waged at N22,500 ($62) a month saying that the government must honour the agreement to raise it to N30,000 ($82.50) or face a general strike as from November 6.
GOVERNOR Willie Obiano's special adviser and the former publicity secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga) Ifeatu Obi-Okoye has warned that the party warned Bianca Ojukwu not to contest the Anambra South senatorial seat but she would not listen.
GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) that his son-in-law Uche Nwosu remains the only hope for the state as his candidature alone can protect the high integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari and that of the party.
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials have asked a federal high court to grant an application seeking for the final forfeiture of the sums of $8.43m and N9.2bn ($25.32m) held in the bank accounts of the wife of former president Dame Patience Jonathan.
GOVERNORS of Nigeria's 36 states will be holding an emergency meeting in Abuja today to address the burning issue of the planned new minimum wage as tension rises with trade unions demanding a fresh threshold of N30,000 a month.
NIGERIA'S federal capital Abuja remains in a tense state following bitter clashes between the police and the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) who staged a protest yesterday demanding the release of their spiritual leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
EDO State government and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (Nama) are working together to provide night landing facilities at the Benin airport in a bid to ensure that flight operations continue beyond the current threshold of 6pm.
KADUNA Central Senatorial District lawmaker Senator Shehu Sani has backed the protests by labour unions over a new minimum wage telling governors that the country can afford to pay a living salary of N30,000 a month to workers.
NIGERIA'S main opposition the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has zoned the position of the speaker of the House of Representatives to the southwest geo-political zone as part of a strategy to reach out to the area in a bid to woo voters as the February elections loom.
SHIITE group the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) is continuing its protests despite security forces opening fire on the sect killing dozens of unarmed protesters and arresting about 400 of its members over the last four days.
LABOUR leaders have rejected a decision by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) to peg the new minimum waged at N22,500 ($62) a month saying that the government must honour the agreement to raise it to N30,000 ($82.50) or face a general strike as from November 6.
GOVERNOR Willie Obiano's special adviser and the former publicity secretary of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (Apga) Ifeatu Obi-Okoye has warned that the party warned Bianca Ojukwu not to contest the Anambra South senatorial seat but she would not listen.
GOVERNOR Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has warned the All Progressives Congress (APC) that his son-in-law Uche Nwosu remains the only hope for the state as his candidature alone can protect the high integrity of President Muhammadu Buhari and that of the party.
ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) officials have asked a federal high court to grant an application seeking for the final forfeiture of the sums of $8.43m and N9.2bn ($25.32m) held in the bank accounts of the wife of former president Dame Patience Jonathan.
GOVERNORS of Nigeria's 36 states will be holding an emergency meeting in Abuja today to address the burning issue of the planned new minimum wage as tension rises with trade unions demanding a fresh threshold of N30,000 a month.
NIGERIA'S federal capital Abuja remains in a tense state following bitter clashes between the police and the Shiite Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) who staged a protest yesterday demanding the release of their spiritual leader Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
EDO State government and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (Nama) are working together to provide night landing facilities at the Benin airport in a bid to ensure that flight operations continue beyond the current threshold of 6pm.
